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Robert Abele - Variety
Robert Abele Title: Email: news@variety.com Page: 1 of 1 RESULTS Best Year of Our LivesSamuel Goldwyn's "The Best Years of Our Lives" is one of the best pictures of our lives. It's the type of film production which belies Goldwyn's own well-publicized interview of last week that the British would
The Theatre Bizarre
A deviant, demented and occasionally delicious flashback to the heyday of omnibus horror.
The Christening
Aggressive, fast-paced Warsaw-set crimer gives new meaning to the phrase "to die like a dog."
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
A fascinating story of drugs, cancer, bankruptcy, unpaid royalties and unresolved resentments.
The Boat That Rocked
Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, plus a heavy dose of Swinging '60s nostalgia, fuel "The Boat That Rocked," Richard Curtis' hymn to the wild days of U.K. pirate radio.
Kalinovski Square
Solidifying Yury Khashchavatski's position as Minsk's Michael Moore, "Kalinovski Square" is a harrowing yet acerbic docu on the contentious March 2006 re-election of Belarusian strongman President Alexander Lukashenko and the trampling of human rights in its wake.
Norbit
Eddie Murphy once again taps into his inner Jerry Lewis in "Norbit," playing a meek hubby and his hopelessly domineering 500-pound-plus wife. Thesp's fans will flock to this low-ball item that arrives just as he's in the Oscar spotlight -- a coincidence that will only boost early February
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
No more kids' stuff at Hogwarts. In "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," the budding teenage wizards-in-training grapple with incipient romance, jealousy and mortality. Last year's "The Prisoner of Azkaban" seemed dark, but this excellent fourth film derived from J.K.
The Song of Sparrows
Deeply humanistic story set among Iran's underprivileged explores how capitalism and technology corrupts man.
Double Vision
Many of the ingredients are in place but the blood refuses to chill when watching "Double Vision," a Taiwanese attempt at the Japanese-patented "psycho-horror" genre that suffers from a blurred script and a serious lack of onscreen chemistry between its actors. Limited
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