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Review of Pitch Perfect (2012)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 26 Sep 2012

How you respond to Pitch Perfect will depend primarily on how you feel about its obvious inspirations: Glee, Bring It On and the food-poisoning…

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Review of Harry Brown (2009)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 26 Sep 2012

Here's a rough-and-tumble British drama that, despite a strong spine, ought to be more like its title character: quiet and deadly -- and less showy…

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Review of United 93 (2006)

By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 25 Sep 2012

I wouldn't recommend the movie to anyone, but if the families of the victims take something positive from it, as their cooperation with Greengrass…

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Review of Troy (2004)

By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 23 Sep 2012

A Ben-Hur-size epic with beefcake, beauty, outsize heroes, flashy duels and epic battles…

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Review of America's Heart & Soul (2004)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 22 Sep 2012

There's no denying the beauty of Schwartzberg's landscapes, or the power in many of his chosen stories - from the Texas oil well fighters to…

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Review of The Boys Are Back (2009)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 21 Sep 2012

The performances save the movie from a treacly inevitability…

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Review of House at the End of the Street (2012)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 20 Sep 2012

We will simply be grateful she (Lawrence) is here, and thus able to turn generic junk into mildly interesting junk…

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Review of Trouble with the Curve (2012)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

Trouble With the Curve is easily digestible in chunks – if it were a CBS show, it'd be called Postseason With Morrie - and it has an affectionate…

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Review of Radio Unnameable (2012)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

Rarely has any film, fictional or documentary, captured the hypnotic effect of voices on the airwaves like this chronicle of Bob Fass…

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Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

Lerman is suited to the title role in that he plays Charlie as wide-eyed and rather unmemorable…

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Review of How to Survive a Plague (2012)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

David France's survey of AIDS advocacy should be invaluable to every frustrated movement, as both a road map and a reminder of how vital personal…

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Review of Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

While plenty of talking heads turn up to offer breathless praise, it's no surprise that the preeminent words of wisdom are, thanks to copious…

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Review of About Cherry (2012)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

Ah, perfect: A banal story to go with intermittently banal porn…

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Review of Dredd (2012)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

The drug that Ma-Ma trafficks in, Slo-Mo, slows its user's brain to 1% of its normal speed…

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Review of Head Games (2012)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) has a worthy message, but never makes the case that he needs an entire documentary to deliver it…

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Review of Backwards (2012)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

As her boss and boyfriend, an impressively good-natured James Van Der Beek adds a professional sheen to what otherwise feels like a vanity affair…

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Review of Knuckleball! (2012)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

With elements of Moneyball and a twist of the narrative arm, this look at how Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey became knuckleball experts is a real kick…

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Review of End of Watch (2012)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

If Ayer had taken as much care with his bad guys as he does with his leads (and their deftly sketched wives and colleagues, played by Anna…

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Review of Crazy Heart (2009)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 18 Sep 2012

Gyllenhaal is charming and makes unexpected choices in her performance, but this is Bridges' show, and he's as Best Actor-worthy as he's ever been…

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Review of Breaking Point (2009)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 18 Sep 2012

Both visually and emotionally ugly from start to finish, this empty crime thriller doesn't have a moment that's genuinely worth watching…

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