Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

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  Reg Harkema

  Monkey Warfare

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  Just when you thought that Canada was good for nothing but Degrassi and Peter Mansbridge, here comes this short sharp shock from veteran ed...

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  Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

  Liam Lynch

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  As a Jack Black loyalist, I’d really like to tell you that this is the ideal showcase for Tenacious D and their special brand of power come...

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  Bobby

  Emilio Estevez

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  I have no idea what Emilio Estevez wants me to think about Robert Kennedy. He was a fallen hero, I got that much, but what I can do with th...

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  Déjà Vu

  Tony Scott

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  I normally have a guilty-pleasure soft spot for films by Tony Scott, but there’s no denying that a better film could have been made from Dé...

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  The Chairman

  J. Lee Thompson

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  There are more laughs than thrills in this risible spy flick, which hedges its bets considerably while straining credulity at every turn. G...

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  The Conformist

  Bernardo Bertolucci

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  The Conformist is by far the most opulent film ever directed by a communist. The plot, from an Alberto Moravia novel, is actually rather co...

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  Home Alone: Family Fun Edition

  Chris Columbus

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  Home Alone was John Hughes’s last significant contribution to the pop conversation. As a script, it proved surprisingly airtight; his usual...

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  John Tucker Must Die

  Betty Thomas

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  Teen comedies are generally exempted from exhibiting narrative or aesthetic virtues, and this hormonally accelerated romp is no exception....