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Celebrating the Underhyped Movies of 2004new
Plenty of fine films opened to little or no fanfare this year. New Times reviewers pick their favorite movies that didn't draw the adulation they deserved.
The Pitch |
Bill Gallo, Melissa Levine, Jean Oppenheimer, Luke Y. Thompson and Robert Wilonsky |
12-27-2004 |
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Tags: Various Directors, 2004's Best Films, Control Room, I Heart Huckabees, Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut, Kitchen Stories, Mean Creek, My Architect, Overnight, She Hate Me, Silver City, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space, The Corporation, The Manchurian Candidate, The Mother, The Story of the yearinreview 2004, The Terminal, The Twilight Samurai, Tokyo Godfathers, Weeping Camel
Presidential Politics – With Strings Attachednew
Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-29-2004 |
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Director Demme Updates Manchurian Candidate for War on Terrornew
Like one of the shadowy, brainwashing scientists that populate both films, Demme takes the story of John Frankenheimer's suspenseful Cold War satire and instills new marching orders for the war on terror.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-29-2004 |
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Fahrenheit 9,011new
Sacrilege? No, for once a remake makes sense—and will make more people mad than Michael Moore.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
07-27-2004 |
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