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Review of Son of Rambow (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 28 Aug 2008

I was not so engaged as to be moved . . . and felt impatient at the lack of dramatic pace…

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Review of Salmonberries (1991)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 28 Aug 2008

An unforgettable and haunting film about longing and loss, Salmonberries has a visceral energy that is as powerful as its isolated snowy Alaskan…

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Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Aug 2008

A spectacularly vibrant, varied, detailed, freakish, magical, surreal and exciting universe for this sequel to Hellboy (2004)…

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Review of Bonneville (2006)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Aug 2008

While the premise of this roadtrip come buddy movie may be based on loss, the journey we take is a vibrant one…

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Review of Taxidermia (2006)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Aug 2008

Contains some of the most viscerally troubling images, it is the bravura leap of imagination and brilliant cinematic techniques that make it special…

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Review of Wittgenstein (1993)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Aug 2008

One of Britain's most famous avant garde filmmakers, Derek Jarman, constructs a biopic of Viennese philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein with a bravura…

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Review of Persepolis (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 13 Aug 2008

With deceptively simple, mostly black and white animation, the filmmakers take us through a life story that is anything but simple…

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Review of Baby Mama (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 13 Aug 2008

This formulaic feelgood romantic comedy delivers everything it promises with a streamlined screenplay about a single professional woman, Kate…

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Review of Tropic Thunder (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 13 Aug 2008

On the one hand, Tropic Thunder is a giant enema up Hollywood's butt, and on the other it's a bare bum joke which outlasts its welcome…

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Review of The Edge of Love (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 13 Aug 2008

The film's cinematic signature is made up of moody imagery that is still grounded in reality, but with poetic flourish…

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Review of Grace Is Gone (2007)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 13 Aug 2008

This heartfelt film is a bitter-sweet snapshot of a man and the special relationship he cements with his daughters as he takes them on a spur-of-the-moment…

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Review of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 13 Aug 2008

The animation seems to have been outsourced to two factories: one for the galactic battles, the other for the Jedi…

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Review of Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 13 Aug 2008

The best part of the film is del Toro's performance, a junkie jumble of many layers, glued together with a deep seated humanity that reaches…

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Review of Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Aug 2008

Nominated for five Cesar awards and winner of two, this poignant drama about family relationships and secrets is both involving and surprising…

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Review of Mama's Boy (2013)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Aug 2008

Ana Faris is the best thing in this predictable, often silly Jon Heder movie about a spoilt son trying to sabotage his mother's new relationship…

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Review of The Lather Effect (2006)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Aug 2008

There are joyful reminiscences, casual confessions and loads of nostalgia as a group of best friends chill out together after a wild reunion…

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Review of Mama's Boy (2007)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Aug 2008

Ana Faris is the best thing in this predictable, often silly Jon Heder movie about a spoilt son trying to sabotage his mother's new relationship…

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Review of Driftwood (2006)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Aug 2008

Driftwood is presented and promoted as a horror movie with psychological elements, and while this is true, it undersells what is an effective…

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Review of Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 06 Aug 2008

Morgan goes out into the big bad, wide world as the naive and innocent everyman, asking the question of the title, but actually posing more…

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Review of The Strangers (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 06 Aug 2008

The film's most potent claim to success is its lengthy and cleverly edited stretches of spookiness, which it tends to extend to almost breaking…

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