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Short Redhead Reel Reviews date from 1986 to present. This main page lists the five most recent film reviews. To view a complete list of all films reviewed this month, see Previous Reviews on the right. |
Saturday, February 6, 2010 |
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La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet |
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NR 2010
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[Minnesota Films Arts plays this film Feb. 1-11 at the St. Anthony Main Theater; for more information, log on to www.filmarts.org or call 612/331-3134.] Exquisite ballet dancing highlights this artistic, informative, but repetitive, 159-minute Frederick Wiseman documentary that primarily consists of an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the agile, athletic, Paris Opera Ballet dancers, such as, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Nicolas Le Riche, and Agnès Letestu, as they rehearse ballets, including The Nutcracker and Paquita, at the architecturally stunning Palais Garnier and the choreography of Mats Ek, Sasha Waltz, Wayne McGregor, Rudolf Nureyev, and Pina Bausch.
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That Evening Sun |
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PG-13 2010
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[Minnesota Films Arts plays this film Feb. 5-11 at the St. Anthony Main Theater; for more information, log on to www.filmarts.org or call 612/331-3134.] Gorgeous cinematography and superb acting highlight this poignant, heartbreaking, well-written, critically acclaimed, cameo-dotted (Dixie Carter and Barry Corbin) film about a stubborn, cantankerous, 80-year-old farmer (Hal Holbrook) who leaves a nursing home in Tennessee and faces off against a couple (Ray McKinnon and Carrie Preston) and their teenage daughter (Mia Wasikowska) who have moved into his home after his lawyer son (Walton Goggins) sold them his property.
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Dear John |
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PG-13 2010
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A heartbreaking, compelling, bittersweet, romantic film, which is written by bestselling author of The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe, with a double entendre title in which a shy, hotheaded Special Forces soldier (Channing Tatum) falls in love with a beautiful blonde student (Amanda Seyfried), who is friendly with a struggling single father (Henry Thomas) and his autistic son (Braeden Reed/Luke Benward), while visiting his coin-collecting, Asperger’s Syndrome-afflicted father (Richard Jenkins) on a two-week leave from the Army in South Carolina and the ensuing tumultuous relationship that develops when he reenlists for another tour of duty after the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Frozen |
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R 2010
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Frantic dialogue and biting cold dominates this tension-filled, chilling thriller about three skiers (Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, and Kevin Zegers) who end up stuck on a chair lift when two operators (Ed Ackerman and Adam Johnson) are in a hurry to close up shop.
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From Paris with Love |
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R 2010
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Quips and bullets fly in this humor-dotted, action-packed, fast-paced, violent thriller when an ambitious, trigger-shy, wannabe spy (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who just accepted a proposal from his girlfriend (Kasia Smutniak), working as a personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador (Richard Durden) partners with a reckless, skillful American operative (John Travolta) to stop a dangerous terrorist cell before they hit a high-profile conference in Paris while taking out a gang of Asian cocaine dealers (Yinj Bing, et al.) along the way.
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©2010 by Wendy Schadewald
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