Review: The Rum Diary
Johnny Depp. Hunter S. Thompson. Drugs. Drink. Comedy. You’re probably already sold on The Rum Diary. It’s got Academy Awards written all over ...
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Review: The Adventures Of Tintin
Tintin may not be particularly well known in the United States, but he is something of a treasure for most people in Europe ...
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Review: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Some movies are just really good. They won’t be crowd pleasures and they’re definitely a little abstract, but you come out of the ...
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Review: The Double
Here we have a spy thriller movie called The Double. Scratch that; let’s just call it a spy movie. Why? Well, spoiler warning: ...
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Review: Like Crazy
Like Crazy is an 100-percent hopeless romance sponsored by American Apparel. The young, sexy teens of the film inhabit an imaginary world that ...
Review: In Time
There’s not nearly enough high-concept science fiction like In Time making its way to movie theaters. Most movie studios seem to believe that ...
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Review: Trishna
[This film was originally posted as part of our London Film Festival coverage. It has been reposted to coincide with its wider theatrical ...
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Review: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Where most American restaurant-owners strive for a living, Japanese strive for perfection. This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, but a generalization that’s easy to ...
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Review: Puss in Boots
Ahhhh, the lowly spin-off. The bastard child of a franchise running itself into the ground and the greed of a studio who still ...
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London Film Festival Review: Rebellion
Although director Mathieu Kassovitz has had a hard time getting his Hollywood career off the ground, with such unloved productions as Babylon A.D. ...
London Film Festival Review: W.E.
A film directed by Madonna is always going to be critic proof to a certain extent, because no matter how bad it is, ...
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Review: Jeff, Who Lives at Home
[This review was originally posted as part of our coverage of the 2011 Austin Film Festival. It has been reposted to coincide with ...