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Review of Hysteria (2011)

By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 11 May 2012

Dancy manages a few sly moments, and Everett is as ever a scene-stealer, if barely recognizable under a beard and altered features, and with…

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Review of The Samaritan (2012)

By Robert Koehler (477) for Variety (12,700) on 11 May 2012

If anything, this Canadian production misses a great opportunity to dig into its setting and examine the dark side of seemingly pristine Toronto,…

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Review of Entrance (2012)

By Robert Koehler (477) for Variety (12,700) on 11 May 2012

A textbook example of a movie that betrays its audience, Entrance begins as a mildly interesting slice-of-life look at a struggling Los Angeles…

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Review of Piranha 3D (2010)

By Leslie Felperin (768) for Variety (12,700) on 11 May 2012

Ups the self-parody so much that it's practically a Wayans Brothers spoof, albeit with fewer jokes…

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Review of Withnail & I (1987)

By Joe Walsh (56) for Variety (12,700) on 11 May 2012

A garishly macabre vision of a Britain exiting the war years and trying to come of age, it presents a time when society was ridding itself…

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Review of Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008)

By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 11 May 2012

More scrupulously reported than your average Michael Moore film but every bit as entertaining, Bigger, Stronger, Faster* is as commercial as…

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Review of What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)

By Lael Loewenstein (88) for Variety (12,700) on 10 May 2012

Helmer Kirk Jones does a solid job negotiating the material and managing the few tonal shifts when an occasional dark moment emerges…

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Review of The Dictator (2012)

By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 10 May 2012

Typically, political correctness couldn't be farther from the filmmakers' mind, and yet, what the picture most sorely lacks is the sort of…

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Review of The Cup (1985)

By Joe Leydon (915) for Variety (12,700) on 09 May 2012

Although it canters down a well-trod path toward a predictable finish line, The Cup sustains interest through the smooth efficiency of its…

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Review of The Cup (2011)

By Joe Leydon (915) for Variety (12,700) on 09 May 2012

Although it canters down a well-trod path toward a predictable finish line, The Cup sustains interest through the smooth efficiency of its…

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Review of Girl in Progress (2012)

By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for Variety (12,700) on 09 May 2012

Never finds its own groove, alternating between high-school dramedy and overworked-single-mom narratives without ever really becoming a mother-and-daughter…

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Review of Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (2002)

By Ronnie Scheib (420) for Variety (12,700) on 09 May 2012

Offers a lively introduction to the highly articulate political dissident and to his controversial views on 9/11…

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Review of Julia (2009)

By Eddie Cockrell (117) for Variety (12,700) on 08 May 2012

The miscalculated and overlong Julia proves a startling misfire for The Dreamlife of Angels writer-helmer Erick Zonca and dependably fearless…

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Review of Che: Part One (2008)

By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 08 May 2012

If the director has gone out of his way to avoid the usual Hollywood biopic conventions, he has also withheld any suggestion of why the charismatic…

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Review of Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001)

By Lisa Nesselson (145) for Variety (12,700) on 07 May 2012

Any buyer who's had success with Troma fare in the past will find the makings to delight the self-selecting audience that generates grosses…

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Review of Nesting (2012)

By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 07 May 2012

The script unfortunately suffers from its own case of arrested development, barely getting out of the gate before stalling, and never building…

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Review of Patience (After Sebald) (2012)

By Ronnie Scheib (420) for Variety (12,700) on 07 May 2012

Gee follows Sebald's path with only occasional detours, while intermittently glimpsed talking heads fade in and out of artful black-and-white…

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Review of Bonsai (2012)

By Robert Koehler (477) for Variety (12,700) on 07 May 2012

By turns gentle, deadpan, droll and sarcastic, Jimenez's film reflects on Proust's Remembrance of Things Past to track a sweet but doomed love…

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Review of Transit (2012)

By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 07 May 2012

It's no Cape Fear, but it gets the job done with a certain bloody efficiency…

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Review of Portrait of Wally (2012)

By John Anderson (1,358) for Variety (12,700) on 07 May 2012

Turning over rocks in and around the New York art world, helmer Andrew Shea finds a lot of ugly stuff while chronicling what amounts to a 60-year…

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