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"...KING KONG is the screen's ultimate Beauty-and-the-Beast fable, and it endures through the power of innocence that has all but vanished from the screen..." Los Angeles Times "...KING KONG is more than a technical achievement. It is also a curiously touching fable....There is something ageless and primeval about KING KONG that still somehow works..." Chicago Sun-Times "...The grand-daddy of all monster movies..." Total Film "[T]he first Kong has something today's CGI masters are hard-pressed to give their monsters: a soul." Premiere "[I]t's still the quintessential pulp saga, capable of popping eyeballs 70-odd years later without the help of computers." Movieline's Hollywood Life "[The] black-and-white granddaddy of beast-on-the-loose movies....The movie looks improved over earlier video and TV copies, and still packs a wallop..." Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 4 -- "What makes KONG unique is its mix of hokum, horror, and peculiar poetry..." Premiere Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[T]he joy is seeing the 1933 original, complete with Max Steiner's classic score and once-censored scenes..." Rolling Stone23.34555

"...KING KONG is the screen's ultimate Beauty-and-the-Beast fable, and it endures through the power of innocence that has all but vanished from the screen..." Los Angeles Times "...KING KONG is more than a technical achievement. It is also a curiously touching fable....There is something ageless and primeval about KING KONG that still somehow works..." Chicago Sun-Times "...The grand-daddy of all monster movies..." Total Film "[T]he first Kong has something today's CGI masters are hard-pressed to give their monsters: a soul." Premiere "[I]t's still the quintessential pulp saga, capable of popping eyeballs 70-odd years later without the help of computers." Movieline's Hollywood Life "[The] black-and-white granddaddy of beast-on-the-loose movies....The movie looks improved over earlier video and TV copies, and still packs a wallop..." Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 4 -- "What makes KONG unique is its mix of hokum, horror, and peculiar poetry..." Premiere Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[T]he joy is seeing the 1933 original, complete with Max Steiner's classic score and once-censored scenes..." Rolling Stone23.34555

"...KING KONG is more than a technical achievement. It is also a curiously touching fable....There is something ageless and primeval about KING KONG that still somehow works..."Chicago Sun-Times "...The grand-daddy of all monster movies..."Total Film "[T]he first Kong has something today's CGI masters are hard-pressed to give their monsters: a soul."Premiere "[I]t's still the quintessential pulp saga, capable of popping eyeballs 70-odd years later without the help of computers."Movieline's Hollywood Life "[The] black-and-white granddaddy of beast-on-the-loose movies....The movie looks improved over earlier video and TV copies, and still packs a wallop..."Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 4 -- "What makes KONG unique is its mix of hokum, horror, and peculiar poetry..."Premiere "...KING KONG is the screen's ultimate Beauty-and-the-Beast fable, and it endures through the power of innocence that has all but vanished from the screen..."Los Angeles Times Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[T]he joy is seeing the 1933 original, complete with Max Steiner's classic score and once-censored scenes..."Rolling Stone23.32346

"...KING KONG is more than a technical achievement. It is also a curiously touching fable....There is something ageless and primeval about KING KONG that still somehow works..."Chicago Sun-Times "...The grand-daddy of all monster movies..."Total Film "[T]he first Kong has something today's CGI masters are hard-pressed to give their monsters: a soul."Premiere "[I]t's still the quintessential pulp saga, capable of popping eyeballs 70-odd years later without the help of computers."Movieline's Hollywood Life "[The] black-and-white granddaddy of beast-on-the-loose movies....The movie looks improved over earlier video and TV copies, and still packs a wallop..."Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 4 -- "What makes KONG unique is its mix of hokum, horror, and peculiar poetry..."Premiere "...KING KONG is the screen's ultimate Beauty-and-the-Beast fable, and it endures through the power of innocence that has all but vanished from the screen..."Los Angeles Times Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[T]he joy is seeing the 1933 original, complete with Max Steiner's classic score and once-censored scenes..."Rolling Stone23.32346

"[A] thriller that manages to excite and unnerve....[Mr. Cooper] rouses our curiosity but never solicits our pity. It's enough that he and Mr. Ray make this monster human."New York Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "[A]n edge-of-the-seat thriller....BREACH is a compelling, intelligent drama."USA Today "[A] true-life tale of duplicity gone secretly insane..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The director] raises the stakes to life and death, and proves himself a filmmaker of uncommon talent and ambition."Rolling Stone "BREACH absorbingly zeroes in on how the FBI nailed the most damaging turncoat in American history..."Variety "[Cooper is a] venerable character actor who inhabits the man completely."Box Office 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chris Cooper and Ryan Philippe are perfectly cast as the enigmatic, unlikely traitor and his secretive clerk..."Ultimate DVD 4 stars out of 5 -- "[At the centre of it is a chilling performance from Cooper as a hunted, lonely man, staring down the barrel of his conscience."Uncut 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's worth catching for Cooper's performance, while its fact-based tale of treachery will strike a chord in today's climate of suspicion."Total Film "BREACH is an intelligent, superior entertainment....Engrossing..."Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "There's good work from Laura Linney....The film will be remembered for giving Chris Cooper another top-flight role..."Empire7.337536

"[A] thriller that manages to excite and unnerve....[Mr. Cooper] rouses our curiosity but never solicits our pity. It's enough that he and Mr. Ray make this monster human."New York Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "[A]n edge-of-the-seat thriller....BREACH is a compelling, intelligent drama."USA Today "[A] true-life tale of duplicity gone secretly insane..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The director] raises the stakes to life and death, and proves himself a filmmaker of uncommon talent and ambition."Rolling Stone "BREACH absorbingly zeroes in on how the FBI nailed the most damaging turncoat in American history..."Variety "[Cooper is a] venerable character actor who inhabits the man completely."Box Office 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chris Cooper and Ryan Philippe are perfectly cast as the enigmatic, unlikely traitor and his secretive clerk..."Ultimate DVD 4 stars out of 5 -- "[At the centre of it is a chilling performance from Cooper as a hunted, lonely man, staring down the barrel of his conscience."Uncut 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's worth catching for Cooper's performance, while its fact-based tale of treachery will strike a chord in today's climate of suspicion."Total Film "BREACH is an intelligent, superior entertainment....Engrossing..."Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "There's good work from Laura Linney....The film will be remembered for giving Chris Cooper another top-flight role..."Empire7.337535

Magnet (pp.54-55) - "[B]y the time guitarist Cooper Crain's frenetic solo erupts on opening rock banger 'WUJ,' it's less sneak attack than subconscious wish come true."5.152518

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"Jeff Bridges is the whole show here as a cowboy-style crooner who wrestles with his demons in ways that easily engage an audiences' sympathies."Variety "Bridges more than delivers the goods for Oscar eligibility. He is the mesmerizing, dangerous, unpredictable heart of CRAZY HEART."Hollywood Reporter 4 stars out of 5 -- "A richly-realized, deeply-heartfelt character study in the vein of TENDER MERCIES and BOUND FOR GLORY....[A] sterling directing debut by actor Scott Cooper..."Box Office "Bridges' guileless performance makes this piquant little indie tale of country music, redemption, and the love of a pretty younger woman such a sad-song charmer." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 4 -- "Cooper, an actor himself, shows a keen eye for authentic detail and an instinct for bringing out the best in the cast. Maggie Gyllenhaal is funny, touching and vital..."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 4 -- "[The film is] raised by the heartfelt and raw portrayal that Bridges makes look effortless. And he can sing, too."USA Today "Cooper, himself an actor and musician with an eye for authenticity, has given Bridges the opportunity to deliver an all-out performance....It's Bridges' gift to make it seem honest and real."Los Angeles Times "CRAZY HEART is blessed with so many marvelous moments, lovely lines and vivid characters that it's hard to know where to begin..."Wall Street Journal "[A] small movie perfectly scaled to the big performance at its center....You hear songs by Townes van Zandt and Waylon Jennings, and you may also think of Willie Nelson and some others."New York Times "Bridges' humane, deeply empathetic lead performance makes it easy to root for one man's redemption." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club 4 stars out of 4 -- "It's a measure of Bridges, Duvall, Gyllenhaal and Harper that they create completely different characters."Chicago Sun-Times "A quiet, conventional film with a surprisingly firm grip, writer/director Scott Cobb's CRAZY HEART will choke you up the same way it kept you hanging in over its shaggy, two-hour shuffle: effortlessly."Movieline 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] poignant portrait of a washed up country singer....It's Bridges himself who makes this straightforward amble down the rocky road to redemption one worth taking..."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "[P]layed with a strength of feeling....It is deceptively affecting; a classic both in form and quality -- this year's THE WRESTLER."Empire "CRAZY HEART's energies and its real interest are centred in its superb depiction of a musician's life on the road, right down to the high-calibre country songs..."Sight and Sound Critic 3 stars out of 4 -- "The songs are catchy, and there's also a sense of realism and believability throughout..."Premiere14.47751

"Jeff Bridges is the whole show here as a cowboy-style crooner who wrestles with his demons in ways that easily engage an audiences' sympathies."Variety "Bridges more than delivers the goods for Oscar eligibility. He is the mesmerizing, dangerous, unpredictable heart of CRAZY HEART."Hollywood Reporter 4 stars out of 5 -- "A richly-realized, deeply-heartfelt character study in the vein of TENDER MERCIES and BOUND FOR GLORY....[A] sterling directing debut by actor Scott Cooper..."Box Office "Bridges' guileless performance makes this piquant little indie tale of country music, redemption, and the love of a pretty younger woman such a sad-song charmer." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 4 -- "Cooper, an actor himself, shows a keen eye for authentic detail and an instinct for bringing out the best in the cast. Maggie Gyllenhaal is funny, touching and vital..."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 4 -- "[The film is] raised by the heartfelt and raw portrayal that Bridges makes look effortless. And he can sing, too."USA Today "Cooper, himself an actor and musician with an eye for authenticity, has given Bridges the opportunity to deliver an all-out performance....It's Bridges' gift to make it seem honest and real."Los Angeles Times "CRAZY HEART is blessed with so many marvelous moments, lovely lines and vivid characters that it's hard to know where to begin..."Wall Street Journal "[A] small movie perfectly scaled to the big performance at its center....You hear songs by Townes van Zandt and Waylon Jennings, and you may also think of Willie Nelson and some others."New York Times "Bridges' humane, deeply empathetic lead performance makes it easy to root for one man's redemption." -- Grade: B+A.V. Club 4 stars out of 4 -- "It's a measure of Bridges, Duvall, Gyllenhaal and Harper that they create completely different characters."Chicago Sun-Times "A quiet, conventional film with a surprisingly firm grip, writer/director Scott Cobb's CRAZY HEART will choke you up the same way it kept you hanging in over its shaggy, two-hour shuffle: effortlessly."Movieline 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] poignant portrait of a washed up country singer....It's Bridges himself who makes this straightforward amble down the rocky road to redemption one worth taking..."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "[P]layed with a strength of feeling....It is deceptively affecting; a classic both in form and quality -- this year's THE WRESTLER."Empire "CRAZY HEART's energies and its real interest are centred in its superb depiction of a musician's life on the road, right down to the high-calibre country songs..."Sight and Sound Critic 3 stars out of 4 -- "The songs are catchy, and there's also a sense of realism and believability throughout..."Premiere14.47751

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Rolling Stone (No. 975, p.76) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[C]ray's strongest album since [1986's] STRONG PERSUADER... "Living Blues (pp.50-51) - "The four musicians achieve a rare balance between tightness and relaxation that is the result of many years together as a working band."Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he record's ultimate success hinges on the truly effective title track..."8.364652

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