Thursday, February 14, 2008

The Hollywood Reporter - Film Reviews

The Hollywood Reporter - Film Reviews

Link to The Hollywood Reporter - Film Reviews

Step Up 2 the Streets

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This inevitable sequel to 2006's "Step Up" provides another dose of what its target teen audiences want: up-to-the-minute urban street dancing performed by sexy young stars displaying toned physiques and killer abs.

Orthodox Stance

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This portrait of a professional boxer who also happens to be an Orthodox Jew has its interesting and evocative moments but lacks the compelling aspects necessary to make it stand out in the current theatrical glut.

Fireflies in the Garden

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Dysfunctional families in dramatic literature date back to "Oedipus Rex," so if you're going to take that route, you'd better have something new to say.

Night and Day

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It's a bit like Hou Hsiao-hsien's approach with "Red Balloon" -- impersonal, and therefore not terribly engaging.

La Rabia

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This is writer-director Albertina Carri's most pulled-together film so far and a shoo-in for festival exposure.

Standard Operating Procedure

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Errol Morris focuses with near-pornographic obsession on how those Abu Ghraib photos were taken, by whom and for what purpose -- but he misses the bigger picture.

Kabei -- Our Mother

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The film authenticates Japan's wartime history by showing how the nation turned on her own citizens who expressed dissident ideas.

Filth and Wisdom

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The message in pop star Madonna's first outing as feature film director is that all of us can find peace of mind and happiness if we just get in touch with our inner slut.

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