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A Cinematic Fumble
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars.
A shameless attempt to wring emotion from audiences who, by the two-hour mark, will be ready to call it a loss. More
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Raising Hell
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars.
Rather than heaping on the gore, The House of the Devil tease the audience along, building the tension slowly before tossing it into the fire face-first. More
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Crossing Boundaries and Generations
Wes Anderson stays true to Roald Dahl's original version of Fantastic Mr. Fox, but also creates a masterpiece that is undeniably his own. More
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One for the Twi-Hards
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars.
Hoping to capitalize on Twilight’s unexpected box office success and satisfy a teen fanbase — known as Twi-hards — The Twilight Saga: New Moon arrives in multiplexes everywhere only a year after its predecesesor. More
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Lose and Looney
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars.
A drug-addicted lawman on a mission to self-destruct, Nicolas Cage rises to the occasion with a fearless, man-on-a-tightrope showing. More
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Apocalypse Soon
The laughably overwrought 2012, does no damage to John Cusack's credibility, and reaffirms his talent for bringing heft to an otherwise weightless exercise. More
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Sending the Wrong Signals
If Richard Curtis’ passion for pop wasn’t evident enough in his directorial debut, 2003’s Love Actually, he puts it on full display in Pirate Radio. More
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Struggling to Survive
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Precious is filled with heavy, depressing material, and while you’ll sympathize with the story of an abused adolescent girl attempting to escape her demons, the film itself is only a mild victory. More
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A Better Fit for the Small Screen
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars.
What could have been an unbelievable tale of struggling with one’s identity in Apartheid South Africa is nothing more than a melodrama better left for TV. More
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A Modest Art World Satire
Rating 3.5 out of 5 stars.
For his third film, (Untitled), filmmaker Jonathan Parker takes on the New York art scene he knows well from first-hand experience. More
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