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Articles by Karina Longworth
Past memories: Brown and de la Huerta.
Enter the Void: Death Is a Trip for...
By Karina Longworth • October 5, 2010 12:00 am

A very, very loose and highly symbolic adaptation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Gaspar Noé’s Enter the Void…

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Heigl as accidental mother.
Life as We Know It: Katherine Heigl as...
By Karina Longworth • October 5, 2010 12:00 am

Set up on a blind date by their married best friends, Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Messer (Josh Duhamel) show each…

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Reynolds’ contractor didn’t sign up for this shit.
Buried: Ryan Reynolds Gets Dirty
By Karina Longworth • September 28, 2010 12:00 am

Paul (Ryan Reynolds), an American truck driver for a KBR-type contractor in Iraq, is captured in an insurgent attack and…

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Phoenix never drops his furry mask.
I’m Still Here: Joaquin Phoenix Bites the Hand...
By Karina Longworth • September 7, 2010 12:00 am

Directed by Casey Affleck, I’m Still Here purports to document Joaquin Phoenix’s high-profile “retirement” from acting, his alleged attempt to…

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Everyone likes beer, including Long and Barrymore.
Going the Distance: What the Hell Does Drew...
By Karina Longworth • August 31, 2010 12:00 am

“What really matters is what you like, not what you are like,” says John Cusack in High Fidelity, a very…

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Aniston and Bateman brush up on their Eugenides.
The Switch: When Will Jennifer Aniston Have a...
By Karina Longworth • August 17, 2010 12:00 am

A loose adaptation of a Jeffrey Eugenides story called “Baster,” The Switch stars Jennifer Aniston as Kassie, who, having failed…

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Stone with Venezuela’s Chávez.
South of the Border: Oliver Stone’s Mash Note...
By Karina Longworth • July 27, 2010 12:00 am

So one-sided that it nearly validates what the right says about Hollywood’s liberal crusaders, Oliver Stone’s essay/lecture/travelogue is propaganda in…

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Jolie rides her way into new-franchise territory.
Salt: Angelina Jolie Plays Both the Good Spy...
By Karina Longworth • July 20, 2010 12:00 am

Salt, famously the Spy Flick Rewritten for Angelina Jolie After Tom Cruise Dropped Out, has been publicized as the cinematic…

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Mikkelsen as the haughty composer.
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky: Famous Names, Familiar...
By Karina Longworth • July 6, 2010 12:00 am

Coco Chanel. Igor Stravinsky. Two iconoclasts whose contributions to their respective artistic fields left an indelible mark on the 20th…

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Seyfried has her sex appeal dialed down to PG.
Letters to Juliet: Amanda Seyfried’s Voyage to Italy
By Karina Longworth • May 11, 2010 12:00 am

Blonde, pillow-topped, and spineless, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) has a secure fact-checking job and is engaged to Victor (Gael García Bernal),…

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Blanchett maintains her dignity in a sea of arrows and historical exposition.
Robin Hood: Russell Crowe as the Angry Populist...
By Karina Longworth • May 11, 2010 12:00 am

An old-fashioned adventure epic weighed down by overly simplistic, quasi-populist dialogue, Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood plays like a rousing love…

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Johnson and Chloë Grace Moretz prepare to fight some crime.
Kick-Ass: Teen Superheroes for the MySpace Age
By Karina Longworth • April 13, 2010 12:00 am

Tired of being mugged by high-school thugs in a Manhattan that’s notably scummier than the real thing, the teen hero…

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Fey and Carrel escape from suburbia.
Date Night: Yes, Your Love for Tina Fey...
By Karina Longworth • April 6, 2010 12:00 am

“We are not these people! We are a boring couple from New Jersey!” complains Claire (Tina Fey) to her husband,…

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Testud shows her devotion.
Lourdes: Jesus Fever in France
By Karina Longworth • March 30, 2010 12:00 am

Blonde, wide-eyed Christine (Sylvie Testud, giving a great Mona Lisa smile) stands out amid the crowd of ill and otherwise…

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Lost in the city: Kazan and Rendall.
The Exploding Girl: Spring Break on Haldol
By Karina Longworth • March 30, 2010 12:00 am

Those expecting action-movie pyrotechnics from Bradley Rust Gray’s The Exploding Girl will be disappointed—the only loaded weapon in this indie…

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The unhappy director Harlan.
Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suss: The...
By Karina Longworth • March 23, 2010 12:00 am

The only Third Reich filmmaker to be tried for crimes against humanity (he was acquitted, twice), the notorious Veit Harlan’s…

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Fanning (left) and Stewart live the high life.
The Runaways: Kristen Stewart Transitions From Vampires to...
By Karina Longworth • March 16, 2010 12:00 am

There’s a stunt element to the casting of The Runaways: a punked-up, barely-legal Kristen Stewart and a still-underage, barely-dressed Dakota…

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We like Willis (left) and Morgan; they like snacks.
Cop Out: Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan Place...
By Karina Longworth • February 23, 2010 12:00 am

Jimmy (Bruce Willis), a swinging-dick career cop threatened by his ex-wife’s new husband (Jason Lee), tries to sell a treasured…

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Oscar safely in purse, Roberts can make any movie she wants.
Valentine’s Day: Too Many Stars, Not Enough Heart
By Karina Longworth • February 9, 2010 12:00 am

Garry Marshall’s embarrassingly star-studded, stiff rom-com is a kind of greatest-hits compilation, painted over with layers of gloss, as if…

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