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Review of Land of the Dead (2005)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 18 Jul 2008

While it's hardly Romero's scariest achievement, it is a thrilling, disturbing commentary on a man-eat-man world that hits just close enough…

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Review of Hitch (2005)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 18 Jul 2008

Does everyone fall in love after the third date? In his world, they do…

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Review of The Reaping (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 18 Jul 2008

At no time does director Stephen Hopkins give us reason to care…

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Review of 9 Cream, 9 Sugar (2015)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 18 Jul 2008

Does everyone fall in love after the third date? In his world, they do…

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Review of The Dark Knight (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 15 Jul 2008

From the start, it drags us down to the fiery pits of Gotham's anarchic hell and never lets us up for air; it is a bruising, unrelenting slice…

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Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 08 Jul 2008

Clearly, del Toro has a deep affection for both his characters and the world of gods and fairy-tale monsters, and it translates into a rich,…

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Review of The Mummy (1999)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 05 Jul 2008

A frantic, epic-sized blowout of campy, Indiana Jones -style derring-do mixed with lots of computer-generated gee-whizzes…

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Review of The Good Shepherd (2006)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 05 Jul 2008

A remarkable study of the corrosive effects of fear and power on an establishment insider who puts duty above all else…

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Review of Hancock (1991)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 02 Jul 2008

Here's a movie filled with bright ideas, crammed uncomfortably into a story burdened by confusing and often contradictory exposition…

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Review of Hancock (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 02 Jul 2008

Here's a movie filled with bright ideas, crammed uncomfortably into a story burdened by confusing and often contradictory exposition…

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Review of Career Girls (1997)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 26 Jun 2008

Less ambitious than the highly successful Secrets & Lies, Career Girls has its own modest merits - a real sense of wit, much of it expressed…

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Review of WALL·E (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 25 Jun 2008

A wondrous work of the imagination and, to date, the year's best film…

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Review of I'm Not There (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 12 Jun 2008

Abstract expressionism, paying tribute to its hero in a fashion every bit as enigmatic and chameleon-like as the man himself…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (1977)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 12 Jun 2008

Leterrier and screenwriter Zak Penn dispense with the angst and focus on the smash…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 12 Jun 2008

Leterrier and screenwriter Zak Penn dispense with the angst and focus on the smash…

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Review of Blood Simple (1985)

By Wesley Morris (1,967) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 12 Jun 2008

Even here, in a calling-card genre exercise, the Coens are clearly interested in existential, quasi-spiritual concerns about guilt, justice,…

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Review of The Foot Fist Way (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 06 Jun 2008

McBride sells the character with a straight face at all times, making it that much harder to watch when Simmons settles into full-fledged train-wreck…

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Review of Awake (2005)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 04 Jun 2008

Writer-director Joby Harold's debut is stylishly self-assured and suspenseful enough to quicken the pulse…

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Review of Awake (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 04 Jun 2008

Writer-director Joby Harold's debut is stylishly self-assured and suspenseful enough to quicken the pulse…

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Review of Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 04 Jun 2008

The story may sound intolerably precious, but 'Lars and the Real Girl' is disarmingly sweet and quietly affecting…

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