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Review of I Just Didn't Do It
New Film Finds Fault with Japanese Legal System... For Over Two Hoursby Kirk Faulkner When Masayuki Suo addressed the audience at the New York Film Festival premier of "I Just Didn't Do It", he described his new film as a mixture of a Kafka story and an episode of Law and Order. After watching the 143 minute procedural drama about an innocent ... read more Posted on 11/07/2007 by FC Scribes 
Review of Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
Demme's doc is an interesting look at the crossroads of ideology and punditryby Zachary Wigon Living under the administration that currently occupies the White House, it could be difficult to remember that some Presidents have had excellent grips on the minutiae of policy details. Bill Clinton did – it’s one of the reasons why he was so beloved – but oftentimes, it seems ... read more Posted on 10/28/2007 by FC Scribes 
Review of Redacted
De Palma aims high with this ambitious fake-doc, but fails to make the most of a novel conceptby Zachary Wigon “What we are watching as we sit paralyzed in our fold-down seats isn’t ‘like a film’; it is a film. With a script, a screenplay, that has to be followed unswervingly. The casting and the technical and financial resources have all been meticulously scheduled: these are professionals at ... read more Posted on 10/04/2007 by FC Scribes |
