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Moneyballnew
Brad Pitt finesses a win as A's wizard Billy Beane.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-21-2011 |
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The Man Who Fell to Earthnew
The wonderment threshold has been raised considerably since the days when Nicolas Roeg and his leading man David Bowie were pop-culture sensations. And so it's an opportune time to revisit Roeg's misunderstood sci-fi idyll, The Man Who Fell to Earth, especially in light of a new "director's cut," which restores some twenty minutes of the filmmaker's intentions.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-07-2011 |
Reviews
The Interruptersnew
How to defuse real-life street violence.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
08-30-2011 |
Reviews
The Debt: How to Defuse a Thrillernew
The framework of a decent thriller is there. WWII German Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel, the infamous "Surgeon of Birkenau," is being hunted by the Israeli Mossad, circa 1965-66.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
08-30-2011 |
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The Names of Lovenew
Nerd meets firebrand in French rom-com.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
07-28-2011 |
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Tabloid: Was this trip necessary?new
Joyce McKinney, subject of Errol Morris' latest documentary, Tabloid, didn't do anything particularly shocking compared to the crop of baby murderers and cheating spouses currently on display in supermarket checkout aisles.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
07-14-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Errol Morris, Tabloid
The Big Uneasynew
Bad policy doomed New Orleans, says muckraking Katrina doc.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
07-06-2011 |
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X-Men: First Classnew
How they got that way, more or less.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
06-13-2011 |
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The Tree of Lifenew
Terrence Malick pushes his luck.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
06-01-2011 |
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13 Assassinsnew
Takashi Miike disembowels the samurai film.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
05-18-2011 |
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'The Conspirator': The Sundance Kid Revisits the Civil Warnew
For proof that the world of movies makes strange bedfellows, look no further than The Conspirator, Robert Redford's Civil War historical drama, produced by the American Film Company, about the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
04-13-2011 |
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'Your Highness': Ye Olde Silly Buggersnew
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time to take Danny McBride and James Franco, stick them in tights and jerkins, and have them rescue Natalie Portman from fire-breathing dragons, or some shit. But they left one important ingredient behind: Judd Apatow.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
04-13-2011 |
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'Hanna' is One of the Most Captivating Movies of the Seasonnew
As conceived by director Joe Wright and writers Seth Lochhead and David Farr, Hanna builds its teenage-gothic enchanted cottage in the same international-spy subdivision as the Bourne films, The American, The Adjustment Bureau, etc., and instantly makes the majority of its neighbors look silly and hopelessly out of date.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
04-06-2011 |
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Source Codenew
Soldier Jake Gyllenhaal draws extra duty in a fireball-filled sci-fi thriller.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
03-30-2011 |
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