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TOM MEEK

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Fracture

Inspired, even if preposterous
It’s manipulative artifice for sure, but the stacked aces make it a rapt jury-rigging.
By TOM MEEK  |  April 25, 2007

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La Doublure|The Valet

Deeper than it appears
Have the French cornered the market on light comedy?
By TOM MEEK  |  April 25, 2007

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Pathfinder

Tossing continuity to the wind
The sexual tension and transcendental tones of Terrence Malick’s The New World and the graphic, balletic carnage of 300 meet in Marcus Nispel’s Pathfinder .
By TOM MEEK  |  April 18, 2007

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In the Land of Women

A tidy suburban melodrama
If Mrs. Robinson had been played by Martha Stewart and had suffered breast cancer, The Graduate might have played out like In the Land of Women .
By TOM MEEK  |  April 18, 2007

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

A bit small-screen
After the infamous guerrilla advertising campaign, the movie version of the irreverent, South Park –esque series arrives with little fanfare.
By TOM MEEK  |  April 10, 2007

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Firehouse Dog

Tear ducts or belly laughs?
It' s a clunky coming-of-age standard.
By TOM MEEK  |  April 04, 2007

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Meet the Robinsons

The Jetsons all over again
A few decades from now, Canada will be Northern Montana, people will float through cities in soap bubbles, and frogs will sing Sinatra.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 29, 2007

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The Lookout

Noirish notes
Chris Pratt has it made: he’s a stud, he has a rich father, and he can score a goal from anywhere on the ice.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 29, 2007

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Live Free or Die

New Hampshire deserves better than this
Seinfeld writers Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin conceived this project as a TV series, which is where it should have stayed.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 28, 2007

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TMNT

Turtle power!
Cowabunga, dude!
By TOM MEEK  |  March 21, 2007

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Pride

Hope floats, and so does Terrance Howard
Predictable and rickety, yet heartfelt, Pride dips into the rage of civil rights.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 21, 2007

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Mafioso

Little-seen 1962 romp gets second shot at stateside release
Many American film buffs know the names of the leading Italian neo-realists, but few would recognize that of Alberto Lattuada.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 21, 2007

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Dead Silence

Like Saw , only with puppets
You could call this a hacked version of the Saw series, but its filmmakers, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, are the two hacks behind that macabre franchise.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 21, 2007

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The Dead Girl

Too bad she's a feminist
Wrapping together several shorts linked by a common theme and calling it a feature seems to be the trend du jour in indie filmmaking.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 21, 2007

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The Ultimate Gift

Pretty hoky stuff
Stingy are the rich, as we know from Ebenezer Scrooge and even Bill Gates before he became a crusading philanthropist.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 14, 2007

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Two Weeks

And a Lifetime saga
The harrowing indignity of watching a loved one fade at the hands of a terminal illness gets a vivid look in Steve Stockman’s soul-scratching melodrama.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 15, 2007

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300

So much testosterone...
Outside a Chippendale show you’ll never see this many half-clad beefcakes in a single gander.
By TOM MEEK  |  March 06, 2007

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Wild Hogs

Running on empty
Four suburban males in the throes of midlife crisis decide the remedy is to don leather, saddle a Harley, and cruise across the county — with no rules.
By TOM MEEK  |  February 28, 2007

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Black Snake Moan

Bluesmen and nymphomaniacs
Craig Brewer seems to harbor a need to exorcise his white burden through films centered on black music.
By TOM MEEK  |  February 28, 2007

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Ghost Rider

Without Cage, an infernal flame-out
If Nicolas Cage weren’t a goofball with a hunky physique and droll wit, this Marvel-comic-to-big-screen adaptation would have no torque at all.
By TOM MEEK  |  February 21, 2007
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