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Review of Trishna (2011)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 17 Jul 2012

In Michael Winterbottom's Trishna, Thomas Hardy's Victorian romantic tragedy Tess of the D'Urbervilles proves surprisingly adaptable to contemporary…

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Review of Working Girls (1987)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 Jul 2012

A subplot involving Griffith and first boyfriend Alec Baldwin becomes the-subplot-that-wouldn't-go-bust, and comic scenes sometimes go bankrupt…

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Review of Meet Joe Black (1998)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 07 Jul 2012

Brest deserves credit for letting the story unfold at a thoughtful pace, but the drama falls apart in the last half-hour, gushing with exaggerated…

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Review of China Heavyweight (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 05 Jul 2012

It's really about the ways in which Chinese westernization clashes with the traditionalism of Confucian teachings…

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Review of Savages (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 05 Jul 2012

Savages isn't about anything except flashily directed mayhem…

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Review of The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 05 Jul 2012

Almost every scene is pitched for dewy sympathy…

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Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 05 Jul 2012

Polley has a sometimes graceful understanding of emotional temperate zones and Williams, when she isn't being zombielike, is touching…

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Review of Neil Young Journeys (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 01 Jul 2012

A feast for Neil Young lovers and initiates alike…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 01 Jul 2012

The whiz-bang stuff doesn't kick in until the Peter-Gwen relationship (which is the best thing in the movie) is firmly established…

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Review of Unforgivable (2011)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 01 Jul 2012

Among other things, Unforgivable is a free-floating meditation on the distresses and exhilarations of being a parent…

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Review of Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Jun 2012

The endangered swampland dwellers are supposed to be an indigenous pastoral community threatened by eco-unfriendly oil refineries…

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Review of To Rome with Love (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Jun 2012

It's all rather sweet but instantly evanescent…

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Review of People Like Us (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Jun 2012

The most interesting plot development – Frankie starts falling for Sam – is nipped in the bud. Some things even a soap opera won't stoop to…

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Review of Brave (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 Jun 2012

No envelopes are pushed in Brave, which was directed by Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews, and no genres are subverted…

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Review of Volver (2006)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 Jun 2012

I have always felt that Almodóvar was at his best as an artist when he was at his most playful…

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Review of Confidence (2003)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 17 Jun 2012

The film is as tricky and superficial as its low-life characters, using visual flimflam to mask its lack of substance…

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Review of Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 15 Jun 2012

This may seem like a stunt, but the experience, with many of the sitters tearing up, or smiling beatifically, is overwhelming to watch…

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Review of Your Sister's Sister (2011)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 14 Jun 2012

More good than bad, at least until its too tidy conclusion…

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Review of Rock of Ages (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Jun 2012

Warning: If you have an allergic reaction to songs like Take Me Home Tonight and I Want to Know What Love Is, do not venture within 10 miles…

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Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 12 Jun 2012

I guarantee you, if Charles Dickens were alive today, he might well be writing movies but he sure as shootin' wouldn't have written Ghosts…

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