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The Eagle
The Eagle fails at investing its simplistic adventure with moral complexity.
POSTED // Feb 11,2011 - One of the more legendary quotes from the golden age of Hollywood is attributed to studio mogul Louis B. Mayer ...
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The Illusionist
The Illusionist has some lovely moments, but a one-note tone.
POSTED // Feb 11,2011 - In Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist, an adaptation of an unproduced script by legendary French comic filmmaker Jacques Tati, nods to its creative inspiration are everywhere ...
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Somewhere
Pity Party: Why should we care about Somewhere's existential despair?
POSTED // Feb 4,2011 - Pity poor Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff), the protagonist of writer/director Sofia Coppola’s infuriatingly empty-headed Somewhere ...
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Another Year
Mike Leigh explores the contentment and sorrow of aging in Another Year.
POSTED // Feb 4,2011 - In the opening scene of writer/director Mike Leigh’s subtly heartbreaking ensemble drama Another Year, a tight-faced, 50-something woman named Janet ...
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The Mechanic
Parts Interchangeable: The Mechanic is indistinguishable from a straight-to-video potboiler
POSTED // Jan 28,2011 - A stalwart veteran of late-night basic cable, the 1972 Charles Bronson hit-man vehicle The Mechanic remains in the top tier of that era’s B-movies ...
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All Good Things
True, But Strange: All Good Things only manages to be "movie" unhappy.
POSTED // Jan 20,2011 - The opening minutes of All Good Things suggest that director Andrew Jarecki might be looking for common ground ...
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Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole‘s look at the aftereffects of tragedy is powered by its quieter moments.
POSTED // Jan 14,2011 - Here’s the complicated contradiction currently exemplified by Rabbit Hole: Grief is one of the easiest subjects around which to structure a drama ...
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The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet's action is out-clevered by comedy—a small price to pay for satisfying superhero yuks.
POSTED // Jan 14,2011 - Serious devotees of The Green Hornet—he of the dark, grim 1930s radio show—are going to howl. The rest of us can enjoy The Green Hornet, Seth Rogen-style ...
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Country Strong
Bittersweet Tune: Country Strong overcomes heavy-handed missteps for a solid tale about the price of fame.
POSTED // Jan 7,2011 - Oh, how silly, the movie about the lady country-music superstar, with Gwyneth Paltrow as the Faith Trisha LeAnn Shania mashup! Hey, cute: She meets the boy-toy up-and-comer who might become her lover
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2010’s Mediocre 10
Ten of the most memorably unmemorable mediocrities of the year.
POSTED // Jan 7,2011 - Everyone makes year-end lists of the best or worst movies. But what about the most aggressively nondescript movies of 2010?
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