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Starring:
Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black, John Turturro
Review:
Director Noah Baumbach, Oscar-nominated for writing the 2005 gem
The Squid and the Whale, is the rarest kind of filmmaker
in formula Hollywood: He makes every word count without cheating on
his characters for an easy laugh. Margot at the Wedding,
following Kicking and Screaming, Mr. Jealousy and
Squid, is a moral tale in the tradition of France's Eric
Rohmer. It's the people, not the plot, driving this comedy of
appalling manners. And Baumbach, with acute intelligence and
annihilating wit, writes people with flaws
by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews November 21st, 2007 | Movie Reviews
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Starring:
Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina
M...
Review:
You might want to remember the name Amy Adams. It's star-is-born
time for the Colorado Mormon, who won a supporting-actress Oscar
nomination for 2005's Junebug, which few saw (dumb move).
Enchanted has the makings of a supersize sugarcoated hit,
and Adams is just the spicy princess you want to take home and
PG-love. Not since Julie Andrews rode an umbrella to glory in
Mary Poppins has Disney given us such a real-life doll.
Actually, Adams' Giselle starts off as a cartoon, a princess
by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews November 21st, 2007 | Movie Reviews
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Starring:
Lauren Ambrose, Karl Bury, Anitha Gandhi, Sean T. Krishnan,
Frank...
Review:
Frank Langella has won a slew of awards for his stage work,
including a Tony this year for playing Tricky Dick in
Frost/Nixon. But on film, most recently in Good Night,
and Good Luck, Langella flies under the Academy radar. Wake
up, voters. In Starting Out in the Evening, adapted from
Brian Morton's novel by director Andrew Wagner, Langella delivers a
master class in acting. He's playing Leonard Schiller, an aging
author aching from the loss of his wife, a weak heart and
by G. Allen Johnson November 21st, 2007 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)This Christmas: Comedy-drama. Starring Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Regina King and Mekhi Phifer. Written and directed by Preston A. Whitmore II. (PG-13. 117 minutes. At Bay area theaters.) One family member pulls out a...
by Mick LaSalle November 21st, 2007 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER)I'm Not There: Imaginative biopic. Starring Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Richard Gere. Directed by Todd Haynes. (R. 135 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Anyone can make a bad movie, but it takes a good...
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