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Appaloosa Review, by Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter
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Mister Foe Reviw, By Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter.
Not a great title, "Hallam Foe," but it's a juicy character for the talented and increasingly ubiquitous Jamie Bell to run with. It's a showy part, but the movie ably supports it with splendid use of Edinburgh, Scotland's cityscapes, a basket full...
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Tropic Thunder Review, By Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter
Oh, what a lovely war movie Ben Stiller and his platoon have concocted in "Tropic Thunder." Stiller -- who stars, directs, co-writes, co-produces and probably acts as animal wrangler as well -- imagines a lost patrol of self-absorbed yet terminall...
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Charlie Bartlett Review, by Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter
The teenage rebel is such an iconic figure in cinema, one verging on cliche, you would think that smart filmmakers would steer clear at all costs. Fortunately, writer Gustin Nash and director Jon Poll, each making his feature debut, are perhaps to...
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The Dark Knight Review, by Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter
"The Dark Knight" is pure adrenaline. Returning director Christopher Nolan, having dispensed with his introspective, moody origin story, now puts the Caped Crusader through a decathlon of explosions, vehicle flips, hand-to-hand combat, midair resc...
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Street Kings Review, by Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter
With a script by James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer and Jamie Moss, the action stays at a feverish pitch.
L.A.'s mean streets get meaner than ever in "Street Kings," and little wonder considering its pedigree. The film is directed by David Ayer, who penned ...
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Speed Racer Review, by Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter
In this aggressively rudimentary emotional drama designed -- literally -- around impossible racing car action, actors are painted into a cartoon world through CGI and vividly colored backgrounds as images move across the screen like shifting panel...
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Nim's Island Review, by Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter
The script by the husband-and-wife directing team of Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett ("Little Manhattan") along with producer Paula Mazur and Joseph Kwong draws upon Wendy Orr's 2002 novel about a remote volcanic paradise that hosts two humans, a...
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Fugitive Pieces Review, by Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter
The film is an impressive and often quite moving tale of emotional entrapment that will connect with festival and specialty venue audiences. Veteran actor Stephen Dillane skillfully underplays the troubled character, giving him a placid surface be...
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Iron Man Review, by Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter
"Iron Man," the first self-financed production from Marvel Studios, should catch boxoffice lightning in a bottle, thanks to hiring longtime Marvel Comics reader Jon Favreau as director and the supersmart casting of Robert Downey Jr. as the conflic...
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