Carlo Cavagna
A few years ago, frustrated by the daily grind of working as a surly government troglodyte, Carlo began pestering his friends with unsolicited e-mailed critiques of movies he had seen. With a surfeit of reviews clogging his hard drive and no Web experience whatsoever, Carlo eventually decided that the only thing to do was to create a film criticism site. With the assistance of Dreamweaver, a book on how to use Dreamweaver, and a couple reluctant friends, AboutFilm.com was born in March 1999. AboutCultFilm.com, administered by Marc Slanger, followed in 2000. AboutFilmBoards.com, the AboutFilm community site, was launched in 2002. At present, Carlo aspires to recognition as a great hegemon of cinematic critique, but has instead found his niche as a shifty-eyed site administrator. Composing diatribes in his ratty paper-lined lair, Carlo expends great energy quixotically scheming to topple the bloated ranks of the Hollywood hierarchy. Not possessed of a lengthy attention span, however, Carlo can instead often be found consuming unhealthy quantities of cheese. Carlo has been a member of the Online Film Critics Society since June 2000.
Marina del Rey, CA
http://www.aboutfilm.com
Movies reviews only
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Face (2002) |
Face is a film of considerable charm and warmth, even if the material sometimes feels well worn. - AboutFilm.com
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Face is a film of considerable charm and warmth, even if the material sometimes feels well worn. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Oct 20, 2018
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The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) |
Recreating the unusual spirit of the photos is what the film does best... - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted May 28, 2006
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Friends With Money (2006) |
Holofcener has a gift for wonderfully oblivious and in-denial characters, and the subtly ridiculous situations that such characters get themselves into. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted May 28, 2006
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District B13 (2004) |
Besson's script may be formulaic crap, but he obviously still has an eye for fresh action talent, and an instinct for how to show it off. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted May 22, 2006
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Fierce People (2005) |
Dunne weighs down a light social satire with a ponderous anthropological analogy. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted May 22, 2006
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Wah-Wah (2005) |
The sort of film that's obviously deeply meaningful to the filmmaker, but he fails to make it particularly meaningful to you. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted May 13, 2006
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Manderlay (2005) |
The most self-important, heavy-handed film since...well, since DOGVILLE. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jan 17, 2006
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Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005) |
A thin slice of a not-very-interesting nothing... The book they said was unfilmable turns out to be a film that is unwatchable. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jan 17, 2006
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The Matador (2005) |
insubstantial, but fun - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jan 10, 2006
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Match Point (2005) |
Thank goodness Allen has left New York and left himself out of the script. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 29, 2005
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The Ice Harvest (2005) |
Memo to John Cusack: There's a thin line between humorous unflappability in the face of strange events, and sleepwalking. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 24, 2005
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The World's Fastest Indian (2005) |
The *ahem* engines take far to long to rev up. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 19, 2005
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Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) |
Just because the film starts taking itself seriously doesn't mean you have to. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 14, 2005
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Ellie Parker (2005) |
While the material wears thin, every minute of this film is a tour-de-force performance. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 14, 2005
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Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
An introspective film, but not, thankfully, an inert film. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 10, 2005
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Pride & Prejudice (2005) |
CliffsNotes version - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 06, 2005
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Proof (2005) |
A decent film that...remains married to its words and bound to its limited sets. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Nov 01, 2005
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Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) |
Strathairn is riveting. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Nov 01, 2005
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The Constant Gardener (2005) |
Meirelles isn't interested in either character or suspense. He's interested in political issues and the scenery. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Oct 16, 2005
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Pretty Persuasion (2005) |
a dark teen comedy that tries way too hard to be a dark teen comedy - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Oct 16, 2005
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Nine Lives (2005) |
Nine Lives does contains a few tedious acting-school-exercise moments. Yet the accumulated power of the vignettes packs a wallop. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Sep 12, 2005
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Grizzly Man (2005) |
Herzog comes across as the worst kind of cinematic jackass-the filmmaker who doesn't trust his own work to speak for itself. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Sep 10, 2005
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Cronicas (2004) |
a gritty story about a reporter who gets carried away by his ego while he believes he is pursuing the greater good - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Sep 01, 2005
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The Devil's Rejects (2005) |
In the genre of low-budget hillbilly slasher movies, it's a masterpiece. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jul 19, 2005
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Happy Endings (2005) |
Worthwhile for the three leads (Kudrow, Gyllenhaal, and Coogan) and for Roos's unique perspectives as a storyteller, close captioned for cognitively impaired. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jul 19, 2005
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Pure (2004) |
PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley). - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jul 14, 2005
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My Summer of Love (2004) |
Despite the predictable collision course between Tasmin and Phil, this is a remarkable film. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jul 07, 2005
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Heights (2005) |
While Glen Close dominates the screen with effortless assurance, Elizabeth Banks lacks personality and would probably dissipate in a strong ocean breeze. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jun 13, 2005
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Unleashed (2005) |
Morgan Freeman can always peer into people's souls without needing to ask too many questions. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jun 13, 2005
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Rock School (2005) |
Director Don Argott works with muddy, low-quality digital video, not compellingly edited, and doesn't dig as deep as he should. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jun 05, 2005
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The Holy Girl (2004) |
Martel is determined to make an impressionistic film out of miniscule moments, fragmented sounds, and fleeting images-so miniscule, fragmented, and fleeting they never cohere. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted May 26, 2005
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Beowulf (1999) |
In an effort to give you, dear reader, insight into the source material from which the screenwriters reverently drew, we offer the following translation of key passages... - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted May 25, 2005
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It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) |
An initially hilarious mockumentary whose sense of humor goes deaf as it wears on. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted May 19, 2005
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A Wake in Providence (1999) |
A film for those people who think My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the greatest comedy of the past ten years - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Apr 14, 2005
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The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
Jack's realizations, particularly vis--vis his daughter, offer rich dramatic possibilities. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Apr 14, 2005
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The Point Men (2001) |
The sort of movie you get drawn into if you're bored out of your mind in a hotel room. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Apr 14, 2005
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North Star (1996) |
A crude straight-to-video production of a crude straight-to-video story. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Apr 14, 2005
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Layer Cake (2004) |
The [crap] may be out of control, but director Matthew Vaughn is firmly in it. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Feb 16, 2005
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Downfall (2004) |
You feel privy to mysterious secrets and a monumental unraveling... It's impossible to look away. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Feb 16, 2005
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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
delivers the action movie goods [thanks to] adroit pacing...[and] a cast of extremely capable actors. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jan 30, 2005
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In Good Company (2004) |
Flabby. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jan 30, 2005
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Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
Though Million Dollar Baby weighs in as another solid entry on Eastwood's resume, Paul Haggis's script stages a fixed fight. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jan 24, 2005
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Two Brothers (2004) |
I defy any animal lover not to tear up with Kumal and Sangha reunite, even if it is a little faux. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Jan 01, 2005
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Subway (1985) |
A relic of the '80s best forgotten. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 30, 2004
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Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003) |
Who needs a budget when you can do what Tony Jaa can do? - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 30, 2004
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
Few things are as exciting as watching a great actor successfully turn off the star wattage and don the skin of an utterly weak, insignificant person. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 27, 2004
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The Aviator (2004) |
THE AVIATOR is almost impossibly fertile and rich, but always Scorsese marshals his resources to get inside Hughes' head. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 27, 2004
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Nathalie... (2003) |
The film's considerable eroticism is all in the atmosphere and the dialogue. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 05, 2004
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Beyond the Sea (2004) |
The film winds up being more a celebration of Spacey than Darin. - AboutFilm.com
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| Posted Dec 05, 2004
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