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    Weekend Film Reviews

    Date Night; After Life

    During the superbly absurd adventures of a suburban couple in Date Night, a pair of thugs contemplates the husband and wife with slow-burning bafflement. One thug says to the other, "These two are not at all what they seem." And that is true... Then there's the case of After Life, a pretty dreadful and particularly squirmful horror flick. Women often wear their hearts on their sleeve, and even hatless men can go hat in hand. But one of the many repellent first in this film is a woman with her heart in her hand, standing in a shower a la Janet Leigh in Psycho...

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    By Joe Morgenstern • Apr 10, 2010 • 3m Listen

    During the superbly absurd adventures of a suburban couple in Date Night, a pair of thugs contemplates the husband and wife with slow-burning bafflement. One thug says to the other, "These two are not at all what they seem." And that is true...

    After Life, a pretty dreadful and particularly squirmful horror flick. Women often wear their hearts on their sleeve, and even hatless men can go hat in hand. But one of the many repellent first in this film is a woman with her heart in her hand, standing in a shower a la Janet Leigh in Psycho...

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