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Manuel Mendoza

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Dallas Morning News film critic.

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The Celluloid Closet (1995) 96% EDIT “Friedman and Epstein don't preach or judge. Their rich, textured film is entertaining scholarship that celebrates gay movie images as much as it criticizes them (or the lack of them). ” – Dallas Morning News Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Mao's Last Dancer (2009) 55% 4/5 EDIT “Ballet dancer Chi Cao does a great job of capturing both Li's chops on the stage and his sincerity and culture shock in the face of American opulence.” – Dallas Morning News Aug 27, 2010 Full Review 8: The Mormon Proposition (2010) 64% 3.5/5 EDIT “A compelling look at how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints operates in the political arena, even if audiences come away knowing that writer-producer-director Reed Cowan has told the story from his biased point of view.” – Dallas Morning News Jun 18, 2010 Full Review Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) 37% 4/5 EDIT “Don't think too much about its main prop and plot device -- a magic sword that can turn back the clock and change history -- and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a fun ride.” – Dallas Morning News May 28, 2010 Full Review Kites: The Remix (2010) 70% 2.5/5 EDIT “Kites morphs into an action picture, complete with unfathomable chase scenes and a Thelma & Louise ending that is laugh-out-loud hilarious.” – Dallas Morning News May 21, 2010 Full Review Babies (2010) 67% 4.5/5 EDIT “Watch a baby for a while and chances are you'll be entertained. Multiply that times four and you have BabiesM/em>, a documentary as funny, charming and un-self-conscious as its subjects.” – Dallas Morning News May 7, 2010 Full Review Bottle Shock (2008) 48% B EDIT “The characters are vivid, the scenery is lovely, and lines like, 'I detect bacon fat laced with honey lemon,' establish the silly seriousness of wine snobs.” – Dallas Morning News Aug 6, 2008 Full Review Strangers With Candy (2005) 51% B+ EDIT “It's carefully constructed to set up and deliver laugh after laugh.” – Dallas Morning News Jul 13, 2006 Full Review Mondovino (2004) 72% B+ EDIT “For wine enthusiasts curious about this quiet battle being waged internationally, Mondovino is an eye-opening, thirst-inducing experience.” – Dallas Morning News Jun 3, 2005 Full Review Bright Leaves (2003) 85% B+ EDIT “Bright Leaves is not the kind of film that thetruth.com would use in its anti-smoking campaign.” – Dallas Morning News Apr 28, 2005 Full Review
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