Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

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  Glory Road

  James Gartner

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  Who are the people who watch inspirational sports movies? More to the point, who are the people who watch more than one? Every damn one of...

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  Murder, Inc.

  Burt Balaban and Stuart Rosenberg

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  This is the fictionalised account of real life mobsters Murder, Inc. Throughout the ’30s, as organised crime became more "organised,” newer...

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  Casanova

  Lasse Hallstrom

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Director Lasse Hallstrom can usually be counted on to bring in the faux-quality audience, but even those posh poseurs weren’t fooled by thi...

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  Patton: Special Edition

  Franklin J. Schaffner

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Much has been made of this film’s wishy-washy flip-flopping on the matter of its subject, the loud-mouthed hawk General George S. Patton. B...

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  Mouth to Mouth

  Alison Murray

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  I’m not exactly sure what to do with a movie like Mouth to Mouth, though its own mystification at the cruelty of disaffection is perhaps ex...

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  Big Momma's House 2

  John Whitesell

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  If fat suit drag is your yen and your passion have I got a movie for you. Martin Lawrence returns in the role he made "famous,” this time t...

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  Hoodwinked

  Cory Edwards

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Every now and then a movie comes along that can combine Shrek and Rashomon while engaging in smirking cynicism and family uplift at the sam...

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  Tristan and Isolde

  Kevin Reynolds

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Some people never learn. For instance, Kevin Reynolds, a man who’s made a life directing atrocious historical pageants (Robin Hood: Prince...