Angelina Jolie’s ‘Without Blood’ Fights On, Largely Unseen
By JEFFREY WELLS
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A troubled movie production, parented by too many writers and directors, usually ends in catastrophe. So it is no small thing when a director swoops in to salvage a debacle, creating immediate profit and enduring pleasure. A series of neglected films, released today from Columbia Pictures under the inexplicable title “Martini Movies” (do you have to imbibe a few dry ones to endure them?), offers three slick, big-star vehicles from the early 1970s — “The Anderson Tapes,” “The New Centurions,” and “$” — and two narrowly averted disasters from the 1950s. The latter provide the most rewards, and are signed by the same director, Vincent Sherman.
By JEFFREY WELLS
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By SHARON KEHNEMUI
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By JOSEPH CURL
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By LENORE SKENAZY
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By JOSH HAMMER
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By A.R. HOFFMAN
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By DAVID JONES
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By JOSEPH CURL
|A troubled movie production, parented by too many writers and directors, usually ends in catastrophe. So it is no small thing when a director swoops in to salvage a debacle, creating immediate profit and enduring pleasure. A series of neglected films, released today from Columbia Pictures under the inexplicable title “Martini Movies” (do you have to imbibe a few dry ones to endure them?), offers three slick, big-star vehicles from the early 1970s — “The Anderson Tapes,” “The New Centurions,” and “$” — and two narrowly averted disasters from the 1950s. The latter provide the most rewards, and are signed by the same director, Vincent Sherman.
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