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January 01, 1990 - November 18, 2012 + Film Reviews
Duplicity; Sin Nombre 
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To give Duplicity its due, Tony Gilroy's romantic caper goes against the Hollywood grain by smartening itself up instead of dumbing itself down…By Hollywood standards...
Sunshine Cleaning
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At the end of Sunshine Cleaning, a foxy grandpa shrugs off the extravagance of an advertising claim he has made by saying, "It's a business...
Watchmen; Everlasting Moments
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Watchmen presents two great challenges -- getting your mind around it, and getting your head out from under it. The first comes as no surprise,...
Crossing Over; An American Affair
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Crossing Over has its heart in umpteen places and its head stuffed with dramatic claptrap...
I'm reviewing An American Affair only because it's opening, and America...
Eleven Minutes; Must Read after My Death
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A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it off…Horror and social value contend...
Gomorrah; Two Lovers
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When people talk about the Bible's twin sin cities, top billing always goes to Sodom. Some balance may be restored, though, by the extraordinary Italian...
Inkheart; the Earrings Of Madame De...; Our Man In Havana
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Well, Inkheart may not be rotten to the core, but it's impossible to overestimate the over-ripeness of its special effects…
Let me also mention a couple...
Hotel for Dogs
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One way to see Hotel for Dogs is as a cute little family
comedy that ups its cuteness quotient by multiplying its canine count…
Golden Globes; Bride Wars
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This is the time of the year when movie critics realize they've become seasonal workers, a lot like fruit-pickers...although real fruit doesn't get picked when...
The Wrestler; Seven Pounds
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The Wrestler stars Mickey Rourke as a bulked-up ruin named Randy 'The Ram' Robinson. It’s something of a miracle that Randy is still alive after...
Gran Torino; The Day the Earth Stood Still
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No one makes movies like Gran Torino any more, and more's the pity. Clint Eastwood is the director, and the star, and the film's concerned...
Frost/Nixon
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Frost/Nixon is a spellbinding film version of Peter Morgan's play, about the 1977 televised confrontation between the English talk-show host, David Frost, and the former...
Australia; Milk
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Australian aboriginals believe that everyday reality co-exists with an infinite state of being called "the dream time." Baz Luhrann does his own version of that...
Twilight; Let the Right One In
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Attention all 13-year old female readers of our newspaper and listeners to this station. Run, do not walk, to the nearest multi-plex playing Twlight. That's...
Slumdog Millionaire
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Slumdog Millionaire is the world's first globalized masterpiece. This fervent romantic fable is set in contemporary Mombai, the former Bombay, but it draws freely and...
