Film Reviews
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 168 minutes
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Screenplay by Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio
(Third Installment Based on a Disney Ride)
CAPSULE REVIEW: B-
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Shooter
Rated: R
Running Time: 124 minutes
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Screenplay by Jonathan Lemkin and based on the novel by Stephen Hunter
CAPSULE REVIEW: C
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Batman Begins
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 144 minutes
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer, based on characters created by Bob Kane
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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Cold Mountain
Rated: R
Running Time: 155 minutes
Directed by Anthony Minghella.
Screenplay by Anthony Minghella. Based on the book by Charles Frazier.
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 133 minutes
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Screenplay by Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, and Jay Wolpert, from a story by Stuart Beattie. Based on the popular Disneyland amusement ride.
CAPSULE REVIEW: B
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Cremaster 3
Unrated
Running Time: 182 minutes
Written and directed by Matthew Barney
CAPSULE REVIEW: F
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The Pianist
Rated R
Running Time: 148 minutes
Directed by Roman Polanski
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
Based on the autobiography of Wladyslaw Szpilman.
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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Irreversible
Unrated
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Directed and written by Gaspar Noé
CAPSULE REVIEW: C
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The Hunted
Rated R
Running Time: 1 hour and 34 minutes
Directed by William Friedkin
Screenplay by David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths, and
Art Monterastelli
CAPSULE REVIEW: C
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The Reflecting Skin
Rated R
Running Time: 116 minutes
Written and directed by Phillip Ridley
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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Minority Report
Rated PG-13
Running Time: 145 minutes
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay rewritten by Scott Frank from Jon Cohen’s original adaptation.
Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick.
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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Spiderman
Rated PG-13
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Directed by Sam Raimi
Screenplay by David Koepp
Based on the Marvel comic by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
CAPSULE REVIEW: B
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The Man Who Wasn’t There
Rated R
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Directed by Joel Coen
Written by Joel and Ethan Coen
CAPSULE REVIEW: B+
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Little Otik (Otesánek)
Working Title: Greedy Guts
Rated R
Running Time: 127 Minutes
Czechoslavakian, English Subtitles
Written and Directed by Jan Svankmajer
Based upon a classic folk tale.
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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A Beautiful Mind
Rated PG-13
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Directed by Ron Howard
Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman
Based on the book by Sylvia Nasar
CAPSULE REVIEW: A-
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The Royal Tenenbaums
Rated R
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Directed by Wes Anderson
Screenplay written by Anderson and Owen Wilson.
CAPSULE REVIEW: B
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Gosford Park
Rated R
Running Time: 137 Minutes
Directed by Robert Altman
Screenplay by Julian Fellowes
Based upon an idea by Altman and Bob Balaban
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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El Espinazo del Diablo (The Devil’s Backbone)
Rated R
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Spanish with English Subtitles
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay by Guillermo Del Toro, Antonio Trashorras, and David Munoz
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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Ocean’s Eleven
Rated PG-13
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay by Ted Griffin
Loosely based on the 1960 original starring Frank Sinatra and his “Rat Pack.”
CAPSULE REVIEW: B
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Le Pacte des Loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf)
Rated R
Running Time: 146 Minutes
French with English subtitles.
Directed by Christophe Gans.
Screenplay by Stephane Cabel.
Based on the actual French legend of the Beast of Gevaudan.
CAPSULE REVIEW: A-
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From Hell
Rated R
Running Time: 137 Minutes
Directed by Albert and Allen Hughes
Written by Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias
Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell.
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Rated R
Running Time: 95 Minutes
An animated production directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.
Screenplay by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.
Based upon the third novel (of 12) in Hideyuki Kikuchi’s series,
“D: Demon Deathchase” (1985).
CAPSULE REVIEW: B-
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Mulholland Drive
Rated R
Running Time: 158 minutes
Directed by David Lynch
Screenplay by Joyce Eliason and David Lynch
CAPSULE REVIEW: A
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A.I.
Rated PG-13
Running Time: 145 Minutes
Written and Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screen story by Ian Watson
Based on the short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss.
CAPSULE REVIEW: C+