Film: Lighten Up, Supes!

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I believe in flying men from outer space. I believe in big Kansas cornfields perfect for secretly breaking the sound barrier on foot. I believe in … [Read more...]

Film: Knowing Me, Knowing You

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Part of the appeal of peeking into the lives of Jesse and Celine, the lovestruck but sensible couple at the heart of Richard Linklater's Before … [Read more...]

Film: In Space No One Can Hear You Whine

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Sometimes a bad movie makes it all too easy for a reviewer to pick it apart. So it goes for After Earth, a stilted, unbearably dreary sci-fi melodrama … [Read more...]

Film: Sugar Mama and Her Beach Boys

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There are few movie subjects as inspirational and life-affirming as the clash between cultures. The annals of filmdom are rife with stories about the … [Read more...]

Film: Geeky Cad, Sister Act

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Enough with the psycho routine, both of you! That's right, indie darlings Brady Corbet and Antonio Campos, I'm talking to you. I get it, you want to … [Read more...]

Film: The Old Razzle Dazzle

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The good news about the new Great Gatsby adaptation: It's the ultimate Baz Luhrmann movie. The bad news about the new Great Gatsby adaptation: It's … [Read more...]

Film: Song of Faith and Devotion

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How does love curdle into contempt? It doesn't happen overnight, but all of a sudden you find yourself wondering, how could such a pure emotion, one … [Read more...]

Film: Overcoming Bayness

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He emerges from the large wall advertisement, grunting as he does his stomach crunches several stories off the ground. From a distance there's no … [Read more...]

Film: Kitty’s Pluck, Trawler’s Guts

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You don't have to be a cat person to like The Rabbi's Cat, but it helps. This animated feature, which opened nearly two years ago in its native … [Read more...]