Film
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Hard Lessons
In Good Company is an agreeable comedy that might have been overlooked altogether if not for Topher Grace's pitch-perfect performance as a 26-year-old corporate upstart...
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Second Chances
''Will I ever be normal?'' The question is put to a psychologist by Walter, a 45-year-old man recently released from a dozen years spent in...
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The Best and Worst Films of 2004
The year 2004 was both an encouraging and discouraging one for movies. On the bright side, we had several films that put the script ahead...
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Broken English
There are those who might say ''Even a bad film made by James L. Brooks is better than a good film made by another, lesser...
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Uncoupling
In Closer, four strangers drawn together by fate form into romantic pairs and then proceed to uncouple and re-couple, in the process ripping each other...
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Mythbuster
It's been six years since Bill Condon made the phenomenal Gods and Monsters, which explored the hushed tragedy of James Whale, the gay director behind...
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Living Dolls
If they make it past three or more films, horror movie icons typically make the leap from terror to comedy. It's not always the best...
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Home Movies
A pale, dark-haired boy of about 13 approaches Jonathan Caouette in the lobby of the Landmark E Street Cinemas. He is visibly overwhelmed, barely able...
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California Dreamin'
''The world doesn't what I have to say,'' grumbles Miles Raymond. ''I'm so insignificant. Half of my life is over and I have nothing...
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That's Incredible!
The Incredibles is just that: incredible. It's also phenomenal, magnificent, exuberantly entertaining, and just about any other positive adjective you can think of. From the...
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Buzz Kill
It's never a good thing to find yourself laughing during a horror thriller, particularly one with a menacing title like Saw. But laugh, laugh, laugh...
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Scare Tactics
There's no denying The Grudge is, at moments, a very scary movie. It uses every trick to startle you, tingle your spine, and occasionally gross...
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Puppet State
Team America: World Police is screamingly, achingly funny. It's the kind of movie that repeatedly hits a comic high note and holds it for a...
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Fin Rot
''Is Shark Tale a sequel to Finding Nemo?'' a friend inquired after learning I'd seen the movie. ''No,'' I replied, ''it's a rip-off.'' At least...
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Heart of the Matter
Near the end of the gay marriage documentary Tying the Knot, an Oklahoman farmer named Sam sits outside the home he's fighting desperately to keep...
