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Review of Revolver (2005)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 26 Nov 2006

The movie's onslaught of psychobabble is the annoyance most likely to ruin your evening. Imagine getting stuck on a ski lift with Dr…

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Review of Night of Henna (2005)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 26 Nov 2006

Its story of intergenerational conflict between immigrant parents and increasingly Westernized children falls flat…

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Review of The Fountain (1934)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Nov 2006

The Fountain' never comes together. Like the time traveler at its center, it's all over the map…

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Review of To Return (1982)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Nov 2006

Lower your expectations going into Volver and accept it for what it is: a ridiculously entertaining melodrama with loud echoes of Mildred Pierce…

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Review of Volver (2009)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Nov 2006

Lower your expectations going into Volver and accept it for what it is: a ridiculously entertaining melodrama with loud echoes of Mildred Pierce…

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Review of Deck the Halls (2006)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Nov 2006

The raw ingredients of this crass holiday comedy include an inept stab at Home Alone-style slapstick, sitcom-thin characters, a snickering…

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Review of The Fountain (2006)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Nov 2006

The Fountain' never comes together. Like the time traveler at its center, it's all over the map…

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Review of The History Boys (2006)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Nov 2006

Somewhere in the translation from stage to screen, The History Boys has become an intelligent misfire. What's left is a literate but listless film…

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Review of Volver (2006)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Nov 2006

Lower your expectations going into Volver and accept it for what it is: a ridiculously entertaining melodrama with loud echoes of Mildred Pierce…

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Review of Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

By Peter Stack (261) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Nov 2006

Vampire in Brooklyn is neither funny nor frightening and comes up a tedious middle-road hybrid from veteran scaremeister Wes Craven, who directed…

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Review of Forces of Nature (1999)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Nov 2006

A so-so, OK, perfectably acceptable, nice, rather charming romantic comedy with two stars who are entirely watchable…

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Review of Old School (2003)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Nov 2006

The saving grace of Old School is that it has about a dozen funny moments. These moments aren't mildly funny or chuckle funny but really funny…

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Review of Unknown (2006)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Nov 2006

Despite a clever script and top-notch cast, whose commitment to doing service in the indie branch of the industry is commendable, Unknown falls…

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Review of Unknown (2015)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Nov 2006

Unknown is far from unwatchable, just undistinguished…

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Review of Unknown (1972)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Nov 2006

Unknown is far from unwatchable, just undistinguished…

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Review of Unknown (2011)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Nov 2006

Unknown is far from unwatchable, just undistinguished…

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Review of Happy Feet (2006)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Nov 2006

Don't little ones have enough to worry about without ecological concerns popping up in family entertainment…

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Review of Fast Food Nation (2006)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Nov 2006

For all the filmmaker's good intentions, Fast Food Nation isn't a particularly good movie…

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Review of Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)

By Joel Selvin (24) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Nov 2006

Documentary filmmakers pray for something to happen to their subjects when the cameras are rolling, and two-time Academy Award-winning documentarian…

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Review of Casino Royale (2006)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 16 Nov 2006

The striking thing about Craig's performance is that he seems to have been able to tune out over 40 years of screen history and approach Bond…

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