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Review of The Little Traitor (2009)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 10 Aug 2010

It's easy to see how parents and teachers of school-aged kids could find The Little Traitor useful to begin an introductory conversation about…

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Review of Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 10 Aug 2010

Even with Berman's halfhearted inclusion of a few angry feminists and appalled religious figures...it's hard to deny that Hefner might actually…

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Review of Greenberg (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 10 Aug 2010

Good luck with yourself, Greenberg. But I think I want to break up…

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Review of City Island (2009)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 10 Aug 2010

De Felitta chose well by casting 24-year-old actor Steven Strait, who gives the exasperated convict humor, charm, and sex appeal - something…

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Review of The Joneses (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 10 Aug 2010

We know by now that blatant, senseless consumption is bad, harmful even…

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Review of The Yellow Handkerchief (2009)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 10 Aug 2010

A well-acted little film, The Yellow Handkerchief captures the loneliness of these characters and the sparks of hope they harbor, despite everything…

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Review of Harry Brown (2009)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 10 Aug 2010

Although Caine lives up to expectations in this nicely crafted (though violent) film, the oversimplified story he's given to work with keeps…

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Review of The Other Guys (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 05 Aug 2010

A sometimes brilliant takedown of modern American culture with a populist bent that would make Frank Capra proud…

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Review of Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 28 Jul 2010

A pleasant enough excursion into the growing genre of male-bonding cringe comedy, though not an entirely memorable one…

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Review of Inception (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 14 Jul 2010

As the dreams build upon each other and Cobb's past creeps through, Nolan has us just where he wants us -- deliriously lost in a world where…

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Review of I Am Love (2010)

By Adam Gold (1) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 01 Jul 2010

There is never a moment the viewer isn't on edge; so much tension mounts over the film's two-hour running time, the entire audience literally…

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Review of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 30 Jun 2010

My inner adolescent craves a role model who's got more going for her than a melodramatic crush…

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Review of Grown-Ups (1980)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 23 Jun 2010

By the time this crazy cast of characters settles into a rental house by the lake, the story has nowhere left to go -- except exactly where…

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Review of Grown Ups (2008)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 23 Jun 2010

By the time this crazy cast of characters settles into a rental house by the lake, the story has nowhere left to go -- except exactly where…

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Review of Grown Ups (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 23 Jun 2010

By the time this crazy cast of characters settles into a rental house by the lake, the story has nowhere left to go -- except exactly where…

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Review of Get Him to the Greek (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 03 Jun 2010

Sloppily edited scenes are worsened by desperate performances and dialogue that amounts to frenzied screaming and running about…

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Review of Sex and the City 2 (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 26 May 2010

So, should you see it? If you're a SATC devotee, does it matter what this review says? It shouldn't…

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Review of Shrek Forever After (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 20 May 2010

Fresh, funny and, for once, a sequel worthy of summer blockbuster status…

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Review of Please Give (2010)

By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 06 May 2010

As she has in four previous films, Holofcener smartly relies on Keener's talent to create a layered character who is neurotic and often inappropriate,…

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Review of The Runaways (2010)

By George Varga (17) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 14 Apr 2010

Sigismondi appears less concerned with factual accuracy and compelling storytelling, whether she's addressing the band's swaggering music or…

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