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    Articles by Nick Pinkerton
    Stern patriarch Pitt, with screen sons Laramie Eppler (left) and Tye Sheridan.
    The Tree of Life: Brad Pitt Is Sean...
    By Nick Pinkerton • June 14, 2011 12:00 am

    Including glimpses of Sleeping Beauty in her glass coffin, the rings of Saturn, and a roadside Texas barbecue, Terrence Malick’s…

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    Submarine: A Cute Coming of Age in Wales
    Submarine: A Cute Coming of Age in Wales
    By Nick Pinkerton • June 7, 2011 7:00 am

    Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts), a rampant 15-year-old only child, has two presiding preoccupations, detailed in rapid voiceover throughout Submarine: a…

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    Our confused young hero (Roberts).
    Submarine: A Cute Coming of Age in Wales
    By Nick Pinkerton • June 7, 2011 12:00 am

    Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts), a rampant 15-year-old only child, has two presiding preoccupations, detailed in rapid voiceover throughout Submarine: a…

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    The Young Pioneers, pictured in 1977.
    My Perestroika: Sadness in the Old CCCP 
    By Nick Pinkerton • May 24, 2011 12:00 am

    Eight-millimeter home movies and statist hymns from the Soviet past haunt Robin Hessman’s documentary of a contemporary Russia pocked with…

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    Even samurai need a vacation sometimes.
    13 Assassins: Chop. Slice. Repeat
    By Nick Pinkerton • May 17, 2011 12:00 am

    Lord Naritsugu (Gorô Inagaki) is a royal terror, and the court fears Caligula-like horrors should he come into his royal…

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    Hudson (left) and Goodwin as feuding BFFs.
    Something Borrowed: Kate Hudson Becomes Ever More Tiresome
    By Nick Pinkerton • May 3, 2011 12:00 am

    Based on a 2005 work of chick literature by Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed is a tale of love and betrayal…

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    Yen as the martial-arts hero.
    Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen...
    By Nick Pinkerton • April 26, 2011 12:00 am

    Chen Zhen, a Chinese film folk hero whose vocation is bucking off the yoke of Japanese imperialism, has a legendary…

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    Thurman as the object of desire.
    Ceremony: We Must Stop Uma Thurman From Getting...
    By Nick Pinkerton • April 26, 2011 12:00 am

    Sam (Michael Angarano), a young kids’-book author, suckers his neglected childhood best friend, Marshall (Reece Thompson), into driving them out…

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    López de Ayala provides new inspiration for de Oliveira.
    The Strange Case of Angelica: A Strange Fable...
    By Nick Pinkerton • April 12, 2011 12:00 am

    In 1952, Manoel de Oliveira sketched a fable of impossible longing that became, finally, The Strange Case of Angelica. Though…

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    Wright and McAvoy as client and attorney.
    The Conspirator: Robert Redford’s History Lesson
    By Nick Pinkerton • April 12, 2011 12:00 am

    Set in the months after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, Robert Redford’s dull history lesson follows the consequences of the fatal…

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    Kilmer narrates and acts.
    Kill the Irishman: A Real-Life Crime Tale From...
    By Nick Pinkerton • April 5, 2011 12:00 am

    With post-Goodfellas crime-movie tropes dyed for St. Patrick’s Day, this Ballad of Danny Greene attempts to enshrine the Irish-American strongman,…

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    Pinto is cute, but doesn't bring much depth of character.
    Miral: Julian Schnabel Films His Girlfriend’s Life Story
    By Nick Pinkerton • April 5, 2011 12:00 am

    A U.N. premiere! A Vanessa Redgrave cameo! Zionist hoodlums! While Jewish advocacy groups swarm to director Julian Schnabel’s bait, it…

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    Again, Kekilli makes a strong impression.
    When We Leave: Immigrant Melodrama in Berlin
    By Nick Pinkerton • April 5, 2011 12:00 am

    With her young son in tow, Umay (Head-On‘s Sibel Kekilli) walks out on her abusive husband and foregone conclusion of…

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    But did Portman do her own archery?
    Your Highness: James Franco Plays It Straight
    By Nick Pinkerton • April 5, 2011 12:00 am

    Your Highness plays like a dirty-joke blooper reel made by the cast of a junky sword-and-sorcery epic, streaked with carelessly…

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    Unhappy couple Wilson and Byrne.
    Insidious: The Haunting of Patrick Wilson and Rose...
    By Nick Pinkerton • March 29, 2011 12:00 am

    There is a great deal of prowling motion in Insidious: a recurring sideways dolly outside a haunted house, a trench-coat-clad…

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    Grace is selling VHS tapes! Because it's the '80s! Funny, right?
    Take Me Home Tonight: We Heart the ’80s,...
    By Nick Pinkerton • March 1, 2011 12:00 am

    Fresh out of MIT, Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) is back in hometown Los Angeles, waiting for his future to clarify…

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    Ladies, how can you resist? Sudeikis (left) and Wilson.
    Hall Pass: The Farrelly Bros.’ Own Midlife Crisis
    By Nick Pinkerton • February 22, 2011 12:00 am

    You will not forget the title, as it is repeated four-score times during the movie. Rick and Fred (Owen Wilson…

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    Don't touch the hair!
    Justin Bieber: Never Say Never: The Hair! The...
    By Nick Pinkerton • February 8, 2011 12:00 am

    This Bieber movie, a concert experience and origin-myth documentary, is not good—not that it needs to be. It is draggily…

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    Yo! They're straight outta Buffalo, y'all.
    The Taqwacores: Muslim Punks Are Just as Annoying...
    By Nick Pinkerton • February 8, 2011 12:00 am

    There are all the elements of a terrific spoof in The Taqwacores, which follows a year in the life of…

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    Hopkins fights the B-movie curse.
    The Rite: Anthony Hopkins as Prancing Exorcist
    By Nick Pinkerton • January 25, 2011 12:00 am

    The latest of at least a dozen widely released American movies in half as many years with demonic possession a…

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