Archive for Syndicated Reviews

On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto Che Guevara, a young Argentine idealist and doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro - to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.

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An account of counterculturalist Richard Nevilles misadventures in London at the end of the 1960s.

Jane Morton, a psychiatrist from Dublin in deep mourning following the accidental death of her husband and son, is assigned to work on the case of Dorothy Mills, a teenaged girl in a small village who tried to strangle a baby. After miraculously surviving a car accident, Jane discovers a village darkened by strange events and meets a very nervous Dorothy, who swears she never touched the baby. After analyzing the teenager, Jane makes a diagnosis of multiple personality disorder until the day that Dorothy speaks with the voice of David, Janes dead son.

An autistic woman with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mothers debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Beauty in Trouble: Drama. Starring Ana Geislerova, Roman Luknar, Josef Abrham and Jiri Schmitzer. Directed by Jan Hrebejk. In Czech with English subtitles. (Not rated. 110 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings...

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)I Can't Think Straight: Romantic comedy. Starring Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil, Nina Wadia and Rez Kempton. Directed and written by Shamim Sarif. (PG-13. 90 minutes. At the Roxie.) You're a young, rich,...

A romantically challenged morning show producer Heigl is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent Butler to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Beauty in Trouble: Drama. Starring Ana Geislerova, Roman Luknar, Josef Abrham and Jiri Schmitzer. Directed by Jan Hrebejk. In Czech with English subtitles. (Not rated. 110 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings...

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)I Can't Think Straight: Romantic comedy. Starring Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil, Nina Wadia and Rez Kempton. Directed and written by Shamim Sarif. (PG-13. 90 minutes. At the Roxie.) You're a young, rich,...