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The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of The Wall Street Journal, Joe Morgenstern reviews films weekly in the paper and on KCRW; he airs his current musings on the film industry in a biweekly column for the paper as well. He has worked for The New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, and his freelance writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Playboy, GQ and the Columbia Journalism Review. He has also written for television; his scripts include "The Boy In the Plastic Bubble" and several episodes of "Law & Order." Joe is a founding member of the National Society of Film Critics and a member of the New York Film Critics Circle.
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Telluride; Slumdog Millionaire; I Loved You So long
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The Dark Knight
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Hellboy II; Meet Dave
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Kit Kittredge; Get Smart; The Love Guru
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The Incredible Hulk; The Happening
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan; Mongol; Kung Fu Panda
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Sex and the City
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Joe Morgenstern, film critic for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Sex and the City.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Joe Morgenstern, film critic for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Reprise; The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
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Joe Morgenstern, film critic for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Reprise and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
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