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Review of John Carter (2012)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 09 Mar 2012

Disney and director Andrew Stanton may have dusted off the creaky franchise and wrapped it in $300 million worth of 3-D digital effects, but…

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Review of Act of Valor (2012)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 24 Feb 2012

Moments before and between the missions plays like stilted filler cable TV programming, but once our heroes step onto that helicopter or sea…

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Review of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 20 Jan 2012

Yes, Daldry extracts a few tears in the process, but the increasing number of precious touches leaves you feeling pandered to and clumsily…

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Review of The Iron Lady (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 13 Jan 2012

Even Ms. Streep's best efforts can't rescue this sloppy biopic from itself…

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Review of The Artist (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 23 Dec 2011

The story and the silent-era conventions may not be entirely original, but the director revives this uniquely American storytelling style with…

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Review of Shame (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 21 Dec 2011

When Fassbender is paired with McQueen, the actor is at his most intense, physical and even a little frightening…

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Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 20 Dec 2011

Fincher delivers a well-paced story (even at more than 2 1/2 hours), without a lot of unnecessary Hollywood flash…

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Review of Hugo (2012)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 23 Nov 2011

Hugo is as much a tribute to the medium that gave [Scorsese] life as it is to the magical world Selznick created in his illustrated book…

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Review of Hugo (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 23 Nov 2011

Hugo is as much a tribute to the medium that gave [Scorsese] life as it is to the magical world Selznick created in his illustrated book…

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Review of My Week with Marilyn (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 23 Nov 2011

Williams' delicate, underplayed performance demonstrates the actress' courage and confidence in her own talent to take herself - and her audience…

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Review of The Descendants (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 18 Nov 2011

The balmy breezes and small-town intimacy of island life give The Descendants a leisurely tone that distinguishes it from Payne's more angry-edged…

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Review of Like Crazy (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 11 Nov 2011

Doremus reminds us of what love felt like the first time - before our hearts were dented, dinged or all-out broken - when we could fall irrationally…

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Review of J. Edgar (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 11 Nov 2011

We get straightforward narration and expository dialogue that introduces each time-traveling vignette and dictates Hoover's tiresome me versus…

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Review of Tower Heist (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 04 Nov 2011

Tower Heist and its cast still manage to hit a few functional notes that allow the film to pass as a serviceable comedy that will probably…

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Review of Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 25 Oct 2011

Durkin eschews the sensationalism so often associated with cults in favor of an intimate, psychological portrayal of the confusion, fear and…

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Review of The Big Year (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 13 Oct 2011

The Big Year proves yet again that comedy isn't just magic that happens when funny people stand next to each other…

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Review of 50/50 (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 29 Sep 2011

50/50 is an unusual comedy that should be taken seriously…

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Review of Moneyball (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 22 Sep 2011

Just like any baseball game, Moneyball has its slow points…

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Review of Drive (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 15 Sep 2011

An enthralling piece of filmmaking in the same class as Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, and Oscar-worthy acting that firmly places Gosling in…

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Review of Contagion (2011)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 07 Sep 2011

As he did in his 2000 film Traffic, director Steven Soderbergh weaves together multiple perspectives in a seamlessly edited collage…

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