BLACK SWAN **** Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is a messy masterpiece. Like Apocalypse Now, Eraserhead and Aronofsky’s own Requiem for a Dream, it’s one of those films that will force […]
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The Tourist, Wild Target
THE TOURIST *1/2 With The Tourist, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp aren’t functioning as actors so much as they’re trying their hands at being slum lords. Hollywood royalty blessed with […]
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Burlesque
BURLESQUE ** Surely no one out there really believes that tired line about film critics wanting to hate whatever pictures they catch on the job? On the contrary, like everyone […]
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127 Hours, Tangled, Love & Other Drugs, Faster
127 HOURS ***1/2 Let’s be honest with one another. I’d be dead. You’d be dead. Almost everyone we’ve ever known would be dead. But not Aron Ralston. When this young […]
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Unstoppable, Fair Game
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 *** We won’t know until July 15, 2011, whether or not the final book in J.K. Rowling’s franchise really needed to be […]
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Morning Glory, Megamind
MORNING GLORY *** Morning Glory is basically Working Girl for dummies. (Or Broadcast News for dummies; take your pick.) But even dummies need movies — and better ones than genuine […]
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Due Date
DUE DATE *1/2 Those who found it hilarious when Zach Galifianakis mock-masturbated a baby in The Hangover will find themselves in comedy heaven watching Due Date. Here, audiences not only […]
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A review: ‘The Conspirator’
Wednesday night’s feature at the Savannah Film Festival – kept secret until just before the projector rolled – was The Conspirator, the Civil War drama helmed by Robert Redford here […]
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Conviction, Stone, Tall Dark Stranger
CONVICTION ** The title of the new movie Conviction surely refers more to the actors than to those who toiled on the other side of the camera. Whereas the performers […]
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Hereafter, My Soul to Take
HEREAFTER *** From his spaghetti Westerns through the surprise box office smash Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood has offered increasingly mature treatises on the subject of death, specifically how it relates […]
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Red, Waiting for Superman
RED *** The action extravaganza Red is fun for a multitude of reasons, covering its bases quite nicely. Fans of movie stars doing the unexpected can revel in the sight […]
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Secretariat, It’s Kind of a Funny Story
SECRETARIAT **1/2 Until the Sports Illustrated subscription runs out at the Walt Disney Studios offices, I expect audiences will continue to be privy to cookie-cutter yarns centered around notable achievements […]