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Jane Eyrenew
Cary Joji Fukunaga maintains the property value of the much-filmed English-lit franchise.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
03-18-2011 |
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Tags: Jane Eyre, Cary Joji Fukunaga
Maid in the Shade: The Housemaid and The Ritenew
What's a worse job, cleaning house for a wicked family or exorcising demons?
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
02-04-2011 |
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Crimes and Survivors: The Way Back and Nurembergnew
The past was a terrifying place.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-20-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Weir, The Way Back
The Dude, Not the Duke: True Grit and Casino Jacknew
The bad guys in one use guns; in the other, they use senators and congresspersons.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-22-2010 |
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Tags: Casino Jack, True Grit
Tight Little Island: The Tempestnew
Julie Taymor and her friend William Shakespeare are back in town again.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-08-2010 |
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Toe to Toe: Black Swan and I Love You Phillip Morrisnew
Freaked-out ballerina Natalie Portman, meet fun gay prison-inmate couple Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-03-2010 |
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Tags: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Erection Day: Love and Other Drugs and Made in Dagenhamnew
One goes soft at the wrong moment, but the other stays hard on the picket line.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-03-2010 |
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Crash Out with The Next Three Days and 127 Hoursnew
Two movies about escape.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-23-2010 |
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Big Bang Theory: Four Lions and Client 9new
What's worse? Klutzy jihadist terrorists or vengeful Wall Streeters?
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-15-2010 |
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Void Where Prohibited: Enter the Void and I Spit on Your Gravenew
Ghosts on drugs! Love-hotel peeping toms! Brutal hillbillies! Grisly female revenge!
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
10-07-2010 |
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The Social Network and the "F" Wordnew
The billionaire geek who invented Facebook (The Social Network) meets the juvie outcasts of the living dead (Let Me In).
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
10-01-2010 |
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Bohemian Rhapsody: Howl and Jack Goes Boatingnew
James Franco blazes as Allen Ginsberg; Philip Seymour quietly simmers.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-22-2010 |
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The Agony and Ecstasy of Joaquin Phoenixnew
If Phoenix is really and truly a washed-up drunk with delusions of grandeur, I'm Still Here is a worthy swan song. Way to go.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-15-2010 |
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Tags: I'm Still Here, Casey Affleck
"Machete Don't Text!"new
Don't start the revolution without Danny Trejo (Machete). And rethink your preconceptions of South Africa (White Wedding).
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-08-2010 |
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