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The Uninvited
The sex-with-daddy business serves as an underpinning to Anna's fundamental trauma.
29 Jan 2009
Film
The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008
Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.
15 Jan 2009
Film
Iconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008
Like the gladiators of old, 2008 resembles a battle of formidable acting gods, especially when looking over the 20 choices presented below. Indeed, if anything, choosing a winner requires more of a leap of faith than any amount of critical skill - they all were that good.
13 Jan 2009
Film
Tough and Tender - The Top 20 Female Performances of 2008
Twenty talented ladies, 20 performances worthy of multiple little gold men. Unfortunately, as in all years, someone has to come out on top. But after looking over this impressive list, picking the preeminent turn of 2008 seems almost impossible.
13 Jan 2009
Film
Celulloid Culpability - Top 10 Film Guilty Pleasures of 2008
Like comedy or music, one's choice in cinematic pleasure can be very personal - and very peculiar. Take this tantalizing list of shameful indulgences. You can argue over their artistic value, but their individuals rewards definitely speak to those who champion them.
12 Jan 2009
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Role Models
Role Models invites you to celebrate "fantasy world where anything is possible", at least if you're a boy in need of approval.
06 Nov 2008
Film
The Man Who Wasn't There: Wrestling with Oliver Stone's W. and the Enigma of George W. Bush
Stone doesn't "get" Bush’s true historical legacy (any more than the rest of us do in 2008), but he cannily realizes that, warts and all, Bush is an undeniably pivotal figure.
05 Nov 2008
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
All the hubbub leads to a standard coupling, the regular boy wins the exceptional girl (because in the boy's mind, she is always exceptional, even if, in your mind, she's settling).
30 Oct 2008
Film
Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008
Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.
10 Sep 2008
Film
Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008
What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.
09 Sep 2008
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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008
And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.
29 Apr 2008
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Definitely, Maybe
As much as she wants her dad's story to be a kind of hybrid surprise, Maya early on comprehends its conventionality.
13 Feb 2008
Television
Comanche Moon
The most outrageous and most pleasurable element in Comanche Moon, Inish Scull (Val Kilmer) is also its strangest, least plausible, and most convincing incarnation of "history."
12 Jan 2008
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Scrubs: The Complete Sixth Season
Despite an unnecessary return to J.D. and Elliott's relationship, Season Six still holds plenty of the Scrubs we look forward to.
03 Dec 2007
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Time Encapsulating: The Best DVDs of 2006
From solid single issues to amazingly complete film and television compilations, the works highlighted here argue for DVD's continued importance.
10 Jan 2007
Film
Invincible (2006)
The hard-charging practice and game scenes take you onto the field and slam you into large, shoulder-padded men.
24 Aug 2006
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The Sisters (2005)
Hope, delayed. A painful, poignant adaptation of everyday life.
Courtney Young
06 Aug 2006
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Daltry Calhoun (2005)
What a pity Katrina Holden Bronson didn't spend as much time perfecting her script as she did her soundtrack.
Nikki Tranter
09 Apr 2006
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Slither (2006)
The ensuing slimy onslaught combines and exacerbates conventions familiar from alien invasion and zombie movies, with a bit of David Cronenberg's body transmorphology as well.
30 Mar 2006
Film
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Here, a one-note title evolves into a 3-D landscape of guffaws and awws.
Samantha Bornemann
25 Aug 2005
Film
Heights (2004)
Isabel dances along the edges of her life, hoping to maintain enough speed so as not to have to look at it.
Cynthia Fuchs
07 Jul 2005
Film
Seabiscuit (2003)
Engaging viewers emotionally, in a way that the rest of the summer's car chases and explosions can't even imagine doing, the racing scenes create an exhilarating rhythm for Seabiscuit's story.
Cynthia Fuchs
23 Jul 2003
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