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Disturbing Harvest: Child Labor in Americanew
It is easy to dismiss the documentary, The Harvest, as a liberal infomercial with political goals. It is more difficult to deny the fact that these children — these American children — are migrant farm workers who live here and spend their lives working like asses for peanuts and are unable to finish school due to the constant moving.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-21-2011 |
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The Black Power Mixtapenew
What Nixon and the FBI didn't want us to see.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-21-2011 |
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In Chomsky We Trustnew
"The Kingdom of Survival" brings together several alternative American voices.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
09-20-2011 |
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Soderbergh Gets Sick: Pandemic Isn’t Catching
"Contagion's" PG-13 rating predicts the film's less than horrific nature (following an overpromising opening sequence).
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-06-2011 |
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Masking Mengele: Revenge Remake Falters
What starts out as a gripping Cold-War-era espionage thriller devolves into utter fantasy in director John Madden’s remake of a 2007 Israeli film by the same title.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-29-2011 |
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Falling in Love With Anne Hathawaynew
Anne Hathaway sadly swims. Anne Hathaway sadly rides her bike. Anne Hathaway sadly signals a left turn.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
08-19-2011 |
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Mise-En-Scenarionew
Tribe Called Quest doc gives short shrift to the midnight marauders.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
08-15-2011 |
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England's Odd Couplenew
Opens Friday at The Flicks
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
08-03-2011 |
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Tags: Food, Michael Winterbottom, Movies, Culture, England, Steve Coogan, Cinema, The Trip, Rob Brydon
No Ceiling for Cynicism: NATO Empowered Sex Trafficking Expose Tells All
The illicit sex-trafficking actions of NATO peacekeepers -- both privatized and not -- is the subject of this incendiary film that falls prey to predictable dramatic conventions.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-02-2011 |
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Secret Agent Bland
Cars 2 doesn’t earn the support of those who defended the original.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-21-2011 |
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Where Have All The Bees Gone?new
Documentary looks at the mysterious disappearance of honeybees and the repercussions that has had on humans.
Boise Weekly |
Elizabeth Duffy |
06-15-2011 |
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Tags: Ellen Page, Vanishing of the Bees
Special Delivery: Jim Carrey Keeps Penguins Afloat
Loosely based on Florence Atwater's 1938 children's book, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" never completely gels.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-13-2011 |
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Iraqi Children Show Us Their Worldnew
In his outstanding documentary The First Movie, filmmaker Mark Cousins wants to find the innocence and hope that still remain in Iraq, bursting to life in its children.
Charleston City Paper |
Ryan Finn |
05-31-2011 |
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Tags: The First Movie, Mark Cousins
Event Horizon: Terrence Malick Believes
"The Tree of Life" is a bold but flailing attempt to create an epic transgressive experimental cinema of cosmic proportions.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-23-2011 |
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Tags: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Mermaids, Pirates, and Swords
Having dropped the dead-weight of Orlando Bloom and his guilty-by-association co-star Keira Knightley, the fourth installment of the "Pirates" franchise has finally discovered a way to be coherent.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-16-2011 |
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