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Man on a Ledge

Star falls flat when standing still

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Jan 27,2012 - Every once in a while, it feels as though the entire movie industry is trying to make somebody happen, despite a resolute lack of enthusiasm from audiences about that individual actually happening.

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Albert Nobbs

Intriguing story, frustrating drama

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Jan 27,2012 - Coverage of Albert Nobbs has been full of stories about Glenn Close’s decades-long effort to bring the story from her original stage performance to the screen.

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The Artist

Undeniable charms dampened by copying

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Jan 20,2012 - Michel Hazanavicius’ effervescent The Artist seems to be staking out a curious territory during the 2011-12 film awards season.

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Haywire

A lot of fight, but little punch

By MaryAnn Johanson
POSTED // Jan 20,2012 - We’ve seen this movie before: Secret agent/gun for hire/covert badass gets burned. Who did it? The bad guys? The colleagues? The boss? Our Hero has to work hard and fast to pull his own ass out of a fire

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The Iron Lady

Brilliant Meryl Streep is left unsupported

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Jan 13,2012 - Resolved: Meryl Streep can become anyone. Do I have any takers for the “con” position? Thought not.

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Beauty & the Beast 3D

More than technical breakthroughs

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Jan 13,2012 - I’ve got to admit to a bit of puzzlement when I learned that Disney’s Beauty & the Beast would be re-released in 3D. In my mind, it has ever been thus.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Thrillingly intelligent minimalist espionage

By MaryAnn Johanson
POSTED // Jan 6,2012 - I haven’t read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, John le Carré’s iconic novel of Cold War espionage and—if this sleek, elegant film has it right—repressed male emotion.

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Outrage

Yakuza by-the-numbers

By Andrew Wright
POSTED // Jan 6,2012 - Director/writer/editor/star Takeshi Kitano first made an impact on these shores with a remarkable series of gangster films (most notably 1993’s Sonatine and 1997’s Fireworks)

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Top 10 Films of 2011

CW film critics' 10s for '11

By City Weekly Staff
POSTED // Dec 29,2011 - Welcome to 2011 at the movies—where the only thing certain about the best movies was their uncertainty.People, as a rule, don’t particularly like ambiguity. A much-talked-about university

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Tintin, War Horse

Searching for humanity in Spielberg's latest

By Scott Renshaw
POSTED // Dec 21,2011 - At first, it might seem like an absurd question: Though he’s been part of the American pop-culture consciousness for more than 35 years, and is arguably the most successful director in the history of the medium, do we really know who Steven Spielberg is as a filmmaker?
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