Blake DePastino

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Blake DePastino

Baltimore City Paper

Jan 22, 2010

It's all a confection, but the plot is tight, Jolie is hot, and I'll probably see the next one, too.

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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

(2003)

25%

44%

Blake DePastino

Baltimore City Paper

May 20, 2006

So predictable that even this true story--the one so few people today know anything about -- seems like an accomplished fact before the opening credits are through.

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Seabiscuit

(2003)

77%

76%

Blake DePastino

Baltimore City Paper

Mar 5, 2005

Through gently panned-over photos (one of many debts to Burns) and home-movie footage, Peralta traces the graceful arc of the sport, its culture, and its icons.

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Riding Giants

(2004)

92%

94%

Blake DePastino

Baltimore City Paper

Mar 5, 2005

The production gets extra points for its high Art Deco style and for settling back to let Powell and Loy carry the day.

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After the Thin Man

(1936)

96%

90%

Blake DePastino

Baltimore City Paper

Aug 5, 2004

4/5 The film is guilelessly shot, the dialogue phonographically candid.

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Broken Wings

(2002)

92%

90%

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