FilmCritic entries tagged "Rachel Griffiths"

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Angel Rodriguez

by Don Willmott on Nov 27 2006
DVD Release Date: November 28, 2006
Angel Rodriguez

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Angel Rodriguez is a small-scale and elegantly understated look at one troubled urban teen's dilemmas and the equally tough challenges faced by the woman charged to help him. Spanning just two typical days in the life of 16-year-old Angel (Jonan...... more »
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Step Up

by Sean O'Connell on Aug 19 2006
DVD Release Date: December 19, 2006
Step Up

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Advertising materials tell us all we need to know about Step Up. She's a little bit Fame, and he's a little bit West Side Story. She's an ice queen, while he's a Vanilla Ice clone. We get it. Yet choreographer-turned-director...... more »
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The Hard Word

by Jules Brenner on Jun 9 2003
DVD Release Date: October 7, 2003
The Hard Word

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At first I thought it was an Aussie take on a heist film, with a clever angle on where one might find three cool specialists in armed robbery. Intriguing as that setup was, during the second act, the style had...... more »
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The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina

by Christopher Null on Aug 1 2002
DVD Release Date: August 6, 2002

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I have no idea if there are prior Tom Thumb or Thumbelina movies before this one (actually, I'm sure there are -- I just don't know if they're actually related to it), but this new Adventure certainly features an all-new,...... more »
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The Rookie

by Bradley Null on Mar 27 2002
DVD Release Date: August 27, 2002
The Rookie

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The Rookie, as you may have figured out from its television advertising blitz, is the true story of Jimmy Morris, a 35-year-old high school science teacher and baseball coach that takes one last shot at his dream of playing in...... more »
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Blow Dry

by Christopher Null on Aug 19 2001
DVD Release Date: August 14, 2001
Blow Dry

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Hmmm, what's this movie with Josh Hartnett and Rachael Leigh Cook on the cover? Must be some nutty teen comedy, right? Well, with one cancer diagnosis and one death in the first 15 minutes, Blow Dry is hardly the feel-good...... more »
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Blow

by Christopher Null on Apr 6 2001
DVD Release Date: September 23, 2008
Blow

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In the famed cocaine drama Scarface, I remember a lot of gun battles and bowl after bowl of cocaine spilled on the table. I do not remember heartfelt talks with dad, a cancer-stricken girlfriend, and a child custody battle. Yet...... more »
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Children of the Revolution

by Christopher Null on Nov 12 2000
DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003

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A true oddity, in keeping with Australian cinema. What with F. Murray Abraham as Stalin (yes, the Stalin), who fathers a lovechild in the 1950s with a visiting Australian radical played by Judy Davis, how can you expect anything but...... more »
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Cosi

by Christopher Null on Sep 3 2000
DVD Release Date: September 3, 1997

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Cute but predictable, Cosi revolves around the cute-but-predictable premise of a group of insane asylum inmates who put on a rendition of the opera Cosi fan Tutte despite having no acting or singing ability whatsoever (not to mention a lack...... more »
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Me Myself I

by Christopher Null on Sep 1 2000
DVD Release Date: March 13, 2001
Me Myself I

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What is it about foreigners and alternate reality comedy/dramas? On the heels of Sliding Doors, Twice Upon a Yesterday, and who knows what other indies comes Me Myself I, starring Rachel Griffiths in the dual role of a harried Australian...... more »

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