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Review of Secondhand Lions (2003)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 17 Sep 2003

It foregoes the sap and the lowbrow of a lesser movie in favor of engaging creativity and a message that, through some characters' tough choices,…

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Review of Marci X (2003)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 27 Aug 2003

Given the songs were written by South Park songwriter Marc Shaiman, the lyrics should be more caustic…

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Review of Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 26 Jun 2003

Punch Drunk Love feels like a movie Billy Wilder would make if he were he hitting his stride today and able to include liberal, but appropriate,…

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Review of 25th Hour (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 26 Jun 2003

25th Hour is both Spike Lee's condemnation of and valentine to what we've done before, but also a strangely inspiring reminder of how beautiful…

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Review of Chicago (1927)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

Chicago is hyperactive, but instead of throwing everything and seeing what sticks, it intoxicates you like a glitzy, neon narcotic…

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Review of Gangs of New York (1938)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

Gangs' editing, suspense, and overall visual style all are evocative of classic Scorsese greats, but rarely has the filmmaker's thematic eye…

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Review of Narc (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

Carnahan isn't breaking new ground, but he has administered an astoundingly visceral shot of adrenaline to the police-procedural genre…

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Review of National Security (2012)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

If rampant misogyny and racism sound like a laugh riot, by all means see National Security, a 'comedy' so aggressively unpleasant that it's…

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Review of National Security (2003)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

If rampant misogyny and racism sound like a laugh riot, by all means see National Security, a 'comedy' so aggressively unpleasant that it's…

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Review of Old School (2003)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

A movie that might make your face hurt with laughter and has its heart in a high-enough place while its mind is in the gutter…

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Review of Chicago (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

Chicago is hyperactive, but instead of throwing everything and seeing what sticks, it intoxicates you like a glitzy, neon narcotic…

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Review of Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

The backyard battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense…

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Review of Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

A film so crisp with detail that, like other great films, it whisks us away to a locale like nothing else we've ever seen to tell a story that's…

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Review of The Pianist (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

As the ghetto atrocities increase, Roman Polanski gets to the core of his brilliance as a director - his ability to balance the film's exterior…

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Review of The Rules of Attraction (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

It's an outstanding film, clearly stamped with some bravura filmmaking techniques, an impeccable soundtrack and a stereotype-shattering performance…

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Review of Gangs of New York (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

Gangs' editing, suspense, and overall visual style all are evocative of classic Scorsese greats, but rarely has the filmmaker's thematic eye…

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Review of The Master of Disguise (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

In the end, Dana Carvey is left wishing he could disguise himself as Mike Myers, or himself circa 1986. At least then, he would be funny again…

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Review of Bowling for Columbine (2002)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 25 Jun 2003

Michael Moore clearly and convincingly expresses his rage at the way fear, violence and the ignorance they both breed are whittling away this…

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Review of Hollywood Homicide (2003)

By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 23 Jun 2003

What kind of food is Calista Flockhart feeding - or, rather, not feeding - Harrison Ford over there…

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