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January Doldrums
The new year is upon us, meaning it’s time to suffer through another January filled with cinematic junk the studios don’t believe in. As the below reviews confirm (with the exception of Abduction), their lack of faith is more than justified. Later This Month: Smokin’ Aces (Slant magazine) Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (Slant magazine)…
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2006’s Final Links
A few more site-specific reviews – as well as an ego-stroking tally of my criticism output for the year – may appear on the blog before December 31st, but this will undoubtedly be my last collection of off-site links for 2006. So Happy Holidays to all, and I’ll see you again in 2007… Today: Night…
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Burnout
After a final, hectic week of last-second screenings, my brain is too tired to come up with something clever to say about this bunch of reviews. So aside from pointing out that Clint Eastwood’s second WWII film of the year, Letters from Iwo Jima, is the best thing I’ve seen in the past few days,…
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The End is Nigh
Only two more weeks until year-end lists are done, which will also mean the official (if not actual) end to the moviegoing year. Thus, keep your eyes posted to the site for an onslaught of new reviews, which begins today with the ones linked to in this post, as well as the latest site-specific ones…
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My Wednesday
Last week was mainly spent seeing films that come out Wednesday. And of those new releases, it’s the one apt to polarize viewers – Darren Aronofsky’s tripped-out sci-fi love story The Fountain – that most impressed me. Wednesday: The Fountain (Slant magazine) Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (Slant magazine) Déjà Vu (Slant magazine)…
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The Sickness
After two weeks of being seriously ill – and over a week of being without my primary computer – I’m back and ready to start posting a ton of new stuff to the blog. While six new site-specific reviews will hopefully hit the site at some point this week, for now I’ve got a wealth…
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Wawaweewa!
Everyone’s favorite Kazakhstan reporter arrives in theaters next week, but my review of Borat is here now. High five! Borat (Slant magazine) As for the rest of this week’s stuff, Werner Herzog’s crazy new effort The Wild Blue Yonder, and next January’s God Grew Tired of Us, are the ones to highlight. Today: Saw III…
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October Onslaught
October’s wave of big-ticket releases reaches a crescendo today, with the arrival of both Christopher Nolan’s star-studded magician movie The Prestige and Clint Eastwood’s WWII epic Flags of Our Fathers. If you’re heading to the theater this weekend, your money will be better spent on the former – or, if you’re up for some IMAX…
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Nine for the 13th
Nine new reviews for this most spooky of Fridays, and unfortunately, the one for today’s new horror release (The Grudge 2) will likely only scare people away from theaters. The rest is a mixed-bag, but at least the good – The Host, Deliver Us From Evil, Cocaine Cowboys, These Girls – almost balances out the…
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Festival Fatigue
One of the year’s busiest weeks comes to a close on Friday with a screening of David Lynch’s new 3-hour DV opus Inland Empire. But before then, I’ve got a bunch of new reviews to offer you, my faithful readers, including ones for this Friday’s three wide releases (highlighted by Scorsese’s pretty good The Departed),…
