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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. |
Friday, November 28, 2008 |
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Transporter 3 |
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PG-13 2008
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Car chases, crashes, and fight scenes dominate this quip-filled, action-packed, fast-paced sequel in which a martial-arts-savvy driver (Jason Statham) is forced to accept a hazardous assignment driving across eastern Europe when a ruthless American (Robert Knepper) blackmails a Ukrainian minister (Jeroen Krabbé) by kidnapping his free-spirited, freckle-faced daughter (Natalya Rudakova) and then seeks the help of a French police inspector (François Berléand) to come to his aid.
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Australia |
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PG-13 2008
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After a headstrong British aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to Australia in 1939 to find her husband murdered and their Faraway Downs cattle station decimated by the underhanded shenanigans of a ruthless, longtime manager (David Wenham) and an English cattle baron (Bryan Brown) in this uplifting, yet heartbreaking Baz Luhrmann epic filled with spectacular scenery, she is determined to make the ramshackle ranch a success with the help of a fiercely independent drover (Hugh Jackman) and an aboriginal boy (Brandon Walters) despite difficulties that arise when Japan bombs Darwin, Australia, in 1941.
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Four Christmases |
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PG-13 2008
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The 3-year relationship of a San Francisco lawyer (Vince Vaughn) and his girlfriend (Reese Witherspoon) comes to a crossroads in this wacky, slapstick holiday comedy when their trip to Fiji gets postponed due to fog, and the couple reluctantly end up visiting their divorced parents (Robert Duvall/Sissey Spacek and Jon Voight/Mary Steenburgen) and high-octane relatives (Jon Favreau, Kristin Chenoweth, Tim McGraw, et al.) during Christmastime.
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Milk |
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R 2008
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An inspirational, insightful, compelling, factually based, star-studded (Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Victor Garber, Eric Stoltz, et al.) Gus Van Sant political film that chronicles the rise of well-liked and outspoken Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) from closeted insurance salesman in New York City to openly gay political activist whose tireless campaign with his devoted partner (James Franco) during the 1970s eventually led to his successful bid as a San Francisco supervisor, but his popularity in general and his prominent role as a leader in the gay community is met with disapproval and distain by fellow supervisor Dan White (Josh Brolin).
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I’ve Loved You So Long |
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PG-13 2008
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After serving a 15-year sentence for murder in this engaging, down-to-earth French film, a guilt-ridden, depressed, emotionally withdrawn woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) tries to assimilate back into society and reconnect with her estranged sister (Elsa Zylberstein).
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©2008 by Wendy Schadewald
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