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Brian Banks movie review: calling out corruption, mildly

Thu, Aug 15, 2019
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There’s plenty injustice here to enrage the thinking, feeling citizen, but despite a passionate performance by charismatic Aldis Hodge, this docudrama is nowhere near incensed enough on his behalf.

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Heaven Is for Real movie review: extraordinary claims, no evidence

Fri, May 30, 2014
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You’d think any movie that an all-powerful deity had a hand in would be awesome, right? Turns out, not so much. There’s barely even a story here.

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Heaven Is for Real trailer: fantasy? or paranoid thriller?

Thu, Nov 21, 2013
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Could go either way…

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are there different versions of Movie 43 in the UK and the US?

Fri, Jan 25, 2013
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It would appear so. This was discovered on the Twitter when New York-based critic Lou Lumenick questioned my review of the film…

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I Don’t Know How She Does It (review)

Fri, Sep 16, 2011
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It’s pretty fucking clear how Sarah Jessica Parker’s Kate Reddy does it. How she manages to juggle a high-powered career, two demanding moppets, and a marriage: She’s got a buttload of dough.

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cinematic roots of: ‘The Social Network’

Mon, Oct 04, 2010
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In The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg invents Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, only to have all his friends and enemies sue him claiming he stole their ideas. This flick sprang from (among other films)…

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cinematic roots of: ‘The American’

Sun, Sep 05, 2010
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In *The American,* George Clooney’s murder-weary professional assassin mopes around rural mountain Italy while doing one last job before he’s out, out, he tells ya. This flick sprang from (among other films)…

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April 23: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Sat, Apr 24, 2010
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We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but all you’ve just gotten yourself artificially inseminated and the doctor said to take it easy. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks … more…

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April 9: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri, Apr 09, 2010
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We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but it’s your significant other’s turn to pick the doings of your date night, and you went to the movies last week. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with a collection of the … more…

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The Last Song (review)

Mon, Apr 05, 2010
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Damn you, Greg Kinnear, for making me cry over *The Last Song*…

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