Tag: Review
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‘Conan the Destroyer’ is a Lame Sequel
It does have its moments, though.
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‘Catwalk’ is a Slight, But Fun, Fashion Documentary
Using the not-that-interesting Christy Turlington as its dramatic conduit, ‘Catwalk’ gives us an entertaining peek behind the curtain of the fashion industry circa 1994.
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Nicolas Cage Vamps It Up in ‘Renfield’
‘Renfield’ is unsurprisingly best when Cage is on screen.
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‘Designing Woman’ is Colorful Nonsense
This romantic comedy is bad at pretty much everything it tries, yet it manages to be pretty fun anyway.
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‘Air’ is Charming Nike Propaganda
Plus: ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a tense eco-thriller.
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‘Vamp’ is a Showcase for Grace Jones’ Mere Presence
The multihyphenate doesn’t nearly get enough to do, but her handful of scenes loom largely over a surprisingly strong teen horror movie.
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Short Takes: ‘Rye Lane,’ ‘Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,’ and ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
A rom-com, a documentary, and a fantasy comedy.
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‘Absence of Malice’ is an Inert Journalism Drama
On the one hand the narrative is uninvolving; on the other Sally Field’s character is such a reckless reporter that you spend most of the movie mad that she hasn’t been fired.
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Paul Newman is ‘Nobody’s Fool’
The movie would not be nearly as moving without Newman’s performance at the front.
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Jane Fonda Gives One of Her Best Performances in ‘Moving On’
‘Moving On’ doesn’t really know what to do with itself, but it does prove how difficult it is to put Fonda and Tomlin together in a movie and come up with a bad time.
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Paul Newman is Woefully Miscast in ‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’
Newman tries his best, but flounders, in a role better suited to the recently departed James Dean.
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‘Bend It Like Beckham’ Earns Its Clichés
Gurinder Chadha never offers any surprises in this comedy about a young Indian woman who dreams of professional soccer playing, but it’s so warm and spirited that it doesn’t matter.
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