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Quiet City (Katz, 2007)

gcheath19 wrote 3 months ago: Most Mumblecore films drive me nuts with their irritating characters and lackadaisical cinematic sty … more →

Tags: aaron katz, mumblecore

Honeydripper (Sayles, 2007)

gcheath19 wrote 3 months ago: A sublime slice of Southern Americana from John Sayles, a true master of regional storytelling and … more →

Tags: john sayles, Danny Glover

Interview (Buscemi, 2007)

gcheath19 wrote 3 months ago: Steve Buscemi’s smug D.C. journalist gets into a series of verbal fisticuffs with Sienna Mill … more →

Tags: Steve Buscemi, Sienna Miller

Youth Without Youth (Coppola, 2007)

gcheath19 wrote 3 months ago: After ten years of winemaking, mentoring his filmmaker children, and failing to produce stalled per … more →

Tags: Francis Ford Coppola

The Walker (Schrader, 2007)

gcheath19 wrote 4 months ago: Frankly, Paul Schrader’s Washington D.C. drama about a high class male escort named Carter Pag … more →

Tags: Paul Schrader

The Great Debaters (Washington, 2007)

gcheath19 wrote 4 months ago: Give director Denzel Washington credit for tackling some heavy imagery, especially since the film … more →

Tags: Denzel Washington, Forrest Whitaker

Right at Your Door (Gorak, 2007)

gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: When faced with a catastrophic terrorist attack, should one trust their personal instincts or the m … more →

The Kite Runner (Forster, 2007) 1 comment

gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Marc Forster’s well meaning but flawed adaptation of the best selling novel by Khaled Hossien … more →

Tags: Marc Forster

A Few Notes on We Own the Night

gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: My original (and unenthusiastic) review for We Own the Night can be found here. But seeing James Gra … more →

Tags: James Gray

The Savages (Jenkins, 2007)

gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: I was thoroughly taken with Tamara Jenkins’ The Savages, a smart and affecting independent … more →

Tags: Laura Linney, Tamara Jenkins, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Juno (Reitman, 2007) [B]

gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: I wonder if this film’s detractors realize it’s just a beautiful slice of fantasy and n … more →

Tags: Ellen Page, Jason Reitman

Charlie Wilson's War (Nichols, 2007) [B-]2 comments

gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Mike Nichols’ problematic and exciting treatment of Congressman Charles Wilson, who single ha … more →

Tags: Mike Nichols, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts

Lars and the Real Girl (Gillespie, 2007) [B]1 comment

gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Note: This weekend I caught up with many of the films from 2007 I missed in theaters, which should … more →

Tags: Ryan Gosling

The Golden Compass (Weitz, 2007)

gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Lets start with the good. Every character in The Golden Compass has an “animal demon”, o … more →

Tags: Chris Weitz

Dan in Real Life (Hedges, 2007) [B-]

gcheath19 wrote 5 months ago: Peter Hedges’ dramedy about a columnist/widower (Steve Carell) attempting to maneuver aroun … more →

Reservation Road (George, 2007) [C+]

gcheath19 wrote 6 months ago: Heartbreaking performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Jennifer Connelly (her “realization of gui … more →

Tags: Terry George

Enchanted (Lima, 2007) [B-]

gcheath19 wrote 6 months ago: A fun and clever homage to the expansive Disney universe, anchored by the incomparable Amy Adams, w … more →

Tags: Amy Adams

Lions For Lambs (Redford, 2007) [C]

gcheath19 wrote 6 months ago: It’s not enough for Hollywood to simply make films about the various layers of the Iraq confl … more →

Tags: Robert Redford, Tom Cruise, meryl streep

Paprika (Kon, 2007) [C+]1 comment

gcheath19 wrote 7 months ago: Paprika works best while consuming the vast overlapping dreamscapes of its characters’ minds, … more →

Tags: Kön


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