Articles by Mike Sauve

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  Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2

  Jeremy Konner, Wayne Isham

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2008

  Jack Black stage whispers, "This is the greatest and best song in the world,” and I’d really like to believe him. It’s easy to dismiss Tena...

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  Mister Lonely

  Harmony Korine

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2008

  It’s my opinion that Harmony Korine has made two of the three most important films of the last 15 years: Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy. Vince...

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  Vicky Christina Barcelona

  Woody Allen

  PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2008

  Matchpoint revitalized Woody Allen’s mainstream and critical appeal in large part because the archetypical New York neurotic eschewed his...

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  Into the Wild

  Sean Penn

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2007

  Into The Wild generated as much buzz as any major film at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival for a few reasons. Eddie Vedder’s sc...

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  Into the Wild

  Sean Penn

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2007

  Into The Wild generated as much buzz as any major film at TIFF for a few reasons. Eddie Vedder’s score alone is a hip little selling point,...

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  Rescue Dawn

  Werner Herzog

  PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2007

  Escape movies rely on that inevitable payoff at the end. Audiences aren’t going to boo the guy who went through two hours of hell, busted o...

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  Evan Almighty

  Tom Shadyac

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2007

  Evan Almighty is a concise "little family movie” that only cost $175 million to produce. Steve Carell is charming as always but if you’re l...

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  Alpha Dog

  Nick Cassavetes

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2007

  Alpha Dog is a teen melodrama based on the "true events” surrounding Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer, kidnapper and murderer. The bigg...