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The Washington Post;  May 2, 2004 ;     418 words ...The jury will be advised that Tom Hanks has already received his karmic comeuppance for treading on Alec Guinness's coattails in "The Ladykillers," having just been the victim of imitation in "13 Going on 30," Jennifer Garner's grrrl-power remake of "Big." But surely no one will disagree that the

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The Washington Post;  April 25, 2004 ;     476 words ...If vengeance is all the rage in multiplexes these days, there is plenty of payback from years gone by at your video store, too. Herewith, some vintage and contemporary classics that suggest revenge is indeed a dish best served cold -- on the couch, with a big bowl of popcorn. The Searchers (1956,

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The Washington Post;  July 18, 2004 ;     310 words ...Last Man Standing (2004, 60 minutes) -- Political film junkies going through withdrawal after "Fahrenheit 9/11" won't want to miss "Last Man Standing," an absorbing, funny, often depressing portrait of the 2002 race between Republican Texas state legislator Rick Green and his young challenger,

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The Washington Post;  April 18, 2004 ;     527 words ...Casa de los Babys (2003, 95 minutes) -- John Sayles's movie about a group of American women waiting to adopt children from an unnamed Latin American country can't be called a fully realized film. But even as an artist's sketch, it provides a fascinating, Sayles-ian glimpse into the emotionally,

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The Washington Post;  May 9, 2004 ;     510 words ...A Mighty Wind: The Album (2003, 91 minutes) -- One CD that refuses to leave my personal heavy rotation lately, this compilation of songs from last year's sublime Christopher Guest comedy includes a few bonus tracks of material that didn't make it into the film. You'll laugh as the Folksmen (Guest,

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The Washington Post;  November 12, 2006 ;     336 words ...Six films about the Iraq war worth watching. "Control Room" -- A riveting piece of cinema verite, demonstrating the radical differences in how the war was perceived in Western and Middle Eastern media. (On DVD.) "The War Tapes" -- Candid firsthand accounts of U.S. National Guard troops who were

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The Washington Post;  July 10, 2005 ;     488 words ...With the current onslaught of French movies, from "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" to "5x2," "Apres Vous," "A Tout de Suite" and "Ma Mere," it's worth reminding that few filmmakers do summer better than the French (or, in at least one case, the Poles who live in France under constant threat of