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Bad Sunday Habit
For the second straight week, I’ve failed to get a review link post up before Sunday night. Oh well. Here are last week’s newest reviews, including a few big ones from the NYFF (including the awful Little Children and fantastic Woman on the Beach), the animated film that seems to have led this weekend’s box…
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Sleepless in Stamford
With my regular workload compounded by NYFF press screenings (which began last week), I’m quickly learning to operate on 4-5 hours of sleep. Not, I have to admit, an ideal situation. But hey, if I didn’t sacrifice my mind and body in the name of cinema criticism, how else would I be able to get…
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I Have Come Here to Chew Bubblegum…
…and redesign my blog. And I’m all out of bubblegum. New threads, custom made for protracted bouts of fisticuffs. Obey.
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Return of the Round-Up
Even though The Protector is technically a hold-over from last week, I’ve got seven new reviews for this Friday night, including ones for The Rock’s football melodrama, a British wedding industry mockumentary, an upcoming Argentinean noir, and Bobcat Goldthwait’s bestiality-related rom-com. Yet the most interesting criticism-related news of my week was that, on Tuesday afternoon,…
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Labor Day Changeover
August is gone and the Fall movie season is right around the corner, meaning that it’s time for studios to dump their final summer films into theaters and then start preparing to roll out their Oscar hopefuls. My latest batch of reviews reflects this transitional release period, as I spent the past week checking out…
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Tidal Wave of Positivity
I can’t remember the last time I wrote so many positive reviews in a week – and I’m not simply referring to these three new ones, but also the two (for Battle in Heaven and Pedro Almodóvar’s latest Volver) located directly below this post. Of course, after the largely disappointing summer that just was, I’m…
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Snakes. On a Plane.
Many films hit theaters today, but for most moviegoers, only one is of serious interest: Snakes on a Plane. So without further ado, here’s my hot-off-the-presses review. Snakes on a Plane (Slant magazine) For those who could care less about Sam Jackson’s reptile troubles, however, here are some other new/recent reviews, including one for Outkast’s…
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Friday Night Link Dump
Since checking out World Trade Center on Monday, I’ve been busy seeing less high-profile releases, none of which are likely to incite a ton of excitement. Nonetheless, of these five new reviews, two of them – for Princesas and Pulse – are moderately positive. Out Now: Pulse (2006) (Slant magazine) Out Later: Princesas (Slant magazine)…
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Cinematic 9/11, Round Two
Oliver Stone tackles 9/11 with this week’s World Trade Center, and though it’s far from a definitive examination of that fateful day (and thus somewhat misleadingly titled), it’s nonetheless a respectable portrait of courage, altruism and heroism. World Trade Center (Slant magazine) Those not interested in reliving the WTC attacks may want to check out…
