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Articles by Rob Nelson
Goodall in Tanzania during the '60s.
Jane’s Journey: A Mash Note to the Famed...
By Rob Nelson • October 4, 2011 12:00 am

Spectacularly photographed and journalistically lame, Jane’s Journey blows a 107-minute kiss to Dr. Jane Goodall, the 70-something primatologist-turned-conservationist. Traveling 300-odd…

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A love story between two guys and a car.
Bellflower: A Very Handmade Indie
By Rob Nelson • August 30, 2011 12:00 am

Dutifully hipster-hyped at Sundance and South by Southwest, writer/director/actor Evan Glodell’s testosterone-fueled, fever-dream indie impresses less for its screeching take…

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Weisz patrols a lonely beat.
The Whistleblower: Rachel Weisz Versus the Sex Traffickers
By Rob Nelson • August 16, 2011 12:00 am

In Canadian director Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower, shot in Romania, British babe Rachel Weisz plays a poor Nebraska cop who…

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Professor Terrace with two of his conquests: Nim and grad student Stephanie Lafarge.
Project Nim: A Chimp Tragedy
By Rob Nelson • August 9, 2011 12:00 am

Not every member of Homo sapiens who sees Project Nim will be moved to pledge membership in PETA. Still, this…

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Ramírez as the hero of his own life-as-movie.
Carlos: Five Hours of International Terrorism in a...
By Rob Nelson • November 5, 2010 12:00 am

Justly feted at Cannes, named for the globetrotting Venezuelan “revolutionary”-turned-killer capitalist also known as “the Jackal,” Carlos is French auteur…

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Manuela Velasco passes inspection.
[REC] 2: A Spanish Zombie Retread
By Rob Nelson • July 6, 2010 12:00 am

The de facto highlight of the horrific [REC] 2—the 28-minutes-later sequel to the Spanish zombie flick Americanized as Quarantine—comes when…

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Li gets lost in the historical shuffle.
The Warlords: Swords and Arrows Fly in 19th–Century...
By Rob Nelson • April 13, 2010 12:00 am

No less a man than Jet Li cries multiple times in this impressively gargantuan Chinese battle epic. A quasi-remake of…

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Mezzogiorno falls for a fascist.
Vincere: Surprise! Mussolini Was a Bully in the...
By Rob Nelson • March 30, 2010 12:00 am

According to Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere, Mussolini was nearly as much of a bully in the bedroom as he was in…

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Cruz in Hepburn mode.
Broken Embraces: Labyrinth of Celluloid
By Rob Nelson • December 22, 2009 12:00 am

Pedro Almodóvar’s latest comedy delves ever deeper into movies.

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Steidle with the refugees of Darfur.
The Devil Came on Horseback: Darfur, Still on...
By Rob Nelson • September 18, 2007 12:00 am

The crisis in Darfur—the slaughter of 400,000 black African citizens by the Arab-led Sudanese government and its Janjaweed militia—compels the…

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The Decider in Chief.
No End in Sight: Or, Military Quagmires 101
By Rob Nelson • August 7, 2007 12:00 am

Never mind the latest troop surge. The latest Iraq war doc damningly indicts its original architects.

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Hot for zombie? Moss as protective mother.
Fido: Zombies Deprived of Necessary Political Subtext
By Rob Nelson • July 3, 2007 12:00 am

You think they’re dead, these zombie-film parodies, but one after another, they keep lumbering back. Not much brain activity, alas,…

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Willis (left) old-schools Long.
Live Free or Die Hard: Bruce Willis Clings...
By Rob Nelson • June 26, 2007 12:00 am

Willis rejects digital reboot in favor of rusty action-flick mechanics.

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Atsuko Chiba travels deep into her own cranium.
Paprika: Loopy Anime Reaches Into Your Head
By Rob Nelson • June 5, 2007 12:00 am

Based on a serialized novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui, this loopy anime from director Satoshi Kon (Millennium Actress) isn’t a movie…

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Bug: Friedkin's Back From the (Almost) Dead With Off-Broadway Adaptation
Bug: Friedkin’s Back From the (Almost) Dead With...
By Rob Nelson • May 22, 2007 12:00 am

Made on the cheap for the horror-loving kids at Lionsgate, this freaky-deaky psycho-thriller from New Hollywood survivor William Friedkin is…

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Compassion without condescension: Shannon and her beloved.
Year of the Dog
By Rob Nelson • April 17, 2007 12:00 am

Compulsive dog rescuer Molly Shannon attains a nutty kind of grace.

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Anything but festive: Knudsen and Mikkelsen.
After the Wedding
By Rob Nelson • April 17, 2007 12:00 am

Danish Oscar nominee offers intense psychological discomfort.

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Random Glastonbury star Thom Yourke of Radiohead.
Glastonbury
By Rob Nelson • April 3, 2007 12:00 am

Concert doc fails to make sense of sprawling English music fest.

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Wilder the beachcomber.
The Last Mimzy
By Rob Nelson • March 20, 2007 12:00 am

Look what the tide dragged in.

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Justin Timberlake helps get Ricci back.
Black Snake Moan
By Rob Nelson • February 28, 2007 12:00 am

Christina Ricci gets skinny and slutty so Samuel L. Jackson can play the blues.

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Reaser arrives in search of husband.
Sweet Land
By Rob Nelson • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Opens at Uptown, Fri., Dec. 22. Rated PG. 110 minutes.

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13 Tzmati
13 Tzmati
By Rob Nelson • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Runs at Varsity, Fri., Sept. 29–Thurs., Oct. 5. Not rated. 90 minutes.

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Gong shows no sparks.
Curse of the Golden Flower
By Rob Nelson • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Opens at Neptune and other theaters, Fri., Dec. 22. Rated R. 114 minutes.

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