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Woe is me – what I felt watching The Company Men, perhaps because that’s how its characters felt. Notwithstanding its glorification of self-pity, the movie tells a surprisingly good story, touching on many familiar elements of our current woeful economy. People living beyond their means, in…
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Formerly fatuous: Costner & Affleck
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A story of brothers ripped apart by revolution should be better than the formulaic The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Cloaked in the emerald charm of Ireland, yet curiously unengaging, it’s more socialist screed about the Irish republican revolution than ripping good yarn. The Irish revolutio…
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Brothers, close as can be, ripped apart
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The Lincoln heyday ended in the 70s, fitting since The Lincoln Lawyer feels like a throwback to that shambling decade. While set currently, its frequent loose-focus camerawork, single plot line and land yacht hark back to those slightly cheesy days of yore. Unitary plot doesn’t mean lack of…
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Always great to see William H. Macy
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Win Win has become such a cliche, yet is anything but in the entirely winning movie of that title. Cleverly mining today’s uneven economy, the uneasy equality of modern marriages, the unjust world of neglected kids, and not least, the under-appreciated sport of high school wrestling, Win Win…
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Who says meaningful auteur cinema is ...
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Anybody seen a golden Hollywood crown? Tom Hanks lost his by directing, starring in and co-writing this disappointing dramedy. Notwithstanding Hanks having Hanks – the most likable leading man this side of Jimmy Stewart – and a resonant au courant theme, Larry Crowne barely rises to second ra…
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Hanks in a red shirt sells the movie.
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New addition to the boxing movie canon? Absolutely, complete with elemental title, elemental story and devastating performances. A female power story as much as a male one, Melissa Leo, Christian Bale and Mark Walhberg’s maternal-fraternal triangle pegs the meter for codependency. When Amy Ada…
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All in the (dysfunctional) Family
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Amusing albeit self-absorbed, this lesbian-family-values comedy succeeds by putting humor ahead of politics, thus creating a modestly enjoyable movie for people of all persuasions. The story of teenage kids connecting with their biological father – much to the consternation of their lesbian Moms…
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Fatherhood brings out the best in boy...
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Fingering two of society’s soft spots, Cyrus lampoons middle-aged singles looking for love and grown kids who’ve been emotionally indulged their entire overly-protected lives. Plus it generates plenty of LOL moments in the offing. Score. John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill deliver great performa…
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Snow White and the Two Dorks
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“Cutesy,” Jack Nicholson’s curmudgeonly character observes about the term “Bucket List.” The same can be said about this movie, hardly an endorsement other than for those seeking uplifting fare about dealing with cancer. Die hard Nicholson and Morgan Freeman fans might also enjoy it, since two … |
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Who knew? The Brits no doubt, but we Yanks were unaware of the stammering tribulations that the current Queen Elizabeth’s father endured, let alone that England’s fortitude in World War II required him to overcome them. Most impressively, who would have guessed that this true story would make s…
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Brilliant and brilliantly entertaining.
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