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...come away from the video feeling a little strung out. “Blue Magic,” produced by and featuring (for about thirty seconds) the Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams, is a tad on the confused side as a video, blending slow-motion with frenetic editing, the hood with penthouses, and erratic dance moves with abstract paintings, not to mention leaps through various historical decades. But despite the discontinuities, “Blue Magic” will have you jonesing for more Jigga in no time. —Joshua J. Kearney
...world's economy sputters and all car sales go off a cliff, and if BMW's profits were to take a major hit, "Rolls-Royce would probably be the first thing to go," Rhys says. But for now, like that iconic spirit of ecstasy that makes up its hood ornament, Rolls-Royce looks poised to speed ahead...
...Rendition” aspires to be a polarizing film that audiences will discuss long after they leave the theater. Unfortunately, in trying to deliver both an intense thriller and a meaningful political drama, Oscar-winning director Gavin Hood fails to create either, and instead supplies a film far from thoughtful or controversial...
...heavy-handed scene, Hood splices shots of CIA torturers stripping Anwar of his clothes with scenes from a radical religious service where attendees are commanded to destroy the infidels. The abundantly clear parallel between the two extremes provides one example of Hood’s reluctance to probe into complex issues...
Perhaps if Hood had chosen to extend that intrigue to the rest of the film, “Rendition” would not play like such a missed opportunity...