Marley & Me: Gosh darn dogs—who doesn’t love ’em?!
‘Til they die.
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2008
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This Year/Next Year
How the New Kids Fared
A handful of restaurant owners discuss their future in uncertain
economic times.
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Six Shooters and Samurai Swords
Behold! Takashi Miike’s Spaghetti Western!
Takashi Miike goes all Sergio Leone with Sukyaki Western Django.
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Life Sucks
Wendy and Lucy: The Feel-Terrible Film of the Year
Wendy and Lucy: When Bad Times Get Worse
Posted inBooks
Miles from Nowhere‘s Quiet Grace
Nami Mun’s clear-eyed first novel recounts the life of a young drug
addict in 1980s New York.
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Not Miller Time
The Spirit Sends You to Snoozy-Land
Frank Miller bores with The Spirit.
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What an Awesome Nazi!
It’s Tom Cruise vs. Adolf Hitler in Valkyrie!
Tom Cruise takes on Hitler in Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie.
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When Pedophiles Attack
Faith, Righteousness, Melodrama, and Doubt
The film version of the play Doubt leaves little to the imagination.
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Fact/Fiction
Imagining the Presidency in Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon is an interesting exercise, if not historically
illuminating.
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The Curious Case of Forrest Gump
Brad Pitt Ages in Reverse, Appears in Semi-Crappy Movie
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button should be a lot better than it is.