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Can Mark Gottfried Move N.C. State Beyond Third-Wheel Status?new
The essential ingredients missing in and around the Wolfpack program the last several seasons were a sense of stability and authority.
Tags: Mark Gottfried, N.C. State
Scorsese's Hugo celebrates the joy and art of moviemakingnew
The brilliance of Hugo is that director Martin Scorsese appropriates the en vogue 3-D technology of today's movies to preserve and venerate pioneers of the medium.
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Soul Survivor in Martha Marcy May Marlenenew
Elizabeth Olsen's performance throughout is somber and self-assured, a promising debut encouraged perhaps by her own efforts to escape the suffocating shadow—and cult of personality—of her older siblings.
Footloose remake gives us something old and something newnew
Director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) places his affinity for Southern settings front and center by transplanting the original film's Utah setting to a burg in Georgia.
George Clooney's New Election Thriller, The Ides of Marchnew
Three years into the Obama presidency, Clooney makes a movie about a Democratic candidate whose high-minded oratory belies someone who, when pressed, surrenders his ideals for the sake of political expedience and self-preservation.
Moneyball Explores New Strategies for Successnew
The new film Moneyball may be about an old pastime, baseball, but it's reminiscent of a film about a more contemporary activity.
Tags: Moneyball
Two brothers duke it out MMA-style in Warriornew
I was totally unprepared for the quality and gritty emotional depth of Warrior. Its real lessons about betrayal, familial strife and America's widening stratification are universal and timeless.
Hunting Nazis in The Debtnew
The Debt is an American remake of the 2007 Israeli drama-thriller HaHov, which concerns the particularly fraught world of Nazi hunting.
Harry Potter and the Timelessness of Art in Deathly Hallows: Part 2new
"Of course it's happening inside your head, Harry. But that doesn't mean it's not real."
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is Michael Bay's loud, jingoistic metaphornew
"We're pretty much all Republicans around here."
Morgan Spurlock Gets Irrelevantnew
It's a huckster's dream: Spurlock makes his movie, the sponsors promote their brand, and the film distributor pockets a tidy sum. The audience is the one left holding the shopping bag.
Will Ferrell Gets Semi-Serious in Everything Must Gonew
Everything Must Go is a commentary about the artificiality of suburbia as well as an earnest fable about a man who must confront and let go of his past in order to embark on a better future.
Tags: Will Ferrell, Everything Must Go
Filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern Review the First Part of Their Legacynew
Although their films have predominantly, and famously, dealt with pressing social issues and human drama, Stern and Sundberg do not necessarily see themselves as "issue-oriented" filmmakers.
'The Conspirator' is Studious but Inertnew
The film's opening act is a well-crafted recounting of the conspiracy, and Robert Redford's attention to detail is impressive throughout, but we're left puzzling over the figures at the center of the diorama.
Tags: Robert Redford, The Conspirator
'Hanna' is Filled with Precocious Kids and Corrupt Adultsnew
A stylized fable whose substance doesn't measure up to its resounding razzmatazz, Hanna is a blend of breathless chase thriller and fairy-tale conceit.
Tags: Joe Wright, Hanna
