Archive for November, 2006

Dreamgirls

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews November 29th, 2006 | Movie Reviews











Starring:

Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson,
Keith...

Review:

Listen, I could tick off places where Dreamgirls trips up
in transporting Michael Bennett's 1981 Broadway musical phenom to
film. But it's hard to complain when you're at the party of the
year. This baby dazzles like nothing else anywhere. Starting with
its dream cast, led by Jamie Foxx and...


Rating: 3 Stars


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Apocalypto

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews November 29th, 2006 | Movie Reviews











Starring:

Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Serbulo, Dalia Hernandez,...

Review:

Here's a thought: instead of rehashing Mel Gibson's Jew-bashing
rants when L.A. cops got him on a DUI in July, let's stick to his
movie. Apocalypto brings out what's...


Rating: 3 Stars


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The Good German

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews November 29th, 2006 | Movie Reviews











Starring:

George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Robin Weigert,
Dav...

Review:

OK, it's more of an experiment than a movie. But why deny the
magic? Director Steven Soderbergh hasn't merely made an espionage
thriller set in post-World War II...


Rating: 3 Stars


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Inland Empire

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews November 29th, 2006 | Movie Reviews











Starring:

Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton, Justin Theroux,
Sco...

Review:

Abandon all hope of logic, ye who enter here. David Lynch's
INLAND EMPIRE (he insists the letters be capitalized),
shot with a consumer digicam (the Sony PD-150), is three hours of
mesmerizing (often...


Rating: 3 Stars


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Venus

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews November 29th, 2006 | Movie Reviews











Starring:

Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Vanessa
Redgrave...

Review:

Peter O'Toole, 74, plays a still-employable British actor in thrall
to a friend's grand-niece, nineteen-year-old Jessie (Jodie
Whittaker). Don't go, "Eww." From his 1962...


Rating: 3 Stars


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