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Moneyballnew
In a world of competitive sports, where a power lifter can basically bench press a bulldozer by sticking a syringe in his ass cheek, it’s getting harder to believe any athlete is performing on an even playing field nowadays.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-28-2011 |
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‘Eating’ Hosts Honest Talk on Female Body Imagenew
Does a “very serious comedy” about the frequent war between women and food hold the same relevancy today as it did upon its initial release in 1990?
San Antonio Current |
Anne Vanzant |
09-22-2011 |
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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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Desperate Measures: Review of Lilianew
I don’t necessarily believe San Antonio filmmaker Sam Lerma when he tells me he might’ve been impulsive enough to rob a bank back when he was living paycheck to paycheck as a photo journalist for a local TV station.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-21-2011 |
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Film Review: Straw Dogsnew
Times have changed since the release of Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs in 1971.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
09-21-2011 |
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No Man's Landnew
In Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, there is an average of eight drug-related murders every day.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-21-2011 |
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Life, Above Allnew
A powerful performance by a teen actress lifts this morality tale above its station.
San Antonio Current |
Justin Strout |
09-16-2011 |
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Never Mind the Hype: Attack the Block Doesn’t Delivernew
Written and directed by Joe Cornish, who co-created the weirdo British sketch comedy series The Adam and Joe Show in the ’90s, Attack the Block desperately wants to be for sci-fi thrillers what the hilarious 2004 satire Shaun of the Dead was for zombie horror movies.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-15-2011 |
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Low-Budget Bellflower is an Instant Indie Classic That’ll Set You on Firenew
“I'd seen movies about breakups, but I'd never seen anyone try to make a movie about what it's really like to have your heart broken,” first-time director Evan Glodell told The Village Voice.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-15-2011 |
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Wiesz Delivers in Portrayal of U.N. Whistleblowernew
ased on the true story of Kathryn Bolkovac.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-08-2011 |
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Mirren Lends ‘Debt’ Gravitas and Classnew
Mirren proves she is one tough homemade cookie as she continues to explore more vivacious supporting characters.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-07-2011 |
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'Apollo 18' actors probably wish they could remain anonymousnew
After refusing to screen the film for the press (a move usually reserved for studio execs who know they have a bomb on their hands).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-07-2011 |
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The world’s coolest rogue copnew
On the surface, The Guard is an Irish comedy/crime thriller in which the rough, enigmatic Sgt. Gerry Boyle.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-07-2011 |
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Critic’s Pick: Sarah’s Key (Elle s’applait Sarah)new
Julia (Kristin Scott Thomas) is a present-day American journalist working for a magazine in Paris.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-01-2011 |
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Paul Rudd Indie Comedy Won’t Leave Well Enough Alonenew
Our Idiot Brother does not entirely work, though it’s not for lack of ability or desire.
San Antonio Current |
Justin Strout |
09-01-2011 |
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