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The Perfect Holiday: Gabrielle Union Gets a Christmas Makeover
Nancy (Gabrielle Union) is a normal suburban mom who wears sweatpants as she shuttles her kids to…
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Romance & Cigarettes: Kate Winslet Is Extra Sexy Karaoke Belter
John Turturro’s third and loopiest film is prime film-studies fodder, fitting in best at the tail end…
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Juno: Snark Meets Heart in This Years Breakout Indie Hit
Juno marks the second film for director Jason Reitman and the first for screenwriter Diablo Cody, author of…
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Atonement: Keira Knightley Stars in Her First Bodice-Ripper
Rereading Atonement last weekend, my first thought was: I hope to God that Joe Wright—whose broadly grinning Pride…
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The Life of Reilly: Who Doesn’t Have a Man-Crush on Burt Reynolds?
There’s no problem with the premise of lionizing an eccentric D-list actor such as Charles Nelson Reilly…
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The Golden Compass: Nicole Kidman Will Steal Your Kids
No fan of the “tweedy medievalist” C.S. Lewis, avowed atheist and novelist Philip Pullman set out to…
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Revolver: Guy Ritchie Meets Deepak Chopra
For any high-fivin’ “Movies for Guys Who Like Movies” bros hoping for the Guy Ritchie of yore,…
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Honey and Clover: Another Art School Confidential
Usually the phrase “based on the popular Japanese comic book” means you can expect saucer-eyed cherubs or…
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Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains: An Infomercial From the Left
Jonathan Demme, who directed Tom Hanks to an Oscar as the AIDS-afflicted lawyer in Philadelphia, may be…
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What Would Jesus Buy?: Taking the Anti-Consumerist Gospel to Wal-Mart
Although this doc was directed by Rob VanAlkemade, it bears the unmistakable imprimatur of its producer, Morgan Spurlock.…
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Holly: Ron Livingston Says No to Child Sex Trafficking
Shot concurrently with a “raising awareness” documentary on child prostitution in Southeast Asia (by the tellingly named Priority…
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Lynch: Or, Everything You Wanted to Know About Inland Empire but Were Afraid to Ask
After staggering out of Inland Empire like a mole groping toward sunlight, you could be forgiven for thinking…
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War/Dance: Out of African Misery Another Documentary Is Born
In a just world, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix’s documentary wouldn’t exist—at least not in this fashion. The…
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How to Cook Your Life: Meditate, Bake, Repeat
“Treat your food like you would your eyesight” advises Edward Espe Brown, Zen priest and cook, repeating the…
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Margot at the Wedding: Nicole Kidman Improved by Venom, Malice
This immersion in sibling malice and simmering resentment, with one of the most infuriating characters in recent movies…
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The Mist: Stephen King Gives Us Too Much Chatter, Not Enough Monsters
As one of what novelist Stephen King calls his Constant Readers, I was jazzed when word came that…
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Enchanted: Susan Sarandon as Cougar-Hot Evil Mommy
The premise had promise: Characters from a “vintage” Disney movie suddenly find themselves thrust into our world. But…
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This Christmas: Holiday Mush Season Starts Today!
Tyler Perry is going to wind up with a monopoly on mainstream adult dramas marketed to African-American audiences…