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January 01, 1990 - January 20, 2013 + Film Reviews
Blue Valentine 
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Blue Valentine is the auspicious directorial debut of Derek Cianfrance, and it can be crushing in its portrayal of how two people who truly do...
True Grit
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The patch is on the other eye and the boot is on the other foot on the Coen Brothers remake of True Grit. Jeff Bridges...
TRON: Legacy
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Breathes there is a movie with soul so dead as TRON: Legacy? Well, Speed Racer lumbers to mind...
The Fighter
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Fans of boxing movies follow the rankings just as closely as boxing fans do. Whenever a new one comes along, they want to know where...
Black Swan
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Fine actors can reveal complex feelings in a flash, and one of those flashes comes early in Black Swan.
The King's Speech; Tiny Furniture
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The King's Speech is one of the most pleasurable movies to come along in years. The pleasure starts with two magnificent performances: Colin Firth as...
Unstoppable
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Who knew that Unstoppable would be sensational? Talk about well-kept -- and welcome -- surprises. Tony Scott's latest thriller turns out to be pure cinema...
127 Hours
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The pleasure principle prevails in 127 Hours, even though Danny Boyle's new film depicts horrific pain. As yo probably know by now, the title refers...
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest; Monsters
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Before I went off to see The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, I came down with a case of advance nostalgia -- no more...
My Dog Tulip; Carlos
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Dog lovers of the world -- or at least of selected American cities -- here's one for you: My Dog Tulip, which is playing at...
RED; Hereafter
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Only in Hollywood is someone seriously old at 55, but this is the underlying notion of RED, and it works like a well-worm charm...
Matt Damon...
Nowhere Boy; Secretariat
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Nowhere Boy is a dramatized account of the young John Lennon -- who would have turned 70 tomorrow. It's a modest film, and an enjoyable...
The Social Network
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The Social Network is all about Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, who's played by Jesse Eisenberg.... It's dazzling as contemporary cultural history, and devastating...
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; Waiting for Superman
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Michael Douglas' Gordon Gekko leaves prison at the beginning of Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps -- he served eight years for crimes committed...
Easy A; The Town
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Why am I so pleased with the new high school comedy Easy A? Because the movie, in spite of a few flaws, seems to have...
