Archive for December, 2006

ASK MICK LASALLE, CHRONICLE MOVIE CRITIC

December 31st, 2006 by Mick LaSalle
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Hi Mick: When you see a Mel Gibson movie like "Apocalypto," does your dislike for his social views make a difference in your review? Charlotte Jarmy, Los Altos [Podcast: Mick LaSalle catches up on 'Rocky Balboa.' Leba Hertz joins him. ] Hi...Read More »

Breaking and Entering

December 30th, 2006 by Cinema Blend Movie Reviews
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IBreaking and EnteringI is too long and too distant. Worse, the script is all over the map and never settles in on a specific theme any more than it manages to figure out the emotional complexion of the people populating it. What starts out as something potentially more complicated and interesting turns into just another messy, pessimistic relationship movie about men cheating and women behaving cruelly....

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Whisper

December 30th, 2006 by Cinema Blend Movie Previews
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Maxs last resort--and only remaining choice--is to team up with two shady associates hired by an absent mastermind to kidnap the son of one of the richest women in the state. After Max abducts the eight-year-old, he joins Roxanne and the fellow conspirators on an eerie, unsettling drive to their secluded winter hideout, an abandoned summer...

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Firehouse Dog

December 30th, 2006 by Cinema Blend Movie Previews
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Pampered pooch and movie star Rexx is about to find his life...

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Perfect Creature

December 30th, 2006 by Cinema Blend Movie Previews
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Dougray Scott stars as a vampire who teams with a human detective to stop his brother from infecting the world with his tainted...

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