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BRETT MICHEL

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Sydney White

An obvious, labored fairy tale
Joe Nussbaum’s created a genre mash-up, grafting on the plot of Revenge of the Nerds and . . . the climax of Spartacus ?
By BRETT MICHEL  |  September 19, 2007

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Death Sentence

They don't get much worse than this
An all-out war between Hume and his gangland prey culminates in a ridiculously over-the-top shootout in an abandoned mental hospital.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  September 05, 2007

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Halloween

Oh, the horror
I have seen the origin of evil, and it’s feral, yet strangely . . . adorable.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  September 05, 2007

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3:10 to Yuma

Claustrophobia
It seeped like a cancer into his modestly expanded take on Elmore Leonard’s short two-hander set within the confined time and space of a hotel room.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  September 05, 2007

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The 11th Hour

Global warming made boring
Remember the “myth” of global warming?
By BRETT MICHEL  |  August 22, 2007

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Monkey business

Champ versus chump in The King of Kong
Florida lawyer/video game scapegoater Jack Thompson has it all wrong.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  August 22, 2007

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I Know Who Killed Me

Lindsay Lohan's robotic reel life
Lohan’s virgin/whore dons a robotic hand, the perfect prop to match her performance.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  August 01, 2007

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Hot Rod

Barely worth an illegal download
Andy Samberg and his SNL Digital Shorts cohort stepped in to recapture some of that “Lazy Sunday” magic.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  August 01, 2007

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Interview

Where's the sex?
Steve Buscemi probably felt morally compelled to remake Theo van Gogh’s Interview .
By BRETT MICHEL  |  July 18, 2007

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Goya's Ghosts

Hauntingly awful
It’s the looming specter of a once-great filmmaking talent rising after an eight-year silence.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  July 18, 2007

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Joshua

Eschewing supernatural hysteria
Something sure to please fans of Ratliff’s documentary Hell House.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  July 11, 2007

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Bon appétit

Brad Bird cooks up a masterpiece
Family. We spend lifetimes breaking away from them, forging our own path, only to discover it leads back to the same place.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  June 27, 2007

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Ten Canoes

A Cain-and-Abel style story
The film's humor and warmth are as natural as its actors’ exposed genitals.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  June 20, 2007

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Angel-A

Frank Capra’s classic loses its class
Could this be Besson’s directing finale, as rumored? Ouais, s’il vous plaît!
By BRETT MICHEL  |  June 06, 2007

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Mr. Brooks

A film with a split-personality
The press notes for Bruce A. Evans’s thriller begin with a quote from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde .
By BRETT MICHEL  |  May 30, 2007

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Dream girl

Satoshi Kon’s got your ticket
Do films hold the power of dreams?
By BRETT MICHEL  |  May 30, 2007

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F*** The Commitments?

Glen Hansard and John Carney hold forth
Glen Hansard has a number of dedicated fans.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  May 23, 2007

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Delta Farce

Blue-collar comedians mine the War on Terror for jingoistic laughs
Blue Collar Comedy mines the War on Terror . . . for laughs?
By BRETT MICHEL  |  May 17, 2007

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Waitress

Serving happy endings
In this posthumous release from writer/director/actress Adrienne Shelly, Andy Griffith is still presiding over small-town America.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  May 09, 2007

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Away from Her

Unforgettable performances in a forgettable debut film
Sarah Polley’s feature-directing debut boasts outstanding performances, but she’s confused Alice Munro’s elegantly straightforward structure.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  May 08, 2007
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