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	Sideways (kottke.org)
		Still, the reaction to "Sideways" is worth noting, less because it isn't quite as good as everyone seems to be saying it is than because the near-unanimous praise of it reveals something about the psychology of critics, as distinct from our taste.
		Miles, the movie's hero, has been variously described as a drunk, a wine snob, a sad sack and a loser, but it has seldom been mentioned that he is also, by temperament if not by profession, a critic.
		Sideways is one of 306 movies reviewed on kottke.org.
	www.kottke.org /05/01/sideways (430 words)

	The Transformers Archive » Transformers Toys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		His tongue is as sharp as his sword, always ready with another trick of language to keep his marks guessing at his true intentions; at least long enough to jam a hidden blade through their anterior power units.
		Now we have a new Sideways in Cybertron, and this time he is a fl spaceship with goals remain even more mysterious.
		Sideways has a nice look to him, though for such an evil face I'd expect him to be bigger.
	www.tfarchive.com /toys/reviews/cyb_sideways.php (478 words)

	Amazon.com: Sideways: DVD: Alexander Payne,Paul Giamatti,Thomas Haden Church,Virginia Madsen,Sandra Oh,Marylouise ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sideways is a modest but finely tuned film; with gentle compassion, it explores the failures, struggles, and lowered expectations of mid-life.
		In similar fashion, SIDEWAYS is about a man just entering middle age who is forced to confront the rather averageness of his life, including the definitive end of his previous marriage and his failure as an author.
		Sideways is without a doubt the greatest film released in the last six years.
	www.amazon.com /Sideways-Alexander-Payne/dp/B0007VZB7E (2684 words)

	Movie Review: Sideways
		Sideways is the deceptively simple tale of two middle-aged men, Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church), who are off to California's wine country for a week to celebrate Jack's impending nuptuals.
		Although a bit unusual (I'm at a loss to describe it other than to say it reminds me of Muzak you might have heard in the 1960's or early 1970's), it's never less than ideal for every scene, and there were times the music had me smiling even before the comedy did.
		The script for Sideways may be the best screenplay of the last several years (the Academy got it right when it honored the screenplay with a nomination).
	www.ladylibrty.com /movie_review_archives/2005/sideways.html (1015 words)

	Sideways
		With Sideways, the director of Election and About Schmidt has cobbled together his most mature, complete effort to date, a film that utilizes his off-kilter sense of humor and his ability to construct believable characters.
		Sideways is embellished with jazz and heavy on symbolism, with Payne equating Miles' life to a bottle of fine wine that may have peaked.
		This is punctuated by a conversation between Miles and Maya in which he describes the qualities of particular, hard-to-cultivate grape and she makes it clear that she can cope with such a complicated yet rewarding relationship.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/movies/articles/1105sideways05.html (665 words)

	Sideways (2004) - A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review
		"Sideways" is the story of Miles (Paul Giamatti), a failed novelist, and his soon-to-be-married friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church), a washed-up actor.
		Sideways is the story of two friends-Miles and Jack-going away together for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young and single: pinot, putting, and prowling bars.
		I'm not as much of a wine snob as Miles in Sideways (at least I hope I'm not), but I have often enjoyed the ritual wine tasting that is portrayed in the film.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /sideways.htm (1840 words)

	Sideways
		One of the images that sticks in the mind after watching Sideways is the constant way the camera frames Paul Giamatti's face.
		Sideways is the latest film from Alexander Payne (About Schmidt, Election), and is his most accomplished.
		Sideways is less about the plot than it is about the characters.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/sideways.html (685 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - Sideways (2004)
		In terms of the overall cinematic package, "Sideways" is more outwardly blemished than "Election" and "About Schmidt." The comedic flourishes, although sometimes successful, come off on occasion as too over-the-top to be believed, such as Miles' reaction to learning his ex-wife has remarried.
		Lest it seem that way, however, "Sideways" is far from a failure, and its often low-key study of human interactions and bonding is quietly truthful and erudite.
		When "Sideways" tries too hard to be broad comic or overtly dramatic, the film modestly stumbles, but only for a minute or two at a time and only sparsely.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/s/04_sideways.htm (1085 words)

	The Transformers Archive » Transformers Toys
		Vehicle Mode: Sideways is a motorbike which is mainly purple with yellow parts and blue headlamps.
		The only complaint I have with the figure is that the legs can be unequal with length if you are not careful and that it looks like he is tilting a bit.
		Both transform to become his head hence why sideways is a headmaster and both can combine to form a super robot mainly used as sideways rider in vehicle mode.
	tfarchive.com /toys/reviews/arm_sideways.php (426 words)

	Sideways (Transformers) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In truth, this cunning and deadly warrior is an agent of the chaos-bringer, Unicron, and is charged with the task of appearing as both Autobot and Decepticon in order to cause confusion amongst both factions and prevent them from allying together against his planet-eating master.
		Convincing the disgruntled Decepticon tactician Thrust to side with him, Sideways orchestrated the betrayal of Starscream, who joined the Autobots out of sheer hatred for Megatron, but was then convinced to return, bringing with him all the Mini-Con weapons, which were now united in Decepticon hands.
		Sideways was an inhabitant of the mysterious world known as Planet X, a planet of warmongering conquerors who crushed all worlds that stood in their way.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sideways_(Transformers) (1710 words)

	The Seattle Times: Wine: Movie "Sideways" whets taste for pinot noir
		MERIE W. Pinot noir sales are soaring since the film "Sideways" hit theaters, starring Paul Giamatti, left, and Thomas Haden Church.
		The film "Sideways," nominated for five Oscars this year (it won for best adapted screenplay), is doing for pinot noir what the "60 Minutes" story on the French paradox did for merlot.
		"Sideways" is a sometimes funny, often bittersweet buddy/road movie in which the main character, Miles, is infatuated with wine, especially pinot noir.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/foodwine/2002193618_winecol02.html (1022 words)

	Sideways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In many ways, “Sideways” has a lot in common with Payne’s last film, “About Schmidt.” In both movies, the main characters deal with their impending emotional crisis by taking a road trip that only brings them closer to the insecurities that they are trying to get away from.
		Both films also deal with ordinary men who are making a last ditch effort to accomplish their goals, only to fail miserably and succeed in other ways that they could never have imagined.
		Despite the honest, bittersweet approach that “Sideways” takes in its depiction of lost hopes, it’s actually a very funny, touching movie about the bonding power of friendship and the importance of making the most out of the life you have left.
	www.moviemantz.com /movie_reviews/1004/sideways.html (802 words)

	Sure, Sideways is good. But how's the wine? - By Mike Steinberger - Slate Magazine
		When I first heard about Sideways, the film that follows a wine buff and his friend on a weeklong, wine-soaked misadventure through the vineyards of California's central coast, I braced myself for two cringe-inducing hours at the theater.
		Sideways is a major disappointment for those of us who relish pointing out such mistakes.
		When Maya (the love interest played by Virginia Madsen) observes that the alcohol overwhelms a pinot noir the two of them are sharing, he seems excessively surprised that she recognizes the flaw in the wine and can diagnose it using the correct lingo.
	www.slate.com /id/2109290 (1373 words)

	The Hot Button: Sideways Review
		When you pull the cork on Sideways, the new film from writer/director Alexander Payne and his writing partner Jim Taylor, you know the vintage and the grape.
		Sideways is the first true masterpiece of 2004.
		But as you move into the second act, you realize that this is the Paul Giamatti character's film and Payne has managed to create a new genre, mixing the buddy comedy with an absolutely personal drama… and comedy to boot.
	www.thehotbutton.com /today/hot.button/2004_thb/sidewaysreview.html (698 words)

	Rolling Stone : Sideways : Review
		Their destination is California's Santa Ynez Valley, where wine-snob Miles hopes to drink himself sideways on the local vino and wine-idiot Jack hopes to get his "bone smooched" by hottie waitresses.
		Sideways is drunk on wine: its allure, its fragility, its vocabulary.
		Stephanie is Jack's equal in carnal come-ons, but he neglects to tell her about his wedding plans, setting up a killingly funny revenge that is trumped only by a hilarious tour de force of a dinner scene that unites the foursome in moral chaos.
	www.rollingstone.com /reviews/movie/6562095/sideways (562 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Sideways at Epinions.com
		If anything good is to come from Sideways, it is Thomas Haden Church's breakout performance that has earned him an Academy Award nomination.
		I've heard Sideways referred to as a hilarious comedy, but it is far more dramatic than comedic, sort of like Rain Man.
		Sideways is about two grown men who are desperately in need of some help.
	www.epinions.com /content_172392746628 (651 words)

	Sideways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sideways is a 2004 Academy Award- winning and Golden Globe Award-winning comedy/drama film, co-written and directed by Alexander Payne.
		As Sideways progresses, the two men reveal those similarities and accompanying weaknesses by way of their obsessions - Miles with wine, Jack with women.
		Critics have lauded Sideways for its clever use of metaphor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sideways (1676 words)

	Frank's Reel Movie Reviews - Movie Review - Sideways
		From this same metaphorical concept of how human emotion can be so deeply intertwined with the culinary delights of the kitchen, comes Alexander Payne's Sideways, a deliciously appetizing and equally gratifying story that tells us wine is life.
		Sideways is one of those movies that excels in almost every aspect.
		Like a fine pinot noir whose grapes ripen in the cool California nights, Sideways is a near perfect specimen of filmmaking that gets finer as it ages.
	www.franksreelreviews.com /reviews/2004/sideways.htm (773 words)

	Sideways
		I found an unusually similar connection in Sideways, an extremely well-constructed buddy road trip movie which is brilliant in both its casting and the choices made by the director.
		The characters of Sideways are very human, possibly more human than any character on film in a very long time.
		A truly good movie, maybe even a great one, but Sideways lacks some of the precious, beautiful heart that is so powerfully evident in Garden State.
	hugereviews.com /Movies/S/sideways.htm (571 words)

	Film: Sideways (washingtonpost.com)
		In a specific sense, a lot of the inspiration specifically for example with "Election" and my newest film, "Sideways," comes from novels, since they are both adaptations of novels.
		Making "Sideways" has given me a lot more education about wine in general, and California wine, particularly those in Santa Barbara County, in particular.
		Alexander Payne: I auditioned many actresses for the part of Maya in "Sideways," but there was something about Virginia that told me almost immediately that she was to be the one.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A39105-2004Sep21.html (2230 words)

	The New Yorker : critics : cinema
		Sharp details are not enough in themselves to make a movie great; still, when Miles props his paper up on the steering wheel, it’s clear that the filmmakers—Alexander Payne, the director and screenwriter, and Jim Taylor, his co-writer—know what they are up to.
		“Sideways” is one of the last: each man experiences the glories and the horrors of the other’s character and is forced, willy-nilly, to look himself in the face in a motel-room mirror.
		The jazz score, by Rolfe Kent, plunks along uninterestingly, and when it accompanies the Saab zipping through loamy hills, or plays over a prolonged eating scene, the movie feels like an episode of “Great Getaways.” Some of the camera setups are too obvious—the shots of faux-Tudor inns and luscious vineyards come off as conventionally handsome.
	www.newyorker.com /critics/cinema/?041025crci_cinema (1383 words)

	Filmtracks: Sideways (Rolfe Kent)
		Sideways: (Rolfe Kent) Serving as 2004's arthouse surprise, Fox Searchlight's Sideways has been picking up critical and, to a slightly lesser degree, popular momentum as it launches itself into the attention often given to such films during awards time.
		Directed by Alexander Payne of About Schmidt and Election fame, Sideways renews a collaboration with screenwriter Jim Taylor (who not only worked with Payne on About Schmidt and Election, but was strikingly out of his league with Payne on writing Jurassic Park III).
		Whereas Payne has asked for lessons by Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone to be followed by Kent in previous works, the Sideways score is influenced by Piero Umiliani, reaching into the nearly forgotten realm of 1950's and 60's Italian comedies and 1970's lounge jazz in America.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/sideways.html (809 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Sideways dominates Spirit awards
		The comedy Sideways has dominated this year's Independent Spirit Awards, winning all six of the awards for which it was nominated.
		Sideways is tipped to do well at Sunday's Oscars, with five nominations.
		The awards, now in their 20th year, are given to films made outside the traditional studio system, and are traditionally held the day before the Oscars.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/4301499.stm (282 words)

	Sideways Trend
		A sideways trend is often regarded as a period of consolidation before the price continues in the direction of the previous move.
		A sideways price trend is also commonly known as a "horizontal trend".
		Sideways trend is generally a result of the price traveling between strong levels of support and resistance.
	www.investopedia.com /terms/s/sidewaystrend.asp (357 words)

	Sideways - Moviefone
		Synopsis: Directed by Alexander Payne, Sideways follows Miles (Paul Giamatti), who is distressed about his lack of success as a novelist, and Jack (Thomas...
		'Sideways': 'Sideways' follows an unsuccessful novelist (Paul Giamatti) and actor (Thomas Haden Church) on a vacation prior to the actor's wedding.
		Sideways (2004) My point is that Sideways is a great movie and nothing more.
	movies.aol.com /movie/sideways/19618/main (225 words)

	OFFOFFOFF film review SIDEWAYS movie by Alexander Payne with Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, ...
		As crisp, fresh, and invigorating as a bottle of the season's Beaujolais, Alexander Payne's "Sideways" is a bolt from the bright California blue, an immensely gratifying motion picture that knocks you horizontal with its romantic, sun-drenched scenery, its refined and sophisticated comedy, and its dramatic underscoring.
		It's perfectly cast and smartly written (by the director and Jim Taylor from the novel by Rex Pickett), as smooth as a '68 Pinot Noir and as sweet and nutty as a finely aged Edam cheese.
		No matter which way you look at it — front, backwards, or sideways Alexander Payne's latest film is a dry, delicious, and sun-dappled delight.
	www.offoffoff.com /film/2004/sideways.php (735 words)

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		sideways carries a wide variety of candles, Christmas gifts, ornaments, crystal, paper goods, card and gift wrappings.
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	The Flick Filosopher \| Undertow, Around the Bend, Sideways, p.s., and The Machinist
		Boys hit the road in Sideways, too, as a chronically depressed, romantically dispossessed writer (Paul Giamatti: American Splendor, Paycheck, who's fast becoming a treasure) and a perpetually horny, about-
		But Maya realizes it, and so do we, and it makes you want to just hug this mess of a man who doesn't appreciate himself anywhere near as much as he should.
		Terrific as Sideways is, it's covering ground that's nothing new: the male midlife crisis.
	www.flickfilosopher.com /flickfilos/archive/2004/oct22.shtml (1552 words)

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