A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.
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The movie, like the
The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone ‘Stuck in Love’, with scrupulous respect for John Green’s best-selling young-adult novel, the film sets out to make you weep – not just sniffle or choke up a little, but sob until your nose runs and your face turns blotchy. It succeeds.
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Campaign may invite a
Campaign may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinema verite.
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Pearl Harbor is strenuously
Pearl Harbor is strenuously respectful of contemporary sensitivities, sometimes at the cost of accuracy.
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Subtle, funny and touching,
Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.
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Tiny as a sparrow,
Tiny as a sparrow, fierce as an eagle, Lisbeth Salander is one of the great Scandinavian avengers of our time, an angry bird catapulting into the fortresses of power and wiping smiles off the faces of smug, predatory pigs.
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War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds is rated PG-13. Much of the earth’s population is wiped out, leaving very little time for sex or bad language.
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Recently, I took my
Recently, I took my son to see The Haunted Mansion, which was one of the worst things (I hesitate even to call it a movie) that I have ever seen. He thought it was better than Finding Nemo and we had a fruitless argument which I’m sure made him acutely aware of the disadvantages of having a film critic for a dad.
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AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL FILM.
AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL FILM. Exacting, enraging and revelatory. A clear, temperate and devastating account of high level arrogance and incompetence.
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STORIES WE TELL is
STORIES WE TELL is one of the boldest and most exciting films I’ve seen in the last six months, and the kind of experience that has the power to alter your perception of the world.
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