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    Articles by Nick Pinkerton
    Pull my finger! De Niro (left) and Stiller continue their feud.
    Little Fockers: Ben Stiller, Stop! No More Fockers,...
    By Nick Pinkerton • December 21, 2010 12:00 am

    For the third time, Robert De Niro questions Ben Stiller’s manhood.

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    Gosling's scion can't escape the pull of family money.
    All Good Things: Ryan Gosling Is Pressured Into...
    By Nick Pinkerton • December 14, 2010 12:00 am

    The fiction feature debut of Andrew Jarecki, director of the 2003 documentary Capturing the Friedmans, All Good Things likewise concerns…

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    Henley follows the lion.
    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the...
    By Nick Pinkerton • December 7, 2010 12:00 am

    This third adaptation from C.S. Lewis’ seven-volume Chronicles of Narnia comes underwritten by a new studio and with a new…

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    The actress (Baldaque) playing the nun.
    The Portuguese Nun: Enchantment in Lisbon
    By Nick Pinkerton • November 30, 2010 12:00 am

    A French actress, Julie (Leonor Baldaque), arrives in Lisbon to shoot a 17th-century costume drama. She’ll star in an arty…

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    Sukowa: Hopelessly devoted.
    Vision: Feminism in the Dark Ages?
    By Nick Pinkerton • November 16, 2010 12:00 am

    The fifth collaboration of director Margarethe von Trotta and actress Barbara Sukowa, Vision continues the proto-feminist canonization of Blessed Hildegard…

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    Watts as the indignant, outed spy.
    Fair Game: Sean Penn, Even More Self-Righteous Than...
    By Nick Pinkerton • November 2, 2010 12:00 am

    Adapted from Valerie Plame and Joseph C. Wilson’s memoirs, the unsurprisingly validating Fair Game begins as a timeline-hopping international thriller…

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    Smit-McPhee as the bullied boy in need of a protector.
    Let Me In: Not Bad, but Not So...
    By Nick Pinkerton • September 28, 2010 12:00 am

    Modish blankness tries to pass for clarity in Let Me In, Cloverfield director Matt Reeves’ Americanized remake of the Swedish…

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    Why am I famous? LaBeouf ponders the imponderable.
    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: Gordon Gekko Repents–or...
    By Nick Pinkerton • September 21, 2010 12:00 am

    Oliver Stone’s sequel doesn’t have the clean, fable-like arc of its predecessor, Wall Street, the tale of the Fox and…

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    Renner's townie (at right) won't let Affleck's hero out of the hood.
    The Town: Ben Affleck Robs Banks
    By Nick Pinkerton • September 14, 2010 12:00 am

    Directing himself as a verifiable big-movie lead after some time in supporting-actor Triple-A ball, Ben Affleck models a full line…

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    Yan Ni as the spurned second wife.
    A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop:...
    By Nick Pinkerton • September 7, 2010 12:00 am

    Following his Beijing Olympics opening-ceremony mega-production, Zhang Yimou remakes the Coen brothers’ Blood Simple by dressing it in flamboyant silk…

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    Bell plays the girl in trouble.
    The Last Exorcism: A Surprisingly Smart Fright Flick
    By Nick Pinkerton • August 24, 2010 12:00 am

    With a small, well-chosen cast, a sly script, and slippery, ambivalent characters, The Last Exorcism gives a welcome twist to…

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    JLG checks his frames.
    Two in the Wave: JLG vs. Truffaut
    By Nick Pinkerton • August 17, 2010 12:00 am

    An anniversary present for the French New Wave, this doc gives the gift of received wisdom as it recounts the…

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    Leo gets caught in the (imaginary?) rain.
    Inception: Leo Di Caprio Gets Caught in Chris...
    By Nick Pinkerton • July 13, 2010 12:00 am

    Inception is a chilling trip into the psyche…of writer/director Christopher Nolan, an Anglo-American action director who shattered the Tomatometer of…

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    Chan plays the tutor to Smith.
    The Karate Kid: Jackie Chan Remakes the 80s...
    By Nick Pinkerton • June 8, 2010 12:00 am

    Like the 1984 original, this new Kid begins with an uprooting. Young Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) and his mother are…

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    Weird science: Polley in the lab.
    Splice: Adrien Brody, This Is All Your Oscar...
    By Nick Pinkerton • June 1, 2010 12:00 am

    Though Sundance-screened and sporting an upscale cast, Vincenzo Natali’s Splice has a mad-science quality. Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley are…

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    You damn zombies get off my lawn!
    Survival of the Dead: Or, How to Kill...
    By Nick Pinkerton • May 25, 2010 12:00 am

    The sixth installment in George A. Romero’s long-running horror serial (est. 1967), follows Sarge Crockett (Alan Van Sprang) as he…

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    There's no refuge on Plum Island.
    Zombies at SIFF: Survival of the Dead
    By Nick Pinkerton • May 21, 2010 12:00 am

    The sixth installment in George A. Romero’s long-running horror serial (est. 1967), follows Sarge Crockett (Alan Van Sprang) as he…

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    Flirting by numbers: Paltrow and Downey Jr.
    Iron Man 2: Robert Downey Jr. Must Choose...
    By Nick Pinkerton • May 4, 2010 12:00 am

    As our movie begins, Tony Stark–mechanical genius, Forbes 400 perennial, the pop-star CEO of Stark Industries–has dropped any pretense of…

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    Hjejle gets caught amid ghosts.
    The Eclipse: Ghosts and Guilt in Ireland
    By Nick Pinkerton • April 13, 2010 12:00 am

    The Eclipse is a curious Irish ghost story that fiddles with the recipe just enough to produce interesting results. Solidly…

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    Young is endearingly ragged.
    Neil Young Trunk Show: Jonathan Demme’s Latest Tribute
    By Nick Pinkerton • March 16, 2010 12:00 am

    In contrast to 2006’s amber-lit, prayerful Neil Young: Heart of Gold, a stately acoustic set at Nashville’s tradition-rich Ryman Auditorium,…

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