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TOM MEEK

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Darfur Now

A call to action
Theodore Braun’s probing documentary about the genocide crisis in Darfur takes a hopeful approach.
By TOM MEEK  |  December 05, 2007

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Revolver

Call the script doc
Forget whatever you know about Guy Ritchie films.
By TOM MEEK  |  December 05, 2007

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Hitman

Not quite the Bourne franchise
Timothy Olyphant, long a garnish in films like Go and Live Free or Die Hard , takes centerstage in this video-game-to-big-screen-actioneer.
By TOM MEEK  |  November 20, 2007

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Beowulf

Full-blown FX
As Beowulf (mostly in voice), the reliable and paunchy Ray Winstone develops a digitally chiseled physique.
By TOM MEEK  |  November 20, 2007

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P2

A sex-gore flop
Bentley and Nichols do wonders with a property otherwise as appealing as an empty parking garage on Christmas Eve.
By TOM MEEK  |  November 14, 2007

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Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

Hokey charms and convictions
Jonathan Demme’s latest documentary chronicles the controversial 2006 book tour by the former president.
By TOM MEEK  |  October 31, 2007

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Saw IV

More gory pranks
Jigsaw has a new apprentice, and the apprentice has a battery of scratchy videotapes explaining how to escape if you wake up in an iron maiden or the like.
By TOM MEEK  |  October 31, 2007

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Warren Miller’s Playground

Skiing in a relentlessly-cut-to-heavy-metal format
Playground loses the intimacy that the similarly fashioned Endless Summer surfer series achieved.
By TOM MEEK  |  October 31, 2007

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The Comebacks

Racking up penalty yards
Long before the big game rolls around (the Toilet Bowl, I shit you not), and the film shows a touch of heart, the clock has run out.
By TOM MEEK  |  October 24, 2007

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Music Within

A squad of sharply drawn outcast vets
Richard Pimentel has a lot put upon him: born to an interracial couple in the ’40s, he’s “the eighth miscarriage that lived."
By TOM MEEK  |  October 24, 2007

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Things We Lost In the Fire

Haunting agony and angst
Too bad the bigger melodrama doesn’t equal its piquant parts.
By TOM MEEK  |  October 17, 2007

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Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?

Another African-American life lesson
Janet Jackson as the staid academic “Perfect Patty” delivers a smoldering nugget that lingers on screen long after the moment has passed.
By TOM MEEK  |  October 18, 2007

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King of California

A surreal oddity that jells
And so as dad persists in scuba-diving in shit, Miranda surrenders her childhood for her father’s delusional shenanigans.
By TOM MEEK  |  September 26, 2007

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The Bubble

A gay, Middle Eastern Romeo and Juliet
“If a gay suicide bomber goes to Heaven, does he get 72 virgin boys or 72 muscular men?”
By TOM MEEK  |  September 26, 2007

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Dedication

What it takes to warm up to sociopathic leads
The solid performances and edgy touches by actor Justin Theroux go far, but it’s all wasted on a Grinch.
By TOM MEEK  |  September 19, 2007

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War

The dumber the better
Despite the stilted dialogue, the porn-star-quality acting, and the incoherent stitching together of action sequences, War does stir some interest.
By TOM MEEK  |  August 29, 2007

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Balls of Fury

A comic mish-mash
Credit in part Christopher Walken’s evil Feng, a screwy triad boss sponsoring a death-match ping-pong tourney in South America.
By TOM MEEK  |  August 29, 2007

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The Last Legion

A load of poppycock
The battle scenes look ho-hum in the wake of 300 , as director Doug Lefler sticks stolidly to the old school.
By TOM MEEK  |  August 22, 2007

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Resurrecting the Champ

Gritty enough
The maudlin turns near the final bell mute Champ’s resonance.
By TOM MEEK  |  August 22, 2007

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Death at a Funeral

A lively boneyard romp
But gags involving excrement and gay dwarfs from the deceased’s past don’t do justice to the cinematic funeral tradition.
By TOM MEEK  |  August 15, 2007
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