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eFilmcritic Archive: "Broken Bridges" (2006)
I saw the Toby Keith vehicle “Broken Bridges” via an unexpected and bizarre digital video presentation at the Lincolnshire Theater in an...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "The Break-Up" (2005)
When Hollywood makes a romantic comedy, it usually almost never resembles the life you and I lead. I say that, of course, assuming the...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "Breakfast on Pluto" (2005)
Author Patrick McCabe knows his misfits. He knows them so well, he invents new languages for them. They can be tough to learn at first,...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "The Brothers Grimm" (2005)
When people ask me my favorite film of all time, I often say Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil.” I won’t go into detail as to why, but I have been...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "Broken Flowers" (2005)
“Broken Flowers” tells the story of a man pursuing a likeness of himself. Little does he know he has been on this pursuit his whole...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "Bee Season" (2005)
One of the first things “Bee Season” tries to convey is that words—letters in particular—have such strong spiritual connotations that...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "Batman Begins" (2005)
No hero shot. No grand, memorable score. No forced romance. No action sequence that tries to be the end-all be-all action sequence. ...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "Boogeyman" (2005)
“Boogeyman” tells a story of a Genius. In the movie he’s called Timmy, but for the sake of continuity, I will refer to him as Genius in...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "American Teen" (2008)
In Benjamin Nugent’s book "American Nerd," Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Fieg says “I’ve always referred to life as perpetual high school...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "Apocalypto" (2006)
This will not be a review of Mel Gibson’s personal problems or how he dealt with them. This is a review of his latest movie and nothing...

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eFilmcritic Archive: "Awesome, I F***ing Shot That" (2006)
Why have concert films and rock documentaries grown in popularity over the past year or so? Since covering the Sundance Film Festival...

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eFilmcrititc Archive: "The Amityville Horror" (2005)
This remake of “The Amityville Horror” has the right idea. Take a mediocre-to- awful movie that had potential and try to make it better....

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eFilmcritic archive: "Alone In the Dark" (2005)
Film critics sometimes have to face this dilemma, especially those who love “so bad, they’re good” movies. Here’s my problem: If I had...

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