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A Clobbering “Cloud Atlas”
Where am I? What month is it? Did they have the election? Sorry, it’s just that I’ve been in a screening of “Cloud Atlas,” and it feels like I’ve been gone forever. ...read more
Ten Amusing Clint Tweets from #RNC
1. @pattonoswalt: “If Clint Eastwood ever talks to a chair on national TV, people will need a way to reassure each other” — inventor of Twitter, March 2006 2. @GeorgeTakei: Cli... ...read more
“To Rome With Love”: Eternal City, Perpetual Shtick
For some of us, Woody Allen could film the phone book and we’d find pleasure in it: How nice all those listings might look in his signature white-on-black Windsor typeface. ...read more
“Moonrise Kingdom”: Wes Anderson Summers in New England
The new Wes Anderson movie certainly is a richer pastiche than anything else you’ll see at the multiplex this season. And in its Andersonian manner, “Moonrise KingdomR... ...read more
“The Dictator” Doesn’t Rule
The tale of how Admiral General Aladeen became President Prime Minister Admiral General Aladeen is not one for the ages. As told by “The Dictator,” it is basically the tale of... ...read more
“The Avengers”: Kneel Before Joss!
It seems like a fine idea to put Joss Whedon in charge of “The Avengers.” ...read more
“The Deep Blue Sea” Review in Brief
In postwar London, an emotionally volatile young woman (Rachel Weisz) flees her marriage to an aloof magistrate (Simon Russell Beale) for an affair with a differently aloof ex-... ...read more
“The Five-Year Engagement” Review in Brief
Faced with geographically opposed career opportunities, a newly engaged couple discovers that their life together has gotten in the way of their life together. ...read more
“This Is Not a Film”: Jafar Panahi Makes an Effort
In his Tehran apartment, the filmmaker Jafar Panahi sits down to breakfast with a video camera pointed at himself. For a man being tyrannized, he seems in decent spirits. His a... ...read more“John Carter” Is Not About the Character of That Name Played by Noah Wyle on “E.R.,” Although Who Knows, Maybe He’s In There Somewhere
“John Carter,” the movie, has been in development for a hundred years. No wonder it’s such a tangle of time, space, and narrative point of view. ...read moreFollow Us
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