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Between the Lines is an exploration
and articulation of the obvious and the obscure. A cavalcade of
creation and commentary designed to amuse and bemuse.
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Batman
Begins Only an actor with true gravitas can wear this caped
crusader's mask. Christian Bale pulls it off.— KMH
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Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory Magically
delicious. — KMH
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Closer
The title is an interesting, but puzzling one: closer to what,
total dysfunction? A strange movie, perhaps a bit unsettling,
but superbly acted, especially by Clive Owen. Staged and directed
by the brilliant Mike Nichols.— KRM
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Entourage
Boys in Toyland.— KMH
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A Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy Accept this Quest.— KMH
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Lords
of Dogtown Tony Alva's cojones, Stacy Peralta's level head,
Jay Adams soul, and Skip Engblom's heart. The transition from
doc Dogtown
and Z-Boys to a fictionalized version of the founders
of the skate craze is a groovy cultural lesson with a few minor
exceptions — exactly how did rich kid Sid find himself
in the surf ghetto? Sure we need a cameo of Tony Hawk, but playing
an astronaut?— KMH
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Metallica:
Some Kind of Monster "We're already dead. We're just
haunting together, chasing demons." Watch this ghost story.—
KMH
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Monster-in-Law
Typical Montrose, Colorado: Crash was here exactly
one week only, and I missed it — whereas Monster Mother-in-Law
has been here for three weeks. I won't see it. I suspect right-wing
evangelical Christians control the movies in this town.—
KRM
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The Motorcycle
Diaries This movie concentrates on Ché Guevara's
early years, on what helped form and impact his emotional, intellectual,
and political views. This is no casual Hope/Crosby road picture,
but a warm and deeply felt friendship between Ché and
best friend Alberto. Rather than a strident polemic, the film
helps inform the audience of what possibly made Ché do
what he eventually did — later in his Cuban, African, and
Bolivian years.
The movie is actually quite touching, and, in the end, when
the credits roll it is surprising and also gratifying to see
authentic old black and white photos of young Ché and
his best buddy — a now quite elderly Alberto, who still,
now in real time and in real life, looks so much like the actor
who portrayed him.
It doesn't matter what a filmgoer's political leanings are;
there is much information and real enjoyment to be had from
this movie.— KRM
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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Four cliched and chintzy
love and loss storylines sewn together by one plot contrivance.
What's good? Performances by Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, and
Amber Tamblyn. What's great is the fourth member of the quartet
— America Ferrera.The Real
Women Have Curves star shows her peers how to fill out
501s and jump off the screen. (Watch for her small, yet sizzling,
part in Lords of Dogtown.)—
KMH
