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Monday, August 30, 2010

Life at a Funeral: GET LOW

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Get Low is the latest example of how competent direction of a middling script can be elevated, even saved, by a host of great actors. The...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Quick Look: I AM LOVE

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I’m not the type of person to fall head-over-heels for Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love , but I am not wholly immune to its aesthetic power. And ...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

A Fish Called PIRANHA

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Piranha in 3D is a disappointment in all three dimensions, though not for lack of trying. Alexandre Aja’s movie is a winking horror-comedy w...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Quick Look: THE BACK-UP PLAN

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I find Jennifer Lopez to be an appealing screen presence, but she makes it hard to defend her work when she appears in so many horrible m...

Quick Look: CITY ISLAND

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Every member of the family at the center of City Island has a secret. The blue-collar prison guard father (Andy Garcia) wants to be an actor...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Family Ties: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

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Writer-director Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right arrives as one of the most acclaimed films of the year. While I don’t find myself i...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Grumpy Old Men: THE EXPENDABLES

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The Expendables isn’t quite the battle of the action has-been all-stars that the advertising seemed to promise. That’s just as well, allowi...
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