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January 01, 1990 - January 13, 2013 + Film Reviews
J. Edgar 
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In principle, biography should do what J. Edgar tries to do -- reveal an inner life, whether or not the subject is outwardly appealing...
Like Crazy
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The music of Paul Simon's Graceland flows through 'Like Crazy' and comments on it. This wise and beautiful little tale is about two lovers falling...
Margin Call
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If your spine is given to shivers, watch out for the moment in Margin Call when a young risk analyst spots a piece of data...
The Ides of March
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Most of the campaign workers in The Ides of March worry about the polls; it's a political thriller, and polling is what people in contemporary...
50/50
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When the frightened young hero of 50/50 reveals that he’s got a 50/50 chance of surviving his newly diagnosed spinal cancer, his buddy responds with...
Moneyball
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The context of Moneyball is runaway commerce. The subtext is statistics… Never, until now, have statistics added up to such electrifying entertainment…
Drive; Happy, Happy
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The hero of Drive is known only as The Driver in the stylized, often beautiful and graphically violent action drama… Happy, Happy is Norway's entry...
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
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A primate shelter becomes the scene of an epic jailbreak. Swarming chimps turn San Francisco into a surreal circus...
Crazy, Stupid, Love
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A romantic comedy of intertwined lives, overlapping dialogue and naked contrivances -- more of them than naked bodies, because Crazy, Stupid, Love is really quite...
Another Earth
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Mike Cahill's debut feature exerts a gravitational pull out of proportion to its size through powerful performances, a lyrical spirit and a depth of conviction...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
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So many good films come to bad ends, but not the tales of Harry Potter...
Project Nim
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This is one of those weeks when going to the movies makes you wonder about the movie industry's future... But let me tell you about...
Cars 2
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For more than 15 years, Pixar has made great movies in the joyous spirit of Buzz Lightyear's motto: "To infinity and beyond..."
Buck
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It's worth remembering that the term "feelgood" grew out of the drug culture... But a really good film like Buck does much more than serve...
Super 8
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As anyone who's seen the Super 8 trailer knows, the teenage auteurs are shooting a night scene alongside a train track when a freight train...
