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Friday, October 18, 2024

Film Reviews

Film Reviews

Delysia of Grandeur

So we're all in love with Amy Adams now. And why not? She's lovable. Her newly attained stardom is probably the main reason that her...

Shiny Penny

Penelope is one of those movies that looks really bad on paper. A PG-rated female self-empowerment fable about an anatomical freak seeking the happiness that...

The Girl Who Would Be Queen

Columbia Pictures originally planned to release The Other Boleyn Girl last Christmas and push it during awards season. Instead, the studio postponed it until this...

Good Time Charlie

Charlie Bartlett was supposed to come out last August. (In fact, that's when I first saw the movie.) But its release was postponed until...

Iran So Far Away

A couple of months ago, Persepolis was the trendy pick among some movie critics as 2007's best animated film. Honestly, I was pulling for it....

I’m Not There

The best bets this Valentine's Day are two special-effects-laden fantasy films from Hollywood, both blessedly free of any pretensions to be the next Lord...

Three Women

Definitely, Maybe is a lousy title, but I'm guessing the studio went with it because How I Met Your Mother was already taken. Hollywood should...

Insert Your Own Jokes

Some observers are calling this a golden age for comedy films, but even a golden age has its share of fool's gold, not to...

Corpse Bride

When you encounter hideous misogyny in a movie pitched aggressively at male audiences (like last fall's Good Luck Chuck), it's shocking but not necessarily...

Bad Omens

The word has been atypically slow getting out about Woody Allen's latest thriller Cassandra's Dream. Released at the end of last year for awards consideration,...