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Review of J. Edgar (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 05 Nov 2011

Eastwood inspired by Citizen Kane? Part character study of an iconic figure, part chronicle of the FBI institution, J…

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Review of Tower Heist (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 01 Nov 2011

The timely socio-economic context is just a premise for a broadly entertaining if implausibly plotted caper comedy, which lacks the glamour…

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Review of Killing Bono (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 31 Oct 2011

Don't expect any factual expose about the formative years of U2; this is more of a rock farce in which the band is sort of a plot device…

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Review of The Rum Diary (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 26 Oct 2011

The film has many flaws--overlong, episodic, earnest--and yet if does offer vivid insights into the identity formation of the cult writer as…

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Review of The Big Year (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Oct 2011

The film has some charm, but the potential comic explosiveness of bringing together such major talents as Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen…

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Review of The Thing (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 Oct 2011

This prequel to Carpenter film deserves some credit for trying to update the 1982 classic with new ideas, but ultimately it's disappointing…

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Review of My Week with Marilyn (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Oct 2011

This slight, cliche-ridden tale of the tumultuous relationship between Marilyn and Olivier is redeemed by the wonderful Michelle Willliams,…

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Review of The Guard (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 25 Sep 2011

This impressive directing debut is a well acted, caustically funny Irish thriller, a classic fish out of water comedy…

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Review of The Guard (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 25 Sep 2011

This impressive directing debut is a well acted, caustically funny Irish thriller, a classic fish out of water comedy…

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Review of Where Do We Go Now? (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 Sep 2011

Lebanese filmmaker Labaki's sophomore effort is politically resonant but not very deep, and it's too broad, which may explain why it won the…

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Review of We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 Sep 2011

Lynn Ramsay's third film is visually weak but themtically strong, a horror tale contesting cultural taboos about motherhood, dysfunctional…

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Review of Dolphin Tale (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Sep 2011

Despite few moments of cornball and some gratuitous 3D, Dolphin Tale is irresistibly cute and undeniably touching--an enjoyable film for all…

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Review of Pina (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Sep 2011

Wim Wenders' tribute to (and for) the legendary choreographer Pina Bausch (who I have met several times) captures vividly the artist and her…

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Review of I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 13 Sep 2011

How She Does, a retro (but not in a cool way)film that's alread labeled as She Doesn't, is at least two or three decades behind the zeitgeist…

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Review of Straw Dogs (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Sep 2011

A disappointingly exploitational and unnecessary remake of Peckinpah's masterpiece, a generic thriller that further suffers from the miscasting…

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Review of Where Soldiers Come From (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Sep 2011

Intriguing, personal war docu, about small-town soldiers stuck between boyhood and manhood; a good companion piece to the fictionalized The…

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Review of Shame (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 10 Sep 2011

McQueen's follow-up to his stunning 2008 debut, Hunger, reteams him with the brilliant Michael Fassbender (busiest actor right now) in a dramatically…

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Review of Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Sep 2011

Several gifted actors, Ricci, Dorff, and others, are totally wasted in this silly, unfunny comedy revolving around a single idea: a wannabe…

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Review of Melancholia (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 07 Sep 2011

It's unfortunate Von Trier has such bad reputaion (kicked out of Cannes due to anti-Semitic remarks), for Melancholia, a restrained, meditative…

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Review of The Descendants (2011)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 06 Sep 2011

Mark your Oscar ballots: Beautifully written, splendidly acted, Alexander Payne's new serio comedy about love, forgiveness and redemption,…

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