Articles by Michelle Devereaux

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  Till Human Voices Wake Us

  Michael Petroni

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Amnesia seems to follow Guy Pearce around. First, he was haunted by severe short-term memory loss as he searched for his dead wife's killer...

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  Johnny English

  Peter Howitt

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  In Johnny English, pigeon-like funny man Rowan Atkinson's titular British secret agent is so Clouseau-esque he might consider changing his...

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  Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

  Patrick Gilmore

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  What's with all the allusions to ancient Greek mythology in the latest big-screen tale of the swashbuckling Arabian Knight, Sinbad? This pa...

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  Benzina

  Monica Stambrini

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  First-time feature director Stambrini refers to her film, which translates less poetically to "Gas," as a "static road movie," but it's mor...

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  Raising Victor Vargas

  Peter Sollett

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  Casting non-actors in starring roles is always a gamble. Casting child non-actors in starring roles can be tantamount to insanity. Fortunat...

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  American Wedding

  Jesse Dylan

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  If you're going to title your movie American Wedding, you better have something archetypal in mind. Not just "a wedding" (indie scamp Rober...

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  Garage Days

  Alex Proyas

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  As the old Australian adage goes, it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll. Especially if you suck. It's not giving anything a...

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  The Wild Dogs

  Thom Fitzgerald

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  "Life has taught me that all men are dogs and all women are bitches," says Fitzgerald, who not only wrote and directed The Wild Dogs, but a...