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Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Ben Affleck stars in roid rage PSA!
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The Tracey Fragments: Ellen Page is chopped into pieces
“My name is Tracey Berkowitz. Fifteen. Just a normal girl who hates herself.” Again leading as a…
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War, Inc.: John Cusacks not as clever as he thinks
Impassioned lefties John Cusack, cult novelist Mark Leyner, and Bulworth scribe Jeremy Pikser co-wrote this ineffectual Iraq War…
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The Promotion: Seann William Scott in a prole battle with John C. Reilly
Making his directorial debut, screenwriter Steven Conrad (who previously wrote The Weather Man and The Pursuit of Happyness)…
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SIFF Week 4: Picks & Pans
Russian mobsters, Hong Kong gangsters, murder in Italy, sex tourism in Nepal, and sheep rustling in Sardiniaits an…
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You Dont Mess With the Zohan: Adam Sandlerfriend to gays and Arabs
All the hallmarks of an Adam Sandler vehicle are present in his latest, a comedy about an ’80s-obsessed,…
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The Foot Fist Way: Like a Will Ferrell movie, without Will Ferrell
Boorish tae kwon do instructor Fred Simmons (Danny McBride) is a strip-mall hero for whom demonstrating his cinder-block-breaking…
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In October 2001, a Fort Worth, Texas, nurse’s aide named Chante Mallard
In October 2001, a Fort Worth, Texas, nurse’s aide named Chante Mallard struck 37-year-old Gregory Glenn Biggs with…
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SIFF: Week 3 Picks & Pans
Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film.…
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Kung Fu Panda: Jack Black and Angelina Jolie target your kids
By all means, gather up the little ones and take them to this perfectly pleasant, very good-looking, modestly…
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Surfwise: Yes, Jews surf
For its first half, Doug Pray’s mesmerizingly ambivalent documentary about an itinerant family of Jewish surfer health nuts…
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Bra Boys: Russell Crowe is threatening a remake
Russell Crowe narrates—and is reportedly developing a dramatic remake of—this compact history of Australia’s notorious Maroubra Beach community,…
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The Strangers: Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman trapped in scare-free fright flick
Suggesting an American remake of David Moreau and Xavier Palud’s Them, The Strangers is practically an abstraction: an…
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The Fall: Gorgeous international nonsense
Something like a pain-fueled, R-rated Princess Bride, The Fall straddles the intertwined worlds of storytelling and story. One…
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Lagerfeld Confidential: Darlings, you are all very ugly and fat
Fashionista Karl Lagerfeld cultivated his iconic reputation working at a variety of established labels—moving from Chloé to Fendi…
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Sex and the City: Not quite like old times
Oh, please—spoiler alert? Fine, I won’t tell you whether Carrie Bradshaw ties the knot with Mr. Big, even…
