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Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"DeWitt has Lahti's eyes and, more importantly, uses them to anchor a performance style that is similarly unmannered, unhurried and uncontrived." |
Richard Horgan |
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Racing Stripes (2005) |
"Celebrity Interview - Frankie Muniz and his agents at ICM are determined to follow in the footsteps of Kurt Russell rather than those of Jan-Michael Vincent." |
Larry Carroll |
Splat C |
Racing Stripes (2005) |
"Old McDonald had a farm, EEIEEIO. And on that farm there was no clear sense of direction, EEIEEIO." |
Larry Carroll |
Tomato |
Radio (2003) |
"Gooding Jr.'s dexterous avoidance of attention as Radio puts him among today’s most formidable actors, previous bad movie choices be damned." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
"With Frank Darabont and George Lucas hard at work on a screenplay for a fourth installment, the first three adventures resurface as a deluxe DVD box set." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Raise Your Voice (2004) |
"Red Carpet Report - Although Ivan Reitman has long been a fan of Santa Clarita, CA, this film and many others have now joined this burgeoning center of ‘walkaway production.’" |
Richard Horgan |
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Raising Helen (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Garry Marshall, Kate Hudson, Joan Cusack and John Corbett discuss the director's latest big of congenial comedy." |
Ian Spelling |
Splat |
Raising Helen (2004) |
"The film’s trio of kids show virtually no grief other than the occasional pout, a reaction that is more akin to being grounded than having your family torn apart." |
Susan Michals |
Tomato |
Raising Victor Vargas (2003) |
"In a day and age when head shaking moments of disbelief are about as commonplace at the Cineplex as stale popcorn, Raising Victor Vargas is reason enough for discerning moviegoers to raise a cheer." |
Richard Horgan |
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Raising Victor Vargas (2003) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Peter Sollett expands upon the themes of his award-winning Sundance short with the help of two returning cast members and a 70-year-old grandmother." |
Richard Horgan |
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Rambo (2008) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Says Sly: "I like First Blood and I like this one... The others were kind of trying to figure out what I should do."" |
Brent Simon |
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Rambo (2008) |
"Rambo squaring off against a Muslim radical toting a dialysis machine would have had a much better chance of standing up to the sight of Cate Blanchett in a form-fitting Nazi uniform." |
Richard Horgan |
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Rambo (2008) |
"Even if Sly pulls this one out of his machine gunning, machete wielding ***, the bout as a whole still goes to the Sundance Film Festival." |
Richard Horgan |
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Ratatouille (2007) |
"Sure enough, among the 60 "production babies" listed are perhaps such future in-house Pixar multi-hyphenates as Bosco, Ciana, Elledale, Lotus and Zuhan." |
Richard Horgan |
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Ray (2004) |
"Celebrity Interview - The recent death of Jamie Foxx's grandmother is the only thing that can put a damper on what is likely to be a busy awards season." |
Ian Spelling |
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Ray (2004) |
"Report from the 11th Annual Screen Actor's Guild Award Nominations" |
Larry Carroll |
Splat C |
Ray (2004) |
"Foxx, like Will Smith in Ali, has perfected a party trick rather than a performance. Give him some sunglasses, let him rock back and forth, and he does a great Ray Charles." |
Larry Carroll |
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Ray (2004) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Taylor Hackford’s unrelenting desire to bring Ray to the big screen began from the moment he found himself gyrating in the fourth grade." |
Pam Grady |
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Reality Unleashed (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Fourteen ex-reality TV stars insist it gets more real on this DVD than at any time during their series. Amazing what alcohol can do." |
Larry Carroll |
Splat |
The Reaping (2007) |
"The fact remains that audiences don’t seem particularly drawn to Swank in anything other than asexualized roles." |
Brent Simon |
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The Reaping (2007) |
"Actor Interview - She’s won two more Oscars than he has; he’s got a gazillion dollars. In other words, Hilary Swank and Joel Silver is a match made in Hollywood hog heaven.
" |
Daniel Robert Epstein |
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Rebel Without a Cause (1955) |
"Author Interview - A new book by former US Magazine colleagues Al Weisel and Lawrence Frascella shines a light on one of America’s most overlooked auteurs" |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
The Reckoning (2004) |
"Belongs to an impressive breed of suspense thriller that wrings tension not from gunfights or explosions, but from examining issues of personal integrity and morality." |
Brett Buckalew |
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The Recruit (2003) |
"Al Pacino takes Colin Farrell under his wing in the spy thriller The Recruit. In this interview they are joined by co-star Bridget Moynahan and director Roger Donaldson to talk about a world of betrayal and deception." |
Lynn Barker |
Splat |
The Recruit (2003) |
". . .the film ends as a nonentity, arriving at a conclusion that is not satisfying and completely nonsensical because it preys on our stupidity rather than that of the characters." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Splat |
Red Dragon (2002) |
"Its thrills fall with metronome-like precision, exactly when they are expected, and the clues complete the puzzle without surprise or personality." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Splat |
Red Eye (2005) |
"Why a terrorist looking to kill the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security would take pity on saving the people in the rest of a Miami hotel building is beyond me." |
Mark Umbach |
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Red Eye (2005) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Imprisoned by his success in horror movies, Wes Craven is hoping the care he has lavished on his new thriller Red Eye will change all that." |
Pam Grady |
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Red Eye (2005) |
"Red Carpet Report - With Red Eye, director Wes Craven joins a cinematic mile-high club that has had more than its fair share of bumpy rides." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat |
Red Trousers (2003) |
"Promises a glimpse into a world that few have yet been able to explore, but fails to deliver on much more than the basest levels of entertainment." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Redacted (2007) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Says Brian De Palma: "Fortunately, I am in, shall we say, the sunset side of my career. I’m very happy with the movies I’ve made."" |
Ian Spelling |
Splat |
Redbelt (2008) |
"The journey has its charms, but the destination calls to mind Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?"" |
Brett Buckalew |
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Redbelt (2008) |
"Chiwetel Ejiofor is a tower of understated strength in this, his first American big screen "star vehicle."" |
Richard Horgan |
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Reel Paradise (2005) |
"Filmmaker Interview - "These are very different subjects for me,” allows filmmaker Steve James. "Upper-middle class, highly educated, white."" |
Brent Simon |
Tomato |
Reign Over Me (2007) |
"It’s not quite Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy walking into a bar, but it’s a mind-bending hybrid nonetheless." |
Richard Horgan |
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Rendition (2007) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Says Gavin Hood: "Are we so cynical that if something doesn’t crack it at the box office, it wasn’t worth making?"" |
Brent Simon |
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Rendition (2007) |
"Actor Interview - Says Jake Gyllenhaal to the reporter: "You look like a nice mint chocolate chip cookie."" |
Lisa Johnson |
Splat |
Rent (2005) |
"Would things have been different had Spike Lee directed? We may never know, but I'll bet he would have shot in the city rather than a phony looking studio back lot." |
Anderson Jones |
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Rent (2005) |
"For a while, filmmaker Chris Columbus seriously considered adapting the hit musical Rent with pop stars such as Justin Timberlake in two. Then he met the original cast." |
Ian Spelling |
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Rescue Dawn (2007) |
"Before this, the closest co-producer Elton Brand got to a German-born American sweating it out was Dallas Mavericks MVP Dirk Nowitzki." |
Richard Horgan |
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Reservation Road (2007) |
"It was easy for Focus to turn its focus elsewhere." |
Brent Simon |
Splat |
Reservation Road (2007) |
"Falls curiously flat, partially because that thriller aspect feels false." |
Pam Grady |
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) |
"Celebrity Interview - For ravishing zombie killer Jovovich, venturing into Sigourney Weaver cinematic territory has a lot to do with a certain videogame-playing sibling.
" |
Larry Carroll |
Splat C- |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) |
"Rarely have so many bad accents been on display, from the wandering German of the evil Major Cain to could-that-be-Russian? of two soon to be chomped soldiers." |
Larry Carroll |
Splat |
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) |
"Zombie heads are energetically cracked into in a manner that will please franchise aficionados but leave series newcomers somewhat fidgety and yawningly bemused." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato |
Resurrecting the Champ (2007) |
"The manner in which the subversion of expectation aids in and deepens one’s appreciation is attributable to advertising that reduces the story to the simple theme of uplift." |
Brent Simon |
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007) |
"Six years after directing Robert Redford in The Last Castle, Rod Lurie returns to the big screen with a film that says a lot about his leading man’s festival sideline." |
Pam Grady |
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007) |
"One can only assume Lurie never slammed producer Mike Medavoy with one of those don’t-think-twice personal insults." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat C- |
Returner (2002) |
"Yamazaki has made himself into a cover band, content to play Van Halen classics for middle-aged boys looking for a trip down memory lane." |
Larry Carroll |
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Rick (2003) |
"Celebrity Interview - Inspired by a particularly hectic day, Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler wrote the first draft for Rick in a furious 24 hours." |
Pam Grady |
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