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127 Reviews by Robert K. Elder
127 Reviews by
Robert K. Elder
of Chicago Tribune
Movie: Triad Election
Release date: 4/25/2007
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
[Director To's] talent for documentary-style realism and navigating complex political systems set...
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Movie: Protector, The
Release date: 9/8/2006
Review by Robert K. Elder of Los Angeles Times:
(7/0)
An overstuffed action vehicle about a man looking for his elephants.
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Movie: Protector, The
Release date: 9/8/2006
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...an overstuffed action vehicle about a man looking for his elephants. You read that right.
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Movie: Chicken Little
Release date: 11/4/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
The results are mixed, though there are signs of promise.
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Movie: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Release date: 10/21/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...a guilty pleasure you don't have to feel guilty about.
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Movie: Doom
Release date: 10/21/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...aspires to be more than just a gory shoot em' up--though it'd still be a stretch to call it a ...
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Movie: Two for the Money
Release date: 10/7/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...it's a compelling drama, if only a little hollow.
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Movie: Two for the Money
Release date: 10/7/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Pacino's bark is ultimately better than Two For the Money's bite.
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Movie: Greatest Game Ever Played, The
Release date: 9/30/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...all sports stories, especially underdog yarns, are contrivances--separated only by the nuance ...
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Movie: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Release date: 9/16/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...magnificently creepy...
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Movie: Constant Gardener, The
Release date: 8/31/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...(director) Meirelles' slow-burning thriller defies strict genre conventions.
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Movie: Constant Gardener, The
Release date: 8/31/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
A sweaty, vital masterpiece that's always one step ahead of its audience.
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Movie: Secuestro Express
Release date: 8/5/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Jakubowicz will undoubtedly become a filmmaker to follow, as soon as he understands what he wants...
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Movie: Devil's Rejects, The
Release date: 7/22/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...offensively inhuman, uninspired and cruelly unoriginal.
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Movie: Devil's Rejects, The
Release date: 7/22/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Offensively inhuman, uninspired and cruelly unoriginal.
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Movie: Murderball
Release date: 7/8/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Murderball has all the ingredients of a powerful sports documentary: magnetic characters, triumph...
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Movie: Herbie: Fully Loaded
Release date: 6/22/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...we learn about the value of family, listening to your heart and, above all, the importance of ...
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Movie: High Tension
Release date: 6/10/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
With a plot as curvy as its two heroines, the French slasher film High Tension lives up to it...
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Movie: Cinderella Man
Release date: 6/3/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Howard's relentless and flatfooted attack on our sympathies slips into monotony...
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Movie: Saving Face
Release date: 5/27/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Sexy without being steamy, smart without being overtly dogmatic...
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Movie: Saving Face
Release date: 5/27/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Unexpected pregnancy and family politics can be heavy, dramatically explosive issues, but Wu temp...
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Movie: House of Wax
Release date: 5/6/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
The remake of House of Wax anchors itself firmly in the time-honored tradition of horror exploita...
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Movie: Dear Frankie
Release date: 3/4/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Both Mortimer and McElhone stitch together this carefully modulated little character piece, with ...
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Movie: Man of the House
Release date: 2/25/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
It's not a perfect film, by far, but Jones' playful banter with his cheerleading charges remains ...
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Movie: Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The
Release date: 2/9/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Irving's insightful, glorious little documentary reveals larger personal truths for her subject w...
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Movie: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Release date: 12/17/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Exceptionally clever, hilariously gloomy and bitingly subversive.
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Movie: Bad Education
Release date: 11/19/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
If only Bad Education engaged the heart as much as the head, Almodovar's fractured tale might hav...
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Movie: After the Sunset
Release date: 11/12/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
With nothing at stake and little mortal peril, Sunset loses most of its dramatic tension.
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Movie: Saw
Release date: 10/29/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Saw is a nasty, nasty piece of business. And I mean that in the nicest possible way.
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Movie: Mr. 3000
Release date: 9/17/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Commits the cardinal sin of not being quite as funny as its star.
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Movie: Mean Creek
Release date: 8/20/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Such a simple plot barely fills the film's 87 minutes, but writer/director Jacob Aaron Estes more...
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Movie: Little Black Book
Release date: 8/6/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
An eccentric, boldly black romantic comedy.
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Movie: Catwoman
Release date: 7/23/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
The Showgirls of superhero movies.
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Movie: Catwoman
Release date: 7/23/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
A vacuous lingerie show posing as feminism, it's the biggest movie hairball this side of Garfield...
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Movie: Garfield
Release date: 6/11/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
The cinematic Garfield: The Movie feels like an 82-minute commercial for Garfield, The Brand ...
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Movie: Love Me If You Dare
Release date: 5/21/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
It's a pitch-black, Grimm Brothers-style fable that enchants, frustrates and ultimately dares you...
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Movie: Love Me If You Dare
Release date: 5/21/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
It's a pitch-black, Grimm Brothers-style fable that enchants, frustrates and ultimately dares you...
87 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Love Me If You Dare
Release date: 5/21/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
It's a pitch-black, Grimm Brothers-style fable that enchants, frustrates and ultimately dares you...
87 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Mean Girls
Release date: 4/30/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Though not a perfect comedy, it manages to be quite often laugh-out-loud funny.
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Movie: Taking Lives
Release date: 3/19/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...an unimaginative, protracted gore-fest...
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Movie: Reckoning, The
Release date: 3/5/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
The central conceit of 'let's save lives by putting on a play' seems not only artificial, but als...
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Movie: Eurotrip
Release date: 2/20/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...just might be the best comedy so far this year.
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Movie: Honey
Release date: 12/5/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Apparently the moviegoing public demanded a remake of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and the ...
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Movie: In My Skin
Release date: 11/7/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...it's riveting, disturbing cinema...
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Movie: Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The
Release date: 11/5/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...a fascinating account of history in the making that plays like a cinematic whiplash.
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Movie: Scary Movie 3
Release date: 10/24/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
The laughs are so far apart and offer so few comic calories that it might be time to stick a fork...
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Movie: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The
Release date: 10/17/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
An effectively scary slasher film.
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Movie: Cold Creek Manor
Release date: 9/19/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
What separates Cold Creek Manor from other chillers is Figgis's artful direction...
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Movie: Freddy vs. Jason
Release date: 8/15/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Freddy vs. Jason succeeds as a guilty pleasure.
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Movie: Love the Hard Way
Release date: 6/6/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
...a dark, uneven character study...
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Movie: Raising Victor Vargas
Release date: 3/28/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Both intimate and universal, the film ripples with little human moments we've all lived, whether ...
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Movie: Sky Blue
Release date: 1/1/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Isn't just animation, it's high cinema.
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Movie: Below
Release date: 10/11/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(7/0)
Twohy pulls all the strings to create an inventive genre piece.
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Movie: House of Wax
Release date: 5/6/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...our soft-witted sextet of heroes spend the first half of the movie scaring one another until t...
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Movie: Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, The
Release date: 4/29/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...there's a lot to love...
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Movie: Sahara
Release date: 4/8/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...consistently absurd...
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Movie: Kung Fu Hustle
Release date: 4/8/2005
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...an endearing homage to a genre's history...
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Movie: Blade: Trinity
Release date: 12/8/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...discards much of the muddy computer graphics that plagued Blade 2.
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Movie: Incredibles, The
Release date: 11/5/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
The Incredibles isn't just a title, it's also the perfect descriptor for Bird's animated triu...
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Movie: Team America: World Police
Release date: 10/15/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...you quite never know whose team they're on, and that's why Parker and Stone's wily brand of ka...
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Movie: Taxi
Release date: 10/8/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...riddled with comic potholes.
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Movie: Raise Your Voice
Release date: 10/8/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...parents surely want a family film they can take their young daughters to--but not one so bland...
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Movie: Woman Thou Art Loosed
Release date: 10/1/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...a TV-movie-caliber polemic...
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Movie: Shaun of the Dead
Release date: 9/24/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...a gleefully gory, pitch-perfect parody...
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Movie: Silver City
Release date: 9/17/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
... there's a complexity of form and motive to be admired, even if some of his plot points are a ...
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Movie: Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Release date: 9/10/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(6/1) No reference
As video game movies go, this one contains less plot and character development than Pac-Man.
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Movie: Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Release date: 9/10/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
... might be justified as 'mindless fun' if it weren't for the acute lack of fun in its 93 minute...
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Movie: Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, The
Release date: 8/11/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(6/1) No reference
An improvement over its inelegant original.
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Movie: Bang Rajan
Release date: 8/6/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(6/1) No reference
The dramatic ploy is so disjointing, it's not often clear if Jitnukul's narrative is in the past ...
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Movie: Seducing Dr. Lewis
Release date: 6/16/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Sails by on charm and confident character acting, even if it's navigating well-charted waters.
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Movie: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Release date: 2/20/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
A star vehicle with three flat tires and sugar in the gas tank.
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Movie: You Got Served
Release date: 1/30/2004
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Commits a variety of cinematic sins, none fatal individually but collectively enough to pull an a...
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Movie: Honey
Release date: 12/5/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Has the shelf life of a dented milk carton.
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Movie: In My Skin
Release date: 11/7/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
A spellbinding, forceful film that refuses to be ignored.
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Movie: Housekeeper, The
Release date: 7/11/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(6/1) No reference
...engages both the heart and the head.
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Movie: Housekeeper, The
Release date: 7/11/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(6/1) No reference
Its love story engages both the heart and the head.
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Movie: Bulletproof Monk
Release date: 4/16/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Bulletproof Monk may be the first movie based on a comic book to outshine its source material. Un...
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Movie: Open Hearts
Release date: 2/21/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Director Bier lays bare her characters' frail allegiances, bringing her audience into the searing...
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Movie: Guru, The
Release date: 1/31/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(6/1) No reference
As an experiment, The Guru bubbles over a bit, but still coaxes laughter from an audience while c...
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Movie: Guru, The
Release date: 1/31/2003
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...a brash experiment.
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Movie: Nicholas Nickleby
Release date: 12/27/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
McGrath's version of Nicholas Nickleby cashes in on age-old show biz wisdom of 'always leave 'em ...
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Movie: Nicholas Nickleby
Release date: 12/27/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
McGrath's version of Nicholas Nickleby cashes in on age-old show biz wisdom of 'always leave 'em ...
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Movie: Treasure Planet
Release date: 11/27/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Directors John Musker and Ron Clements, the team behind The Little Mermaid, have produced sparkli...
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Movie: Just a Kiss
Release date: 9/27/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
... an absurdist Heathers-like comedy about love and fate.
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Movie: Just a Kiss
Release date: 9/27/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
For the most part Stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue.
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Movie: feardotcom
Release date: 8/30/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...there's no big payoff, no logical resolution.
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Movie: feardotcom
Release date: 8/30/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
As scary and minor-chord heavy as FearDotCom can be, there's no big payoff, no logical resolution...
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Movie: Blue Crush
Release date: 8/16/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Apart from dazzling cinematography, we've seen just about everything in Blue Crush in one for...
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Movie: Adventures of Pluto Nash, The
Release date: 8/16/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
It might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a Three's Company-style laugh track.
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Movie: Blue Crush
Release date: 8/16/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Apart from dazzling cinematography, we've seen just about everything in Blue Crush in one form or...
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Movie: XXX
Release date: 8/9/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Suit #1: Sold. OK, set up the product placements. Call Motorola for a video cell phone doohickey....
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Movie: I am Trying to Break Your Heart
Release date: 7/26/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...an honest, bare-bones portrayal of Chicago's Wilco during its most volatile period, both creat...
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Movie: I am Trying to Break Your Heart
Release date: 7/26/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
In an industry that favors flash over substance, youth over experienced craftsmanship, Jones expo...
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Movie: Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, The
Release date: 7/12/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we ...
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Movie: Notorious C.H.O.
Release date: 6/28/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...shockingly funny.
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Movie: Scooby-Doo
Release date: 6/14/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Scooby-Doo knows when to take itself seriously and when to laugh at itself -- even if its audienc...
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Movie: Scooby-Doo
Release date: 6/14/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...knows when to take itself seriously and when to laugh at itself - even if its audience isn't l...
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Movie: Importance of Being Earnest, The
Release date: 5/22/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...resonates and inspires rapid-fire bouts of laughter...
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Movie: Importance of Being Earnest, The
Release date: 5/22/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
The Importance of Being Earnest resonates and inspires rapid-fire bouts of laughter, perhaps even...
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Movie: Salton Sea, The
Release date: 4/26/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Sacrificing content for style, Caruso gives us a lot to look at but little to ponder.
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Movie: Jason X
Release date: 4/26/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Jason X conjures up more giggles than scares, assuming you make it through the first 15 minutes.
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Movie: Big Trouble
Release date: 4/5/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Mostly ... Sonnenfeld mishandles the broad part of the comedic formula, preferring repetition to ...
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Movie: Blade II
Release date: 3/22/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
... Blade II is the Tammy Faye Bakker of action movies.
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Movie: Resident Evil
Release date: 3/15/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
On its own terms, Resident Evil updates the zombie genre with an anti-corporate message while sti...
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Movie: Queen of the Damned
Release date: 2/22/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...we are left in the dark as to the actual source of vampirism's power, weaknesses and immortali...
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Movie: Crossroads
Release date: 2/15/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
All things considered, Crossroads isn't great filmmaking, but Spears herself isn't bad.
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Movie: Crossroads
Release date: 2/15/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
The entire 88 minutes of the film translates to a little more than advertisement for Spears' musi...
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Movie: Big Fat Liar
Release date: 2/8/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
...the boring second cousin of Spy Kids.
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Movie: Snow Dogs
Release date: 1/18/2002
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
What Faustian bargain did Gooding make, forcing him to star in this insipid fish-out-of-water com...
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Movie: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:36 PM
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Black's retro-noir reminds us why we love movies: because they can surprise us, even when we're a...
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Movie: Joe Somebody
Release date: 12/21/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
If American Beauty were a bland comedy, it would be Joe Somebody.
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Movie: How High
Release date: 12/21/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
In small doses, the movie's outlandish, unapologetic gross-out humor works... Taken in all at onc...
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Movie: Other Side of Heaven, The
Release date: 12/14/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Captures a breathtaking exotic landscape cluttered only by the smugness of its characters.
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Movie: Other Side of Heaven, The
Release date: 12/14/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
... a breathtaking exotic landscape cluttered only by the smugness of its characters.
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Movie: Not Another Teen Movie
Release date: 12/14/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
It can't help but fall prey itself to a final deadly genre cliché: Its soundtrack outsparkles the...
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Movie: Out Cold
Release date: 11/21/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Doesn't ever quite seem to elevate itself above an '80s 'youth against the establishment' genre f...
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Movie: Learning Curve, The
Release date: 10/5/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Adds a layer of irony as the director makes one beginner's mistake after another -- revealing Sch...
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Movie: New Port South
Release date: 9/7/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
A movie that feels like three hours of detention -- even though the film is only 97 minutes.
3 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Osmosis Jones
Release date: 8/10/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
For fans of animation and larger-than-life jokes, Osmosis Jones is just what the doctor ordered.
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Movie: Kiss of the Dragon
Release date: 7/6/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
The characters in Kiss of the Dragon are more cardboard than usual for an action movie.
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Movie: Scary Movie 2
Release date: 7/4/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
(3/4) No reference
Wanders from joke to joke with not enough narrative -- or blood -- to make it all stick together.
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Movie: Crimson Rivers, The
Release date: 6/29/2001
Review by Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune:
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