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Batman
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2016-03-27
If Batman did nothing else but restore pulp-art shadow to the icon sanitized in his pop-art TV reincarnation, it would be an achievement. Tim Burton's Batman, starring a subdued Michael Keaton as you-know-who and a supercharged Jack Nicholson as the Joker, handily accomplishes that mission.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2014-09-26
With Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Tim Burton gives new meaning to the term "director's cut."Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Never Again
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2014-07-23
However insulting the script is to the formidable talents of Clayburgh and Tambor, they turn in Shinola performances.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
The Net
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2014-06-09
Despite Angela's skills - and Bullock's charms - director Irwin Winkler's film is so pedestrian that his movie has all the thrills of a school crossing.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
The Big Easy
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2014-06-03
The Big Easy is an extremely enjoyable (and well-lubricated) vehicle for two actors who aren't quite yet stars, but should be.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Jailbait
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2014-02-14
Claustrophobic and overwrought, Jailbait is an unpleasant excursion into gay panic mitigated somewhat by performances that are hard to shake.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Water
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-10-06
Profound, passionate and overflowing with incomparable beauty, Water, like the prior two films in director Deepa Mehta's "Elements" trilogy, celebrates the lives of women who resist marginalization by Indian society.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
The Art of the Steal
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-10-01
As a movie, Steal is as finely wrought as the decorative ironworks that hang on the walls of the Barnes between Picassos and Seurats. Yet as a narrative of the facts, it is as one-sided as a plaintiff's brief.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
The Notebook
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-07-03
Dramatically speaking, the movie version of The Notebook has a first act and a last act but lacks a transition. If it were a sandwich, it would be two slices of bread without filling.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Miracle
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-06-29
Miracle really isn't about the game. It's about the game as metaphor for united we stand.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
The Heat
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-06-28
This profanely hilarious and tonally erratic spoof of buddy movies is funny as it begins in "Miss Congeniality 2" territory, funnier still as it zooms into "Lethal Weapon" climes. But it stops dead, and I mean that literally, when it takes a U-turn into a "Pulp Fiction" sinkhole of slapstick violence.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Wild Reeds
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-06-24
Andre Techine creates living characters instead of sociopolitical symbols.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Fill the Void
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-06-14
Burshtein keeps the camera tight on the faces of her actors in a way that succeeds at making visible the invisible heat between the characters. The film's chaste eroticism and the community's deep respect for Shira's emotional and spiritual growth keep the audience in thrall.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
What Maisie Knew
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-06-12
The result is a film that deeply engages us on multiple levels. Not only do we wonder what Maisie knows and how she knows it, we want to get this seedling to a place where she won't have to be transplanted every day.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Chungking Express
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-06-04
A lyrical and delightfully goofy study in romantic longing.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
It's war, no peace, with Count and Countess Tolstoy
A review by Carrie Rickey for philly.com2013-04-29
Set exactly a century ago, The Last Station is a droll tragicomedy starring those battling Tolstoys, whose family is unhappy in its own way.Christopher Plummer, self-effacing as the peasant-loving...Read entire review on philly.com -
Trance
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-04-11
Because Trance is principally about the thrill of the ride rather than the inner lives of the riders, it lacks that outlaw humanism specific to Boyle films such as "Trainspotting," "Slumdog Millionaire," and "Millions." In other words, it's an ingeniously built automaton, sexy as hell, and devoid of a heart.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
For Your Consideration
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2013-01-28
There are no belly laughs here, only rueful chortles about the confederacy of chuckleheads that calls itself the entertainment industry.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Parental Guidance
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2012-12-26
Parental Guidance is an engaging comedy that bridges multiple generation gaps, making it that rare movie that grandparents, their kids, and their kids can enjoy.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer -
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
A review by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer2012-12-20
At its best, Worlds Away is a parade of mostly attractive acrobats performing physically improbable feats. At its worst, it has the humorlessness of Ridley Scott plumbing the deeper meanings of an Esther Williams water ballet.Read entire review on Philadelphia Inquirer
