Born out of Lars von Trier's bout with clinical depression (which,
to judge from recent interviews, he’s not quite over), this
harrowing two-hander is an ordeal by design. After therapist Willem
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If you are a male born between the years of 1980 and 1990, you've
seen The Boondock Saints. You've quoted The Boondock
Saints. And you’ve probably tallied a few evenings
involving
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Darren is a normal teenage boy. He’s popular, has a good
family and gets good grades. But things start go awry for Darren
(Chris Massoglia) when his best bud (and complete opposite), Steve
(a
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"There's no point in them, concerts," says Jack (Alfred Molina) to
his 16-year-old daughter, Jenny (Carey Mulligan). She expects this
sort of response; still, she hopes her date, thirtysomething
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Inspired by his daughter asking why she doesn’t have "good
hair," Chris Rock tries to comb through the knotty subject of
African-American women's hair — or the stuff on their heads,
whether it’s
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As the cool, ethically challenged mayor of Philadelphia, besieged
by an apparently unstoppable vigilante, Viola Davis is remarkably
restrained, even mesmerizing. This even though she’s called
on to say
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"Everyone in a Michael Jackson show is an extension of Michael
Jackson," says director/choreographer Kenny Ortega, exhorting the
young dancers assembled for Jackson's last extravaganza. He makes
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Tom Quinn sets the dissolution of a South Philly family against the
backdrop of string-band culture, making for a low-key but
satisfying blend of melodrama and observant naturalism. Greg Lyons
and Jennifer
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It took first-time director Oren Peli just seven days to shoot
Paranormal Activity in his own house, with a hand-held
camera, two unknown actors and a measly $15,000 budget. Plenty of
people are
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Joel and Ethan Coen have an almost chronic aversion to being taken
seriously, which is probably why A Serious Man, in addition
to wrestling with profound issues of morality and religious faith,
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The text of Maurice Sendak's classic Where the Wild Things
Are is barely longer than this review, yet it’s as
incisive a children’s book as has ever been written. The
major hurdle facing Spike
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