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Hollywood, race and the Age of Obama

by Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[26.Dec.08] :. Gook. Dragon lady. Swamp rats. These are but a few of the cringe-inducing racial epithets spewed by Clint Eastwood’s Walt Kowalski in “Gran Torino,” the cringe-inducing new drama...

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Film Review

Seven Pounds

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.08] :. Equally afflicted by an old-school weepies affect and new-agey self-righteousness, Seven Pounds is by turns clumsy and overbearing.

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Column: The Screener

Exquisite Agony

by Chris Barsanti

[18.Dec.08] :. This holiday season, Mickey Rourke (in The Wrestler) and Will Smith (Seven Pounds) suffer for all us sinners.

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Short Ends and Leader

Tearjerker Given a Post-Modern Make-Over in ‘Pounds’

by Bill Gibron

[18.Dec.08] :. If there is one genre that’s in desperate need of a post-modern make-over, it’s the tearjerker. Comedy gets retrofitted every few years, while the action film scours the globe for as much...

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Film DVD Review

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

by Matt Mazur

[26.Mar.07] :. The Pursuit of Happyness is the male version of a "chick flick": aimed at wringing tears from even the most macho dude in the house.

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Film Review

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Dec.06] :. As quick and resolute as Chris may be, he's still caught up in the fiction around him, The Pursuit of Happyness, which is not nearly so smart.

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