Movie Reviews
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Because I prefer to plug people into the independent film spirit, most of the reviews below are anywhere from the edge of the mainstream to way off the mainstream.
Published 3/20 for 3/26, 2012, the 84th Oscars - 33rd CampChuck Reviewer
Dates next to the alphabetical list of films below indicate when the review appeared in "The Union" newspaper of Nevada County, California.
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Mar 28, 2013
56 Up
Aug 18, 2011
9000 Needles
Nov 05, 2009
Afghan Star
Mar 22, 2007
Amazing Grace
Mar 31, 2011
Another Year
Apr 10, 2008
Band's Visit, The
Nov 13, 2008
Battle in Seattle
Sep 17, 2009
Beaches of Agnes, The
Jul 13, 2006
Beauty Academy of Kabul, The
Dec 21, 2006
Birdsong and Coffee (for 2007 WSFF)
Nov 23, 2006
Borat
Mar 09, 2006
Breakfast on Pluto
Mar 24, 2011
Budrus
Oct 08, 2009
Capitalism: A Love Story
Feb 09, 2006
Capote
Mar 01, 2007
Casablanca (Oscar night, 2007)
Mar 14, 2013
Chasing Ice
Jun 24, 2010
City Island
Oct 15, 2009
Cove, The
May 12, 2007
Dear Frankie
Nov 15, 2005
Deep Water
Oct 21, 2010
A Disappearing Number
Jul 05, 2007
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox (for 2008 WSFF)
Oct 13, 2005
Dream People of the Amazon
Jan 10, 2008
Edge of Eden, The (Living With Grizzlies)
Feb 04, 2010
Education, An
Jul 30, 2009
Easy Virtue
Jul 14, 2005
Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room
Jul 16, 2009
Every Little Step
Jan 03, 2008
Everything's Cool (for 2008 WSFF)
Aug 28, 2008
Fall, The
Sep 13, 2007
Falling for Grace
Dec 25, 2008
Fighting Goliath (for 2009 WSFF)
Dec 23, 2004
Finding Neverland
Jul 12, 2011
Freedom Riders
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Dec 25, 2008
Garbage Warrior (for 2009 WSEFF)
Aug 16, 2007
Girls Rock (for 2007 NCFF)
May 20, 2010
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The
Nov 10, 2005
Good Night and Good Luck
Apr 18, 2013
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Apr 25, 2013
Hava Nagila
Dec 17, 2009
Horse Boy, The
Jan 27 2005
Hotel Rwanda
Jan 29, 2006
Inconvenient Truth, An
Nov 01, 2007
In the Shadow of the Moon
Jan 27, 2005
Into the Wild
May 13, 2010
Iron Man 2
Oct 18, 2007
Jane Austen Book Club, The
Aug 09, 2007
Just Like the Son (for 2007 NCFF)
Apr 29, 2010
Kick-Ass
Dec 22, 2005
King Kong
Dec 20, 2007
Kintaro Walks Japan (for 2008 WSEFF)
Jan 03, 2008
Land Out of Time (for 2008 WSEFF)
Dec 06, 2007
Lars and the Real Girl
Oct 07, 2010
Life During Wartime
Aug 06, 2007
Like Dandelion Dust (for 2009 NCFF)
Dec 18, 2008
Linguists, The (for 2009 WSEFF)
Mar 21, 2013
Lore
Oct 02, 2008
Man Named Pearl, A
Oct 19, 2008
Man of the Year
Oct 09, 2008
Man on Wire
Aug 11, 2005
March of the Penguins
Aug 12, 2010
Mars (for 2010 NCFF)
Jan 04, 2007
McLibel, also Mujan (for 2007 WSEFF)
Aug 25, 2005
Me & You & Everyone We Know
Aug 02, 2010
Metropolis
May 24, 2007
Miss Potter
July 29, 2010
My Musical Life (for 2010 NCFF)
May 31, 2007
Namesake, The
Nov 04, 2010
Nowhere Boy
Nov 05, 2009
No Impact Man
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Mar 18, 2010
One Peace at a Time
Oct 07 2010
Phedre
Apr 14, 2011
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Apr 12, 2009
Phoenix Lights
Jun 10, 2010
Practice of the Wild, The
Dec 08, 2005
Pride and Prejudice
Dec 18, 2008
Renewal (for 2009 WSEFF)
May 9, 2013
Revolutionary Optimists, The
Sep 21, 2006
Rural Rock and Roll (for 2006 NCFF)
Nov 30, 2006
Queen, The
Sep 08, 2005
Santa Claus Happy Tyme (for 2005 NCFF)
Jan 01, 2009
Saving Luna (for 2009 WSEFF)
Mar 03, 2005
Sea Inside, The
Jun 18, 2009
Shall We Kiss?
Jan 08, 2009
So Right So Smart (for 2009 WSEFF)
May 16, 2013
Source Family, The
Mar 27, 2008
Steep
Nov 17, 2005
Stories of the Yuba (for 2008 WSEFF)
Apr 30, 2009
Sunshine Cleaning
Aug 30, 2007
Ten Canoes
Mar 23, 2006
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Apr 08, 2010
Town Called Panic, A
Nov 26, 2009
Trucker
Jul 31, 2008
Twelve (for 2008 NCFF)
Aug 27, 2009
Under Our Skin
May 04, 2006
United 93
Apr 07, 2005
Upside of Anger, The
Sep 25, 2008
Up the Yangtze
Mar 29, 2007
Venus
Sep 04, 2008
Visitor, The
Jun 21, 2007
Waitress
Sep 07, 2007
We Are Together
Oct 25, 2007
What a Way to Go (for 2008 WSEFF)
Nov 23, 2010
Wildest, Dream, The
Dec 10, 2009
Yes Men Fix the World, The
Jun 12, 2008
Young at Heart
Sep 24, 2009
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
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