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Movie Reviews Archive

April 11, 2005
Kicking and Screaming

Kung Fu Hustle—a thrilling, dreamy action comedy—gives chaos a good name.

March 15, 1999
"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
March 28, 2005
Knock Woody

Melinda and Melinda tells the same story twice, as comedy and then tragedy—and misfires at both.

May 10, 1999
"The Winslow Boy"
April 5, 2004
Low Country

With Tom Hanks as a charming southern con man, the Coen brothers slip a whoopee cushion under a comedy of manners in The Ladykillers.

August 2, 1999
Scream Cheese

In his remake of "The Haunting," action-flick director Jan De Bont throws so much tacky hardware at the viewer, it's hard not to giggle.

February 23, 2004
Pet Project

Adopting a circus camel is one thing, but persuading a Polish town to love it is a comic challenge eagerly taken up by the heroes of The Big Animal.

July 12, 1999
"My Son the Fanatic"
August 30, 1999
Taken for Granted

Hugh Grant falls for a Mafia princess, and once again he's in trouble -- not because he's Mickey Blue Eyes but because he's just Hugh Grant.

July 12, 1999
Buddy Flicks

Will Smith and Kevin Kline misfire, the Italian stallions in "Summer of Sam" are mock Scorsese, and Adam Sandler's gone all sappy on us.

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