Articles By Ian Mackenzie
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The Siege Edward Zwick Published May 25, 2007"Imagine if there was an attack on New York City like 9/11, actor Annette Bening says in one of this DVDs extra features, "and then it did...
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Bobby Emilio Estevez Published Apr 30, 2007More linear than a Robert Altman film, less visually seductive than a Paul Thomas Anderson film, writer/director Emilio Estevezs Bobby Kenn...
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Apocalypto Mel Gibson Published Mar 13, 2007The words "meat grinder come to mind; Apocalypto is a kinetic splatter of ground human flesh with a great plot, strong acting and handful o...
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Blood Diamond Edward Zwick Published Mar 13, 2007First, the good news: Leonardo Dicaprios uneven South African accent isnt half as distracting as it sounds like its going to be from the...
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SCTV: Best of the Early Years Published Feb 19, 2007"How are ya? Funny man Bobby Bittmans (Eugene Levy) limp catchphrase is an unlikely place to look for the comedic heart of the SCTV beast....
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The Science of Sleep Michel Gondry Published Sep 01, 2006Yet another film about a nearly insane Mexican lured to Paris by his distant mother on the promise of a job illustrating calendars. True to...
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape: Special Collector's Edition Lasse Hallström Published Jun 01, 2006For a screenplay with relatively little dialogue, theres a lot going on in this portrait of small town America and its requisite angst. Obe...
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Fun With Dick And Jane Dean Parisot Published Apr 01, 2006The self-important writer/director commentary is the worst thing about this DVD, which is itself an unnecessary (if competent) remake of the...
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The Man Les Mayfield Published Mar 01, 2006"It's like a dream come true," says The Man screenwriter Steve Carpenter during one of this DVD's "making of" featurettes, "Sam and Eugene;...
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Two for the Money D.J. Caruso Published Mar 01, 2006Al Pacino revisits familiar territory as an ailing gambling mogul guiding a rookie numbers picker up through the ranks of his sports betting...
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The Weather Man Gore Verbinski Published Mar 01, 2006Despite director Gore Verbinski's insistence (on one the DVD's extra features) that The Weather Man is not a genre piece, the film's explora...
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Queer As Folk: The Final Season Published Jan 01, 2006Theres a whiff of post-modern genius running through all five seasons of this beloved homosexual soap opera: that gay Toronto stands in as...
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Shattered Glass Billy Ray Published Jan 01, 2006As Anakin Skywalker, Hayden Christensen almost single-handedly wrecked Star Wars: Episode II. His interpretation of developing evil lacked n...
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Flightplan Robert Schwentke Published Sep 01, 2005The biggest of Flightplan's many disappointments is that all the cheap narrative trickery that's used to keep its main character in the dark...
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Beyond The Sea Kevin Spacey Published Jul 01, 2005Kevin Spacey's five-year obsession with getting the Bobby Darin story down on celluloid manages to avoid full-blown "vanity picture" status...
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Hostage Florent Emilio Siri Published Jul 01, 2005Hostage brims with competence; that's the Bruce Willis touch. The A-list celebrity both produces and stars in this reluctant hero story. But...
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The Jacket John Maybury Published Jul 01, 2005For all its claims at having avant-garde roots, The Jacket is shamelessly derivative; it's One Flew Over the Butterfly Effect with a pepperi...
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith Doug Liman Published Jun 01, 2005Director Doug Liman's hot streak (which includes Swingers, Go and The Bourne Identity) comes to an abrupt halt in the genre-confused star ve...
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Phil the Alien Rob Stefaniuk Published Mar 01, 2005It looks as if director Rob Stefaniuk called in a lot of favours while making his campy sci-fi comedy Phil the Alien. Even at the best of ti...
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It looks as if director Rob Stefaniuk called in a lot of favours while making his campy sci-fi comedy Phil the Alien. Even at the best of ti...