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Traitor Review, by James Berardinelli of ReelViews
Traitor is an uncommonly intelligent espionage thriller that explores the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by agents who go deep undercover in the service of their country. For movies that revolve around terrorist organizations and acts, there are...
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Review, by James Berardinelli of ReelViews
Amy Adams must enjoy fairy tales - this is the second one in which she has appeared during the last six months. Although Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day differs substantially in many key areas from Enchanted, both movies are anchored by Adams, whos...
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Hamlet 2 Review by James Berardinelli of ReelViews
Hamlet 2 (a great title) does not represent the first time in recent years that something unconventional has been done to one of the Bard's classics. (Although, to be sure, no one has been as audacious as to develop a musical sequel to a play.) Sc...
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Swing Vote Review, by James Berardinelli of ReelViews
Swing Vote marries mild satire with Capra-esque melodrama in a formula that works surprisingly well. The film also avoids preaching and, for a movie about politics, is careful not to take one side or the other. The movie is neither anti-Democrat n...
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The Other Boleyn Girl Review, by James Berardinelli of ReelViews
Historical dramas aren't as popular as they were during the years when they were routinely clogging Oscar nomination lists and taking home awards, so it's a source of curiosity every time one comes out to see what concessions have been made to inc...
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Funny Games Review, by James Berardinelli of ReelViews
We've seen the set-up before: a nice middle-class family held captive by a pair of psychopaths. This time, however, things aren't going to turn out as Hollywood has primed us to expect. In his remake of his own 1997 feature, writer/director Michae...
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Fool's Gold Review, by James Berardinelli of ReelViews
It would be nice to say that Hudson and McConaughey connect the same way they did in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, but the fitful chemistry from that film has all but evaporated here. There are occasional moments when it threatens to flare back to...
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The Bucket List Review, by James Berardinelli of Reelviews
Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) are both afflicted with terminal cancer. Edward is a wealthy CEO with no one to visit him except his assistant (Sean Hayes) as he suffers through chemotherapy. Carter is a car mecha...
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The Ruins Review, by James Berardinelli of ReelViews
The Ruins does what a good psychological horror movie should do: rely on tension rather than gore to achieve its aims. This bleak, edgy motion picture isn't concerned with appealing to the masses that flock to multiplexes to enjoy the spatterings ...
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Get Smart Review, by James Berardinelli of ReelViews
Get Smart opens by re-creating the credits of the original, with Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) walking through a seemingly endless series of locking doors until he gets to a telephone booth that transports him into the heart of CONTROL, a covert Am...
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