Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

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  Man of the Year

  Barry Levinson

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2007

  The time is certainly ripe for an exploration of bankrupt American politics and the influence of Jon Stewart and his ilk but don’t expect t...

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  The Pursuit of Happyness

  Gabriele Muccino

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2007

  Horatio Alger gets his day in court with Will Smith as counsel for the defence; the result is The Pursuit of Happyness, which is at once hi...

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  Shooting Dogs

  Michael Caton-Jones

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2007

  My hopes were not high for this film, which boasts not one but two heroic whitey leads in a sea of black Rwandans. And sure enough, the Cau...

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  Trust the Man

  Bart Freundlich

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2007

  Just when you thought the ’90s were over, here comes a fatuous comedy to prove you wrong. Trust the Man takes the ultra-bland pseudo-indie...

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  William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Music Edition

  Baz Luhrmann

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2007

  You can probably best enjoy this Romeo and Juliet if you forget there ever was a person named William Shakespeare. Not that you actually ca...

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  Miracle on 34th Street

  George Seaton

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  Edmund Gwenn is the number three Christmas movie icon; he’s well behind Jimmy Stewart but neck-and-neck with Alistair Sim. As Santa Claus,...

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  Mission: Impossible 3

  J.J. Abrams

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  It’s too bad that Tom Cruise’s antics kept moviegoers from seeing this perfectly decent bit of action fluff — not a tragedy, perhaps, but i...

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  The Quiller Memorandum

  Michael Anderson

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  This is a little less special than its reputation would suggest but it’s still a reasonably good Cold War espionage thriller with the added...