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The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008, Chris Carter)

November 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I can understand why Chris Carter and company made X-Files: I Want to Believe (though not the title), but I can’t understand why Fox produced it. The film was a significant bomb, even if it didn’t cost very much, and some critics dismissed it as an episode turned into a feature. It’s anything but… instead, […]

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Tagged: 20th Century Fox· Amanda Peet· Chris Carter· Frank Spotnitz· ★★½

The Ex (2007, Jesse Peretz)

May 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

The Ex reminds me of a 1980s comedy, but maybe not. Maybe more a 1990s comedy. I knew it did, but I couldn’t figure out why, until I realized it’s all about the information given the viewer. The Ex starts in New York and moves to Ohio in the first seven and a half minutes […]

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Tagged: Amanda Peet· Charles Grodin· David Guion· Jason Bateman· Jesse Peretz· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Michael Handelman· Zach Braff· ★★★

Syriana (2005, Stephen Gaghan)

January 21st, 2006 · No Comments

What a sprawling and ambitious film… oh, wait, it’s actually neither. Syriana has a bunch of good performances (Matt Damon being the stand-out lead and Amanda Peet or Alexander Siddig being the supporting, with William Hurt turning in a really nice extended cameo), but with the exception of the Muslim suicide bomber, it’s emotionally empty… […]

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Tagged: Amanda Peet· Chris Cooper· Christopher Plummer· George Clooney· Matt Damon· Robert Baer· Stephen Gaghan· Tim Blake Nelson· Warner Bros.· William Hurt· ★★

Melinda and Melinda (2004, Woody Allen)

May 15th, 2005 · No Comments

Woody Allen has written around thirty films, probably thirty-four. Ten of these films are some of the finest in the last thirty years, give or take. But he tries something new in Melinda and Melinda and it doesn’t work.
Of his recent work, his post-Miramax period, Melinda is the second strongest–Curse of the Jade Scorpion holding […]

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Tagged: Amanda Peet· Chiwetel Eliofor· Chloë Sevigny· Fox Searchlight Pictures· Jonny Lee Miller· Radha Mitchell· Will Ferrell· Woody Allen· ★★★

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