Reviews / Film Reviews
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Afghan Star
Since 2001, the format of Britain’s “Pop Idol” has taken over the airwaves, forging a pop culture phenomenon. In the United States, it’s known as “American Idol,” the smash hit on FOX-TV. In Afghanistan,...
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Brick Lane
Adapted from Monica Ali’s acclaimed debut novel, the film version of the same title, Brick Lane, focuses on one transforming year in the life of a Bangladeshi immigrant woman (Tannishtha Chatterjee) residing in London....
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Be Kind Rewind
Michel Gondry, who directed Dave Chappelle’s Block Party and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, delivers a quirky, yet charming look on the power that film has on the human heart and a divided...
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Alice’s House
Alice is a working mother and wife. She lives with her mother (who cleans, cooks, and keeps the home in perfect running order while listening to talk radio), her husband (who spends his days...
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Persepolis
Imagine that you are the young daughter of two Iranian Marxists in Tehran, Iran. The Revolution is taking seed as Ayatollah Khomeini rules by theocracy. All around you, people are paying with their lives...
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Atonement
Warning: This film may make you weak in the knees! BAFTA winning Director Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice) teams up again with Keira Knightley and a critically acclaimed cast and crew in Atonement. Based...
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Alias Betty
Shocking, candid, and lighthearted, Alias Betty (originally Betty Fisher et Autres Histoires) throws you for a curve. Based on a novel by Ruth Rendell and directed by Claude Miller, the film opens to a...
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Becoming Jane
Remember when King Arthur came out in 2004, promising us revisionist history based on “newly discovered scholarly information?” Remember how pathetically inane it was? How historically it didn’t add up, and how – if...
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Broken Flowers
Jim Jarmusch might be the best filmmaker in the world, and the fact that he refuses to go corporate and make a full-on studio picture, only increases his credibility. In ” Broken Flowers,” Jarmusch...
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BAADASSSSS
Mario Van Peebles has again solidified himself as one of the premier filmmakers in America, with his new movie, Baadasssss. This film is a touching tribute to Marios father, Melvin Van Peebles and his...
