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Review of Open Range (2003)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 13 Aug 2003

A sincere, big-hearted attempt to revive the classic westerns of John Ford and Howard Hawks, Open Range is more good than bad…

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Review of Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 24 Jul 2003

This is one of those modest imports that can be enjoyed more for its character portraits, which are complex and poignant, than for its rather…

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Review of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 23 Jul 2003

Cradle has more story and more Jolie but, at just under two hours, it unfolds like a leaden fashion shoot…

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Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 23 Jul 2003

You get the feeling Ross doesn't want to entertain us so much as make us better human beings…

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Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 18 Jul 2003

The smartest and smartest-looking action movie of the year…

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Review of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 18 Jul 2003

Holy Grail suffers from the same syndrome that afflicts many of these restored classics: It is better remembered than actually seen…

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Review of Madame Satã (2002)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 10 Jul 2003

Overall, the film feels stagy and a bit too safe and moralistic…

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Review of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 09 Jul 2003

Summer's smartest, most exhilarating action attraction…

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Review of Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 30 Jun 2003

Though the stretch marks are obvious, LB2 does manage to milk additional laughs from a fish-out-of-water premise that dates to Loretta Young's…

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Review of Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 30 Jun 2003

There's almost nothing in it that couldn't have been done -- in less time, for about the same money and probably better -- as a live-action picture…

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Review of The Hard Word (2002)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 27 Jun 2003

The Hard Word may not be the last word in underworld thrills, but, like eternal patsy Pearce, it possesses a certain wild-eyed affability…

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Review of 28 Days Later (2002)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 25 Jun 2003

This is the stuff of which night tremors are made…

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Review of Hulk (2003)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 18 Jun 2003

Toss a plastic toy figure across your yard, and you'll have a good approximation of what this film's $140 million-plus budget bought its producers…

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Review of Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 11 Jun 2003

A movie that will haunt you for months to come…

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Review of The Italian Job (2003)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 28 May 2003

The Minis rule the road for 14 minutes in The Italian Job, and not a second of it is anything but screeching fun…

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Review of Finding Nemo (2003)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 28 May 2003

Spectacular visuals, non-stop laughs and action -- plus a PC message. That's some package, no…

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Review of Blue Car (2003)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 14 May 2003

Thanks to Bruckner and Strathairn, who's queasy beyond the call of duty, this is one indie that resonates well beyond the end credits…

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Review of The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 13 May 2003

This picture never accumulates the sense of shared adventure that the first one did, and though the special effects are even better than before,…

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Review of Daddy Day Care (2003)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 07 May 2003

This is Eddie in the comfort zone, coasting on riffs and bits lifted from Mr. Mom and Kindergarten Cop…

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Review of The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)

By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 30 Apr 2003

Your humbled critic not only survived the movie, he also (gulp) enjoyed it and (double gulp) exited a convert to the Hilary Duff Fan Club…

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