New Releases
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Inland Empire (2007, Dir. David Lynch): Wake up and find out what the hell yesterday was about. I’m not too keen on tomorrow, and today’s slipping by. — Nikki Grace,…
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The Painted Veil (2006, Dir. John Curran)Lift not the painted veil which those who live Call Life: though unreal shapes be pictured there, And it but mimic all we would…
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Maybe it’s because it’s that time of year when we celebrate giving and empathy for those less fortunate; maybe it’s because such sincerity demands an ironic, clear-eyed counterbalance of tragedy…
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Babel (2006, Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu): Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad…
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"The Prestige" intrigues with a narrative that twists and turns on itself, and protagonists swamped by the chill of their own obsessions.
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Casino Royale (2006, Dir. Martin Campbell): M: While you were away, the world changed. James Bond: Not for me. – Die Another Day (2002) By some estimates, James Bond has…
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“There’s a point where bold becomes stupid.” – Ving Rhames, M:I:3 Nothing is a better barometer of American culture than the summer action blockbuster. Critics may decry the explosions, the…
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005, Dir. Andrew Admamson): “Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. This story…
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Peter Jackson’s King Kong (Dir. Peter Jackson, 2005): Beware the film (or any enterprise) that features the maker’s name prominently above the title. Think M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village. Think…
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005, Dir. Mike Newell): I approach the Harry Potter movies from what may be a different vantage point. I have read exactly one…