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    Articles by Chuck Wilson
    Barnard braces for the worst.
    Citadel: An Englishman’s Paternal Nightmare
    By Chuck Wilson • November 27, 2012 12:00 am

    Reportedly inspired by a violent mugging experienced by writer/director Ciarán Foy, this hopelessly muddled horror movie takes place in a…

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    The director and his mother, Hannah Goldfinger.
    The Flat: A Fascinating Doc About the Holocaust
    By Chuck Wilson • November 13, 2012 12:00 am

    It begins as an ordinary, if bittersweet, family event. The 98-year-old grandmother of Israeli filmmaker Arnon Goldfinger has died, and…

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    Balog and his instruments in Alaska.
    Chasing Ice: Following the Scientist Who Follows Global...
    By Chuck Wilson • November 13, 2012 12:00 am

    If you recently had a close encounter with the howling demon known as Superstorm Sandy, you might have a renewed…

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    Maskell as the stressed-out killer.
    Kill List: Even Hit Men Have Their Domestic...
    By Chuck Wilson • February 28, 2012 12:00 am

    Hit men have bills to pay, too, and sometimes a kid to feed and an anxious wife to placate even…

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    Don't go in the mansion! Holmes the protector.
    Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Won’t Someone...
    By Chuck Wilson • August 23, 2011 12:00 am

    Die-hard horror fans (including this one) generally spend their adult lives hoping to re-experience the fear and awe they derived…

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    Christensen wonders where everyone went.
    Vanishing on 7th St.: Is This the Rapture...
    By Chuck Wilson • March 8, 2011 12:00 am

    One night an electrical blackout rolls across Detroit, and when the sun comes up, the city’s population has disappeared, leaving…

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    Ljungman plays the homophobe.
    Patrik, Age 1.5: Homophobia and Tolerance in Sweden
    By Chuck Wilson • August 17, 2010 12:00 am

    Their new suburban house is lovely, the neighbors friendly, the nursery ready—and now all that Göran (Gustaf Skarsgård) and his…

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    Murray is allergic to cornpone humor.
    Get Low: Robert Duvall Is Fixin’ to Die
    By Chuck Wilson • August 10, 2010 12:00 am

    It’s 1938, and Tennessee hermit Felix Bush (Robert Duvall), in a self-imposed exile for 40 years, decides to throw himself…

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    Along with The Ghost Writer, Brosnan is having a career resurgence.
    The Greatest: Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan Experience...
    By Chuck Wilson • April 6, 2010 12:00 am

    Hours after losing his virginity to Rose (An Education‘s Carey Mulligan), his dream girl, 18-year-old Bennett Brewer (Aaron Johnson) dies…

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    It’s the end of the world, and you just knew Woody Harrelson (right) would be there with Cusack.
    2012: John Cusack Pretends to Care About CGI...
    By Chuck Wilson • November 9, 2009 12:00 am

    Completing his multi-film vendetta against the world’s tourist trade, German-born director Roland Emmerich sends the mother of all storms to…

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    Spall (left) and Sheen celebrate, but not for long.
    The Damned United: Michael Sheen Is Nothing Like...
    By Chuck Wilson • October 20, 2009 12:00 am

    We call it soccer, but for the Brits it’s football, and it’s damn serious business. From 1968 to 1974, Brian…

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    Heigl discovers where Butler’s hand went beneath the table.
    The Ugly Truth: Katherine Heigl Tries to Tame...
    By Chuck Wilson • July 21, 2009 12:00 am

    In this lushly produced but dispiriting new comedy, Katherine Heigl stars as Abby Richter, a successful but hopelessly uptight TV…

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    “OMG! Does this mean we don’t have to tip?”
    Shuttle: Yet Another Blood-Soaked Argument for Public Transportation
    By Chuck Wilson • March 10, 2009 12:00 am

    Next time, spring for a cab. Sadly, there may not be a next time for two young women and three…

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    Allen (left) finds a new direction with Gant.
    Save Me: Utah—No Home for the Gays
    By Chuck Wilson • December 16, 2008 12:00 am

    Save Me‘s plot sounds like a ripped-from-the-headlines gay play circa five years ago, but the film itself subverts expectation. Mark…

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    A swan song for Bernie Mac (with Jackson at right).
    Soul Men: We Miss Bernie Mac
    By Chuck Wilson • November 4, 2008 12:00 am

    In Soul Men, actor-comedian Bernie Mac, who passed away in August, plays Floyd Henderson, a present-day car-wash mogul who back…

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    Cheadle can't trust anyone.
    Traitor: Don Cheadle Turns to the Dark Side
    By Chuck Wilson • August 26, 2008 12:00 am

    Opens at Guild 45 and Lincoln Square, Wed., Aug. 27. Rated PG-13. 114 minutes. In its well-written first hour, Jeffrey…

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    Bryant deserves better than Lawrence.
    Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins: Martin Lawrence Dials It...
    By Chuck Wilson • February 5, 2008 12:00 am

      In this overlong but exuberantly performed comedy from writer-director Malcolm D. Lee (Undercover Brother), Martin Lawrence is RJ Stevens,…

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    He Kicked Letterman's Ass
    He Kicked Letterman’s Ass
    By Chuck Wilson • January 9, 2008 12:00 am

    Meet Crispin Glover, enabler of wheelchair porn

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    Jane and son (Nathan Gamble) get the vapors.
    The Mist: Stephen King Gives Us Too Much...
    By Chuck Wilson • November 20, 2007 12:00 am

    As one of what novelist Stephen King calls his Constant Readers, I was jazzed when word came that filmmaker Frank…

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    Nichols and Bentley in an underground relationship.
    P2: At Last! A Movie About Parking!
    By Chuck Wilson • November 6, 2007 12:00 am

    After being KO’d in the underground parking garage of her Manhattan office building, Angela (Rachel Nichols), a workaholic executive, wakes…

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    1870s or 1970s? Pitt as outlaw in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
    Fall Preview: Brad Pitt and Company Stake Their...
    By Chuck Wilson • September 18, 2007 12:00 am

    For better or for worse, the year’s true movie season now begins in September, as Hollywood studios and indies alike…

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    Giamatti is our kind of heartless assassin.
    Shoot ’Em Up: Clive Owen Spews Lead
    By Chuck Wilson • September 4, 2007 12:00 am

    In this extremely violent, guilty pleasure of a thriller, Clive Owen is a tough guy in a long leather coat…

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    Kudoh battles Chan.
    Rush Hour 3: Chris Tucker, Shut Up!
    By Chuck Wilson • August 7, 2007 12:00 am

    In this third installment of the guilty-pleasure Rush Hour series, squeaky-voiced LAPD cop James Carter (Chris Tucker) once again teams…

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