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| Reviews in a Hurry: W, X, Y, Z | ||||||||||
| The X-Files: Fight the Future �all is build-up with no pay-off.� X2: X-Men United �Hollywood loves movies like this.� Yi-Yi �We must judge who they are only by their actions� Yojimbo (1961) �so many sandals and socks� You Can Count on Me �competent and thoughtful character study�even if assembled pieces are somewhat familiar.� Zelig �solid intellect but hit-and-miss storytelling.� |
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| Vanilla Sky �hmmmm�� Vanity Fair (2004) �wanted another forty or sixty minutes� Velvet Goldmine �a perpetual two-hour prance with a contemptuous come-hither look on his face.� Vera Drake �a document of working class London life in the 1950s� A Very Long Engagement �If there are causes worth dying for, they don�t show up� The Village �I can�t decide if it�s clever or ridiculous.� Waking Life �vignettes celebrate curiosity, imagination, and the act of dreaming�with the freedom of animation.� Wall Street �Gekko is the purest, most undiluted product of capitalism� Walkabout �juxtaposition of �civilization� and �wilderness� told in purely cinematic terms of images and expressions.� Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit �to stop the Were-Rabbit, you will need�a bullet!� Walk the Line �a real sense of atmosphere for a quickly vanishing time and place� War of the Worlds (2005) �everything feels in quotation marks� The Watcher in the Woods �the only thing it�s missing is a genuine Indian burial ground.� The Way of the Gun �complications and complications until we kind of stop caring.� Westworld �like an early draft of �Jurassic Park.�� Whale Rider �story of these two strong personalities at odds with one another� Witness (1985) �be careful among the English� Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) �Willy says: spare the rod and spoil the child. We�ve never heard that before.� Wizard People Dear Reader �be careful when anyone loves you.� |
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