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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.
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Huh?new
'Bellflower' features fine acting and great cinematography in service of a baffling story.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
09-28-2011 |
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Male Heartbreak in Nasty, Nihilistic Bellflowernew
If you're a not a man who just got screwed over by a woman you thought you loved, and you now spend your days in a stifling rage, muttering "That bitch!" every time you think of, well, that bitch, then there is really no reason for you to go see Bellflower.
The Buddy Comedy Gets a Shot in the Armnew
“You just have to laugh, so you won’t cry.” This sentiment, often expressed in the face of tragedy (and many tragicomic movies), is the driving force behind 50/50, the new film from the creators of Superbad starring Joseph Gordon-Leavitt and Seth Rogen.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Morrison |
09-28-2011 |
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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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Collision at the platenew
Talents clash in well-acted, poorly directed underdog tale.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-28-2011 |
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Cancer Dramedy 50/50 Offers Generational Critique of Millenialsnew
In some sense,it seems like just about time for a Gen Y cancer comedy, and director Jonathan Levine's 50/50 is it.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-28-2011 |
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The Devil's Double is an over-the-top true storynew
Iraq-Iran war vet Latif is yanked off a battlefield and given a choice that is really no choice at all: reject his former identity as a soldier and beloved son to a wealthy Iraqi businessman and become the doppelganger to a madman.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-27-2011 |
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Moneyball=$$$new
"I couldn't let go of this story about these guys who were trapped in an unfair game."
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-26-2011 |
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Tangling With the Big C: Gordon-Levitt and Rogan Fight the Good Fight
Director Jonathan Levine ("The Wackness") has a knack for conveying unconventional drama with enough droll spice to make the medicine go down easily even if the subject is cancer.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-26-2011 |
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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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Death Racenew
Doc about Formula 1 legend carries the flag for its subject.
Orlando Weekly |
Rob Boylan |
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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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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Moneyballnew
Brad Pitt finesses a win as A's wizard Billy Beane.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-21-2011 |
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