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PICK Thirst: Real Vampires, Not Like Those Sissies in Twilight
Finally there’s a vampire movie worthy of the title The Hunger—even if it arrives under a more potable…
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3: Wheres Walter Matthau When We Need Him?
Want to know how a city works? Start by watching 1974’s The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3,…
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PICK The Hangover: We Heart Zach Galifianakis
Old School fans, remove your earmuffs: This messy, raunchy farce about three groomsmen (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach…
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Marley & Me: Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston Upstaged by Puppy
Satisfying only to pet-porn junkies whose tear ducts can’t even withstand a 365 Ferrets a Year calendar, the…
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A Jihad for Love: Gays Find Intolerance in Islam, Too
Muslims, Jews, and Christians may have their, oh, occasional differences, but as an Islamic scholar observes in Parvez…
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Constantine’s Sword: Something’s Rotten in the Vatican
Runs at Northwest Film Forum, Fri., Aug. 29–Thurs., Sept. 4. Not rated. 95 minutes. X marks the spot,…
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Man on Wire: A Love Letter to lost New York
Part caper movie, part real-life superhero saga, and entirely engrossing, James Marsh’s documentary recounts in Rififi-like detail how…
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Mother of Tears: Asia Argento barely survives her fathers botch job
Smashed heads! Smashed faces! A woman disemboweled and hanged with her own guts! Vaginal impalement with, er, a…
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Wanted: Angelina Jolie gives us all the guns and violence we could ask of a summer movie
Of the summer’s many revenge-of-the-nerd fulfillment fantasies—from The Incredible Hulk to The Foot Fist Way—Wanted stands the best…
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Mister Lonely: Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe Caught in Shocking Tryst!
The third feature by Harmony Korine, once the reigning Man You Love to Hate of American indie cinema,…
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In the 1980s, three Mississippi 12-year-olds famously spent six years filming a
In the 1980s, three Mississippi 12-year-olds famously spent six years filming a shot-for-shot VHS remake of Raiders of…
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Backseat: Slackers Venture on Emo Road Trip
Ben (Rob Bogue) has no job and a sexpot girlfriend (Aubrey Dollar) who wants to see other people;…
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Irina Palm: How Could They Do This to Marianne Faithfull?
Nobody can reduce tawdry material to doddering quaintness like the British, but this staggeringly inane joint effort of…
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The Unforeseen: A Mess in Texas
A haunting meditation on hubris and the folly of claiming rights over something as elemental—and temperamental—as the environment,…
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The Grand: Woody Harrelson Leads Poker Spoof Crew
As the convergence of two cooling trends—poker and the comic mock-doc—this largely improvised comedy set at a Texas…
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Run, Fat Boy, Run: Simon Pegg Is Suitably Unheroic
Actor-screenwriter Simon Pegg’s follow-up to the surprise hits Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz isn’t as quirky…
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Funny Games: Michael Haneke Tortures Naomi Watts
An easy movie to despise but an impossible one to shake, Michael Haneke’s brilliant exercise in audience…
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BabAziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul: Sufi Wanderers Find Beauty Amid the Dunes
Even though one of the earliest appeals of cinema was the window it opened onto other cultures…