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Games People Play: New York (2004) |
"Celebrity Interview - How bad have things gotten in post-Janet Jackson America? Just ask the man forced to jump through hoops to market Games People Play." |
Richard Horgan |
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Gangs of New York (2002) |
"Celebrity Interview - It took filmmaker Martin Scorsese thirty years to fully realize the historical epic Gangs of New York. Accompanied by stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz, he talks about struggling to make the movie." |
Steve Dexter |
Tomato |
Gangs of New York (2002) |
"Gangs Of New York is a magnificent film, and is challengingly about more than the sum of its’ parts." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
Garage Days (2003) |
"While the plot line may not be overly complicated and Lynchian, it is in no way formulaic or simple either. Proyas leaves you wanting you to see his characters thrive, not necessarily as a band, but as friends." |
Mark Umbach |
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Garden State (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Before Scrubs, Zach Braff began writing Garden State. Thanks to Scrubs, he also got to direct it.
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Pam Grady |
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Garden State (2004) |
"Red Carpet Report - We all know about the imprint of James Gandolfini. But when it comes to film, Braff is just the latest in a long line of successful New Jersey natives." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Garden State (2004) |
"Braff does not use flashbacks to get his point across; instead, he opts for the ancient art of ‘storytelling.’" |
Susan Michals |
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Garfield the Movie (2004) |
"Celebrity Interview - Garfield and his creator Jim Davis take time out from a busy schedule to discuss their new movie and accompanying DVD release, Garfield as Himself." |
Ian Spelling |
Splat |
Garfield the Movie (2004) |
"All you need to know about this movie is that ‘I hate Mondays,’ Garfield’s memorable comic strip punch line, is way funnier when Puss-in-Boots utters it in Shrek 2." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Despite the fact that 9/11 literally stopped him in his zombie tracks, George A. Romero persevered to remind us once more how it’s done." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) |
"To say that the film feels old is a compliment to Romero... He quite literally cuts to the chase and bypasses anything resembling character or story development." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
Georgia Rule (2007) |
"The brassy performances and pure, at-odds variance of Georgia Rule with much of Hollywood studio product make it a welcome-enough May visitor." |
Brent Simon |
Splat |
Georgia Rule (2007) |
"Lohan stalks around in short low-cut outfits and tries to seduce everything with a penis, from a missionary to her boss to her stepfather. Sound like fun for the whole family?" |
Lisa Johnson |
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"Cent and Sensibility: It's almost as odd a combination as that of the 8 Mile combo of Eminem and Curt Hanson. But Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan says he felt an immediate kinship for Curtis Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent." |
Daniel Baig |
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"Red Carpet Report - If we had a nickel for every time Hollywood manufactured a controversy like this, we’d be able to spring for some serious bling bling." |
FilmStew Staff Report |
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"Cent and Sensibility: It's almost as odd a combination as that of the 8 Mile combo of Eminem and Curt Hanson. But Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan says he felt an immediate kinship for Curtis Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato |
Get Smart (2008) |
"The smartest thing about the movie is the way Alan Arkin and Terence Stamp inject a little bit of that 1960's spirit." |
Pam Grady |
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Get Smart (2008) |
"Actor Interview - Says Steve Carell: "If I could work with Alan Arkin (The Chief) in every movie, I would."" |
Pam Grady |
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Japanese anime wizard Mamoru Oshii reveals that technological advancements made since 1995 actually increased the filmmaking workload." |
Larry Carroll |
Splat |
Ghost Rider (2007) |
"This is the type of film for which the actors involved carefully describe it in press junkets and interviews as “a lot of fun” rather than good." |
Brent Simon |
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Ghost Rider (2007) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Writer-director Mark Steven Johnson and actress Eva Mendes preview next summer’s Nicolas Cage vs. Peter Fonda battle." |
Christina Radish |
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Ghost Rider (2007) |
"Actor Interviews - Suggests star Nicolas Cage: "What we have here is a deeper movie, a philosophical movie, dressed in a popcorn movie’s clothes."" |
Lisa Johnson |
Splat |
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) |
"Ghosts Of the Abyss is an interesting experiment which fails to take full advantage of the real opportunity granted in its inception - to utilize emerging technology to explore terrain that has never been witnessed by humans. . ." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Splat |
Gigli (2003) |
"It’s a trainwreck of a film. . .too little substance, too long in the telling, and too bad too many opportunities were squandered in its making. . ." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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A Girl Cut in Two (2008) |
"Actress Interview - Says Ludivine Sagnier: "Kubrick, Sirk, Hitchcock... They all liked blondes! I would have loved to have worked with any one of them."" |
Pam Grady |
Tomato |
The Girl Next Door (2004) |
"The best thing about The Girl Next Door is its attitude. The film opts for a straightforward approach to sex – one that teenagers will not only relish, but also appreciate." |
Susan Michals |
Tomato |
The Girl Next Door (2004) |
"What really makes Girl terrific is the way it combines every familiar ending you’ve ever seen in a teen movie, sex comedy or other genre and makes up an altogether fresh one." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) |
"Despite this week’s Golden Globes snub and lack of Oscar nominations, actress Scarlett Johannson is well on her way to major Hollywood stardom." |
Annlee Ellingson |
Tomato |
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) |
"A film from another time and place, when patience and atmosphere transcended the need for gear-shifting plot points or exaggerated characterizations." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
Girlhood (2003) |
"Thanks to unprecedented access, acclaimed documentarian Liz Garbus is able to continue her upfront examination of the American criminal justice system." |
Annlee Ellingson |
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Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Says Scott Hicks: "[It was] a pathetic camera. He didn't think anyone making a real movie would use such a camera."" |
Pam Grady |
Tomato A- |
Gloomy Sunday (2003) |
"A borderline classic, this is a movie that harkens back to such films as Casablanca, but still confidently asserts its own unique voice." |
Larry Carroll |
Splat |
Glory Road (2006) |
"There are far too many "dramatic music" cues - you know, the Aaron Copland-influenced ones that creep in just as the actor is about to say something truly important." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Glory Road (2006) |
"Celebrity Interview - For Josh Lucas, the chance to join the fraternity of films such as Hoosiers and A Season on the Brink was a most welcome trial by fire." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Go Further (2004) |
"Celebrity Interview - Woody Harrelson pulls into San Francisco in his hemp-fueled magic bus and turns the Green Festival into a festive sidewalk affair." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato |
Goal! (2006) |
"Heck, we even call soccer by another name, christening it football even though foot actually seems to touch ball maybe a dozen times a match, if that." |
Brent Simon |
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God, Sex & Apple Pie (2001) |
"Interview - A PR firm’s hollow promise to deliver Roger Ebert and opening in New York right after 9/11 are just a small part of Jerome Courshon’s movie marketing education." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat D |
Godsend (2004) |
"A young boy scans the movie theater and whispers, ‘I see bored people.’ Welcome to Hollywood’s latest attempt to duplicate The Sixth Sense." |
Larry Carroll |
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Godsend (2004) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Before DVD, alternate endings generally stayed on the page of a discarded script. Today, they’re a major component of a disc’s supposed added value." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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The Golden Compass (2007) |
"Actor Interview - Says Sam Elliott: "What a shame that people are going to miss this movie, because somebody convinced them that the book is anti-Christian..."" |
Pam Grady |
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The Golden Girls - The Complete First Season (1985) |
"Betty White: An interview with America's Grandmother" |
Larry Carroll |
Tomato |
Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
"Affleck has smartly gone and selected a place which he knows well and a source text that assays it with skill and no small sense of moral complexity." |
Brent Simon |
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Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
"Actor Interview - The fact that Casey Affleck has no problem sharing a story many others might suppress for fear of embarrassment tells you all you need to know." |
Richard Horgan |
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Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
"Begs the comparative question: where does this sibling cinema rank in the overall brothers-in-Hollywood-arms pantheon?" |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
"Clearly, Affleck in no way believes himself to be the great director many critics made him out to be." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat |
Good Boy! (2003) |
"Based on an informal straw poll at the film’s grandiose family premiere, the audience most likely to enjoy the film is seven to ten-year-old boys." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Good Bye, Lenin! (2004) |
"A bold exercise in what-if?" |
Annlee Ellingson |
Splat |
The Good German (2006) |
"Casablanca is so explicit a reference in the movie’s finale that it drew nervous giggles from the film-savvy audience with which I saw the movie." |
Brent Simon |
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The Good Girl (2002) |
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Splat |
Good Luck Chuck (2007) |
"To paraphrase one of Chuck's girlfriends, this is a film that finds no shame in licking the sand off the balls of comedy." |
Brent Simon |
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