Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

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  The High and the Mighty

  William A. Wellman

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  This movie languished for 50 years without a release on video or DVD — and when you see it, you'll know why. John Wayne plays the co-pilot...

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  She's the Man

  Andy Fickman

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  As teen pics go, this could have been a lot worse; it's a borderline raunchy Twelfth Night redux that moves quickly as it goes nowhere. Ama...

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  Joyeux Noel

  Christian Carion

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  It really shouldn't be hard to make a moving film on the opposing WWI soldiers who laid down their arms to celebrate Christmas together. An...

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  Lucid

  Sean Garrity

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  There's nothing worse than when a movie pulls a switch midstream and becomes a different movie, especially when the new one is considerably...

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  Blood and Wine

  Bob Rafelson

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Bob Rafelson's attempted 1997 comeback seems just like his work in the ‘70s, with the eerie distinction that the strangled, young free spir...

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  Water

  Deepa Mehta

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  There's the faint whiff of a '50s problem picture to Deepa Mehta's Water that keeps it from taking full flight. But that's not to say it do...

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  The World's Fastest Indian

  Roger Donaldson

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Every now and then a movie comes along that is obviously bad yet pushes your buttons so skillfully that it seems to actually work. Such is...

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  Ghostbusters 2

  Ivan Reitman

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Ghostbusters should have been left as a one-off. Its Casablanca-like commingling of accidents and serendipity couldn't be expected to strik...