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Trailer Park

By Marc Bernardin

Marc Bernardin

ANNAPOLIS
I didn't know Abercrombie & Fitch had their own navy. Stirring and patriotic in a totally manufactured, insincere way. C-

CURIOUS GEORGE
Really, nothing saps the cuteness from a kiddie trailer like the phrase ''with magical songs by Jack Johnson.'' B

FREEDOMLAND
Julianne Moore looks harrowing as an abducted child's mom. Wish the spot didn't give away half of the movie, though. B

LAST HOLIDAY
Seems so breezy, fun, and sweet, it makes you wish Queen Latifah hadn't taken a ride in that horrid Taxi. B+

MATCH POINT
Who are you and what have you done with nebbishy Woody Allen? Because this feels like a dark infidelity thriller. A-

UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION
Look! More sexy, latex-clad, gun-toting vampires in a world with only blue lightbulbs! B-

Posted Nov 04, 2005 | Published in issue #849 Nov 11, 2005 | Order Article Reprints