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May 3, 2007 Leave a Comment

AMERICANIZING SHELLEY A romantic comedy set in the world of Hollywood agents and wannabe actors, Americanizing Shelley isn't original, or the least bit believable, but it's so lovingly made that one's usual resistance to such clichs falls away. Square-jawed Brad Raider plays Rob Shorwell, a small-town guy interning at a small LA talent agency who […]

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Jeff Renfroe, Jim Ridley, Los Angeles, Peter Krause

Taking the Long View

Taking the Long View

Jim Ridley

December 28, 2006 Leave a Comment

JIM RIDLEY'S TOP 10 FILMS OF '06 1. Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, France) 2. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarn, U.K.-USA) 3. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, U.K.-USA) 4. Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski, USA) 5. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, U.K.-USA) 6. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, USA) 7. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, U.K.-USA) 8. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alfonso Cuaron, Brian De Palma, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jim Ridley

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November 15, 2006 Leave a Comment

“Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.” —Genesis 11:9 Re: Jim Ridley's negative review ofBabel. Babel is quite intriguing, consisting of multiple storylines that are interwoven […]

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Jim Ridley, Mexico, Morocco, Tokyo

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Jim Ridley

July 6, 2006 Leave a Comment

we recommend ONLY HUMAN A Spanish dinner-theater comedy, this intermittently hilarious contraption by the husband-wife team of Dominic Harari and Teresa De Pelegri heaves Jewish-Palestinian conflict onto a prop-room table already groaning with loaded guns, impromptu sex toys, a wounded duck paddling in a bidet, and a brick of frozen soup that doubles as a […]

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Edwards University, Irvine, Jim Ridley, Santa Ana

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