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‘Delivery Man’ Delivers Little of Worth
Good intentions can't hide the ugliness at the core of this comedy starring Vince Vaughn.
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Border Documentary ‘Of Kites & Borders’ Highlights Mexican Children’s Dreams Amid Squalor
Of Kites and Borders is one of those rare documentaries made in the developing world that manages to uplift, in spite of a dismal context. The hopes of children form the backbone of the film, and as a result, it feels universal and miraculously optimistic, sug...
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‘The Best Man Holiday’ Is Corny But Refreshingly Ambitious
Malcolm D. Lee's sequel falls into rote sentimentality but not before displaying a fun and refreshingly ambitious sensibility.
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Alexander Payne Takes A More Observational Approach in ‘Nebraska’
Alexander Payne’s last three movies have been about despondent men trying – and failing, mostly – to connect emotionally with the people around them. His latest, Nebraska, is about two such men learning that they should try to connect to each other. It’s the f...
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‘About Time’ Should Have Been About Other Things
For a man who specializes in romantic comedies, writer/director Richard Curtis doesn’t seem very interested in romance or comedy. His latest, About Time, is a lighthearted tearjerker about a man who learns he’s inherited a low-tech means of time-travel, and us...
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‘The Motel Life’ Is A Promising Directorial Debut
The debut film from Alan and Gabe Polsky reveals a talented new directing duo.
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‘Thor: The Dark World’: A Shiny, Very Expensive and Uncreative Turd of a Motion Picture
Let's be real for a minute: Marvel Studios has to date produced one fairly impressive spectacle (The Avengers) and five mediocre superhero adaptations, all of which find themselves interlinked within the same universe. Increasingly, each Marvel film offers ple...
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‘A Case of You’ Is Too Slight To Overcome Its Tropes
Justin Long tries to woo Evan Rachel Wood in this new romantic comedy.
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‘Ender’s Game’ Proves Faithfulness To The Source Isn’t Always A Good Thing
Ender's Game is neither particularly good nor bad. It just exists.
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‘Last Vegas’ Is As Old and Tired As Its Characters
Mercifully, the actors are not degrading themselves here -- they only stoop as low as mere slumming.
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