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Jim Chastain

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Breach (2007) 83% B+ EDIT “Cooper is always dead-bang on” – Norman Transcript Aug 31, 2007 Full Review The Queen (2006) 97% A EDIT “A memoir of those strange days.” – Norman Transcript Feb 7, 2007 Full Review Stranger Than Fiction (2006) 73% A- EDIT “Give Ferrell as many roles like this as he can possibly handle.” – Norman Transcript Dec 4, 2006 Full Review Marie Antoinette (2006) 57% B EDIT “Beautifully filmed and fun in its own quirky way.” – Norman Transcript Dec 4, 2006 Full Review Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) 90% C+ EDIT “Great satire, perhaps, but remarkably painful.” – Norman Transcript Nov 10, 2006 Full Review The Prestige (2006) 77% B EDIT “It isn't my favorite Nolan film, but it's better than most of the films I see.” – Norman Transcript Nov 10, 2006 Full Review Flags of Our Fathers (2006) 76% B+ EDIT “A strange, and often brilliant, blend of raging war footage and quiet drama.” – Norman Transcript Oct 26, 2006 Full Review The Departed (2006) 91% A- EDIT “Probably the best acted film of the year.” – Norman Transcript Oct 26, 2006 Full Review Hollywoodland (2006) 68% B+ EDIT “The film is sustained on its juicy minor characters.” – Norman Transcript Oct 18, 2006 Full Review The Guardian (2006) 37% C EDIT “The film certainly comes across like a paid Coast Guard advertisement at times.” – Norman Transcript Oct 18, 2006 Full Review Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 91% A- EDIT “May wind up being the 'dysfunctional family' film against which all others are ultimately compared.” – Norman Transcript Sep 5, 2006 Full Review Superman Returns (2006) 72% B EDIT “The film has a parallel universe that extends beyond the losses the characters suffer to the ones the audience has, based on who we are and what has happened to us.” – Norman Transcript Aug 30, 2006 Full Review Wordplay (2006) 94% A EDIT “A wonderful little documentary that seems fascinated with humanity.” – Norman Transcript Aug 30, 2006 Full Review You, Me and Dupree (2006) 21% B- EDIT “An oddly likeable film that grows on you if you're willing to stick with it.” – Norman Transcript Aug 30, 2006 Full Review My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) 40% D+ EDIT “A one joke film that runs its comedic course in about thirty minutes.” – Norman Transcript Aug 30, 2006 Full Review Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) 72% C+ EDIT “A fairly funny vehicle that runs out of gas well before the checkered flag.” – Norman Transcript Aug 30, 2006 Full Review The Pink Panther (2006) 21% C- EDIT “Rest assured, the decision to remake this film had nothing to do with art, creativity, comedic zen, or some form of tribute to Sellers or Blake Edwards.” – Norman Transcript Mar 14, 2006 Full Review In Her Shoes (2005) 74% B EDIT “One of those rare redemption films that redeems even itself.” – Norman Transcript Oct 21, 2005 Full Review Stay (2005) 26% B EDIT “Works best as an intellectual cinematic essay on the veiled subject at hand (and a director-driven art film at that), rather than as a narrative drama.” – Norman Transcript Oct 21, 2005 Full Review An Unfinished Life (2005) 53% B - EDIT “An oddball blend of Western and soap opera.” – Norman Transcript Sep 21, 2005 Full Review Just Like Heaven (2005) 54% C + EDIT “Too cute for its own good.” – Norman Transcript Sep 21, 2005 Full Review Millions (2004) 87% B EDIT “A cute film, heartwarming to a fault, and a sure crowd pleaser.” – Norman Transcript Jun 18, 2005 Full Review Mindhunters (2004) 25% C EDIT “Somewhat of a self-fulfilling title.” – Norman Transcript Jun 18, 2005 Full Review Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 79% B EDIT “The film works fine as stand-alone entertainment, but does irreparable harm to the series as a whole.” – Norman Transcript Jun 18, 2005 Full Review Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) 60% B + EDIT “A dry, twisted commentary on marriage and intimacy.” – Norman Transcript Jun 18, 2005 Full Review
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