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    Articles by Eric Hynes
    Tom Waits Returns to the Screen in Seven Psychopaths
    Tom Waits Returns to the Screen in Seven...
    By Eric Hynes • October 17, 2012 12:00 am

    In Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths, a prune-faced, simian-mouthed sexagenarian sits by the road in an old suit and brown-patterned tie,…

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    Rashida Jones Steps Out on Her Own
    Rashida Jones Steps Out on Her Own
    By Eric Hynes • August 8, 2012 12:00 am

    In terms of looks, charisma, and talent, Rashida Jones should have been a star a long time ago. But in…

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    Rashida Jones Steps Out on Her Own
    Rashida Jones Steps Out on Her Own
    By Eric Hynes • August 8, 2012 7:00 am

    In terms of looks, charisma, and talent, Rashida Jones should have been a star a long time ago. But in…

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    Pattinson gets an acting lesson from Scott Thomas?
    Bel Ami: Robert Pattinson Beds His Way Through...
    By Eric Hynes • June 12, 2012 12:00 am

    What could be hotter than a bed-hopping bodice-ripper in which the movie hunk of the moment plows through three of…

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    Diaz (in foreground) tones her baby bump.
    What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Cameron Diaz...
    By Eric Hynes • May 15, 2012 12:00 am

    Heidi Murkoff’s mega-bestselling mommy manual actually makes perfect sense as a vehicle for a contemporary Hollywood ensemble comedy. For an…

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    Gerwig's Violet will save the world with hotel soap.
    Damsels in Distress: Whit Stillman’s Defiantly Smart/Silly Return...
    By Eric Hynes • April 24, 2012 12:00 am

    Back with his first film in 14 years, Whit Stillman still operates in a world of his own. With Damsels…

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    Brandon Barrera plays one of JTRO's rivals.
    The FP: The ’80s Are Back With a...
    By Eric Hynes • March 13, 2012 12:00 am

    Infinitely better as a beer-goggled pitch than as a feature film, The FP never gets beyond the studied novelty of…

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    Fiennes (at center) adds bullets to the Bard.
    Coriolanus: Ralph Fiennes Bloodies Up the Bard
    By Eric Hynes • January 31, 2012 12:00 am

    Updating Shakespeare seems doubly condescending, the implication being that we need help to relate to the text, and that the…

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    Duerr discovers yet another tile installation.
    Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles:...
    By Eric Hynes • December 13, 2011 12:00 am

    Alien to the street yet embedded within it, easy to read but impossible to decipher, the Toynbee Tiles are an…

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    Reid in costume.
    The Weird World of Blowfly: The Song Remains...
    By Eric Hynes • November 22, 2011 12:00 am

    Now this is a resume: dapper king of Miami soul, groove-master songwriter for the likes of Sam & Dave, rap…

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    Sudden lovers Cullen (left) and New.
    Weekend: Two Dudes Fall in Love
    By Eric Hynes • October 25, 2011 12:00 am

    Naturalistic without being ineloquent, heartfelt yet unsentimental, Weekend is the rarest of birds: a movie romance that rings true. After…

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    How Luke got his swing back: Black as the wandering pro.
    Seven Days in Utopia: Robert Duvall Cashes an...
    By Eric Hynes • August 30, 2011 12:00 am

    A fantasy about a temperamental, wand-wielding young man named Luke and the aphorism-uttering master who leads him to enlightenment, Seven…

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    Ana Asensio as one of the metaphors.
    The Afterlight: A Poor Imitation of Terrence Malick
    By Eric Hynes • August 30, 2011 12:00 am

    Much as aspiring fiction writers should be prevented from reading Raymond Carver, young filmmakers should be strongly cautioned against putting…

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    Ken Jeong (right) is back as Mr. Chow, again tormenting Alan (Galifianakis).
    The Hangover Part II: Less Funny, More Offensive
    By Eric Hynes • May 24, 2011 12:00 am

    Most sequels are born of good box office rather than good ideas—if you build it and they come, you simply…

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    Ronan as intrepid avenger.
    Hanna: Yet Another Girl Assassin
    By Eric Hynes • April 5, 2011 12:00 am

    Joe Wright’s Hanna is a tech-savvy fairy tale, replete with a wicked witch, uncertain parentage, and chop-socky mixed martial arts….

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    Simmons has no use for damn hippie music.
    The Music Never Stopped: From the Case Files...
    By Eric Hynes • March 29, 2011 12:00 am

    Based on a typically heart-wrenching case study by Oliver Sacks, this admirably modest adaptation tells the story of Gabriel Sawyer…

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    Gyllenhaal and Hathaway test their compatibility.
    Love & Other Drugs: Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne...
    By Eric Hynes • November 23, 2010 12:00 am

    From a jaunty Spin Doctors–scored opening to a teary, Regina Spektor–cued finale, Love & Other Drugs will switch to any…

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    Gilchrist pedals to sanity?
    It’s Kind of a Funny Story: Zach Galifianakis...
    By Eric Hynes • October 5, 2010 12:00 am

    Seemingly designed to get every New York City honors student face-punched at college, this film chronicles a privileged Brooklyn high-schooler’s…

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    A collector in the field.
    Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo: Not a Monster Movie,...
    By Eric Hynes • July 27, 2010 12:00 am

    An expansive take on the world in miniature, Jessica Oreck’s documentary debut pursues all angles on a novel subject—the Japanese…

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    Weisz brings enlightenment.
    Agora: A Funny Thing Happened to Rachel Weisz...
    By Eric Hynes • July 20, 2010 12:00 am

    Not lacking for conviction or cojones, Alejandro Amenábar’s Agora is a big, broad, stridently atheistic sword-and-sandal entertainment that recounts a…

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    Broadbent (left) and Murphy play Irishmen in need of cash.
    Perrier’s Bounty: Crime and Blarney in Ireland
    By Eric Hynes • July 13, 2010 12:00 am

    While Hollywood has belatedly cooled on snarky, loud-quiet-loud proto-Tarantino gangster comedies, our English-speaking brethren across the Atlantic remain steadfast, pumping…

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    Jessie, Buzz, and Woody are older, if no wiser.
    Toy Story 3: Pixar’s Plastic Superheroes Consider Their...
    By Eric Hynes • June 15, 2010 12:00 am

    Fifteen years after ushering in a new era of CGI animation, and 11 years after a colossally successful pre-millennial sequel,…

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