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CONGRESSIONAL TORTURE: EXAMINING THE CONTROVERSY OF “ZERO DARK THIRTY”

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:05:16 +0000

It's safe to say the creators of "Zero Dark Thirty" expected to be hearing more about Oscar nominations and less about Senate panels as their movie neared wide release...

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HITCHCOCK

Rick Kisonak — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:17:02 +0000

I'm not sure which is more tiresome-the series of fantasy sequences in which Hitchcock interacts with Ed Gein (Michael Wincott), the Wisconsin serial killer who provided the basis for the main character in Robert Bloch's bestseller, or the love triangle "Hitchcock"'s creators fabricate...

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THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:01:03 +0000

Maybe the wheels of justice will turn a little faster now that this impassioned film has put the five back in the spotlight...

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THE SESSIONS

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:31:25 +0000

Not since De Niro have I watched an actor come out of nowhere to emerge as a dominant industry shapeshifter the way John Hawkes has done over the past decade...

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FLIGHT

Rick Kisonak — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:03:09 +0000

After that spectacular opening, it isn’t just downhill; it’s variously dull, preachy, sappy and predictable...

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CHASING MAVERICKS

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:05:32 +0000

How is it possible for filmmakers as gifted as Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential") and Michael Apted (the "Up" documentary series) to combine forces and produce a movie as inconsequential as this?

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THE HOUSE I LIVE IN

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:05:27 +0000

Now there’s a quaint idea: helping people rather than simply warehousing them...

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ARGO

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:01:28 +0000

The picture's an almost one-of-a-kind mix of political thriller and Hollywood satire...

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TAKEN 2

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:03:45 +0000

The new movie hasn’t a trace of its predecessor’s psychological shadings and even the thrill of the fight scenes is gone. One gets the impression Megaton edited with a blender, chopping his footage into an incomprehensible blizzard of pistols, fists and ventilated bodies...

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ARBITRAGE

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:03:30 +0000

Jarecki gets all the details right. The universe of privilege he creates is never less than convincing. Too bad the same can’t be said for his main character’s machinations...

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END OF WATCH

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:03:31 +0000

This is easily the most immersive and brilliantly crafted cop movie since 2001’s "Training Day" (which Ayer also wrote). It may well simply be the best ever made...

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SLEEPWALK WITH ME

Rick Kisonak — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:01:47 +0000

I took pleasure in watching every minute of this movie. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen...

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LAWLESS

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:03:21 +0000

All the money and moviemaking savvy in the world can’t turn ho-hum source material into riveting cinema so it should come as no surprise that "Lawless" does not rivet...

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PREMIUM RUSH

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:03:15 +0000

It’s a race-against-the-clock thriller that boasts an appealing lead, a villain who’s more fun than a barrel of Christopher Walkens, bigger laughs than you might expect and action sequences as breathtaking as they are brashly original...

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THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:02:06 +0000

The new film from writer-director Peter ("Dan in Real Life") Hedges is 104 minutes long and doesn't contain a single believable moment...

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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES

Rick Kisonak — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:03:58 +0000

"The Queen of Versailles" has much to offer-a rare glimpse into the lifestyles of the rich and freaky; a case study in denial as colossal as its subjects’ empty castle...

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THE WATCH

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:02:14 +0000

Vaughn and Hill are motormouth poets of the potty; they’re unrivaled when it comes to visionary verbal improv and everything that happens in "The Watch" is simply an excuse to let them let it rip...

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SAVAGES

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:03:10 +0000

By continuing to crank out clunkers like this, the filmmaker isn’t doing his reputation or his audience any favors...

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SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

Rick Kisonak — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:05:55 +0000

Carell and Knightley couldn’t have less chemistry and their characters couldn’t have less in common...

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THAT’S MY BOY

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:02:10 +0000

I went in prepared for one of the worst films in a mediocre season and laughed harder than I have in ages...

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DARLING COMPANION

Rick Kisonak — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 04:01:46 +0000

This is what happens when a filmmaker runs out of things to say and then continues to make films anyway...

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THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:01:24 +0000

A vastly human, often humorous meditation on final acts, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" has its shortcomings but proves a desirable destination despite them...

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THE DICTATOR

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:01:49 +0000

Let's be honest: "Borat" was a seismic comic event, something new and brilliantly original, but it's been downhill from there...

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THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Rick Kisonak — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:01:09 +0000

Weisz is woefully underutilized. She’s far too talented an actress for material this melodramatic and shallow...

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BULLY

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:03:51 +0000

Hirsch wants to make you angry, to raise your blood pressure as a first step toward raising your consciousness. While he doesn’t make great cinema, there’s no doubt he makes his point...

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CORIOLANUS

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:03:42 +0000

Even Shakespeare had his off days. Written toward the end of his career, "Coriolanus" is perhaps the closest the bard came to a flop...

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THE RAVEN

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:01:55 +0000

Among the other questions raised by this dreary costume trainwreck: What sort of a bet did the great Brendan Gleeson lose to get him within a mile of the movie? And who is the feebleminded filmmaker posing as "V for Vendetta" director James McTeigue?

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LOCKOUT

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:01:02 +0000

What could have been an hour and a half of giddily retro sci-fi fun instead winds up a joyless recycling of tropes. You’ll wish your theater had an escape pod...

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SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:01:57 +0000

This is an endearingly old school exercise refreshingly devoid of angst or irony...

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JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:01:50 +0000

Segel turns in a finely calibrated performance, it’s briefly interesting to watch Helms play slightly against type and Sarandon brings an aching quality to her underwritten role...

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21 JUMP STREET

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:23:51 +0000

Halfway through this affable, inspired grab bag of a comedy, it hit me that what I was watching wasn’t merely a good movie but rather The Greatest TV Adaptation Ever Made...

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SILENT HOUSE

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:20:50 +0000

Kentis and Lau proved themselves masters of the psychological thriller with "Open Water" so it’s confounding to find them so lost at sea...

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PROJECT X

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:02:57 +0000

Phillips and company attempt to substitute scale for substance or invention but, by the time the riot squad has been called and flames lick the sky while the local news chopper shines its spotlight on what looks like a mini-Woodstock, the viewer isn’t shocked, as the film’s creators would like, but rather bored by the sheer nonsensical escalation of it all...

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A SEPARATION

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:00:30 +0000

Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, Iran’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Academy Award-and the winner in that category-is a perfectly serviceable domestic drama featuring several fine performances but hardly the flawless feat of moviemaking virtually every American reviewer has made it out to be...

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THIS MEANS WAR

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:05:31 +0000

The reward for having enough talent to make to the big leagues is more often than not big bucks and an opportunity to star in movies which have absolutely zero use for brilliance. It’s like getting recruited by the Yankees and then being paid to play tiddlywinks...

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SAFE HOUSE

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:10:39 +0000

If there’s an iota of artistry or originality within a mile of this mess, fledgling writer David Guggenheim and director Daniel Espinosa, here making his Hollywood debut, succeed in keeping it top secret...

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CHRONICLE

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:01:58 +0000

The idea that what we’re watching has been recorded by Andrew’s camera adds virtually nothing to the movie’s appeal. If anything, it gets in the way time and time again...

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A DANGEROUS METHOD

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:55:48 +0000

You know your movie's set in Dullsville when multiple scenes featuring Fassbender spanking and whipping an appreciative Knightley do nothing to enliven the proceedings...

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ALBERT NOBBS

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:05:05 +0000

There's a deeply tragic story of self denial at the heart of "Albert Nobbs" but, unfortunately, the film's script - adapted by Close, Gabriella Prekop and the Irish novelist John Banville - and its star's performance fail to bring it into focus...

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MELANCHOLIA

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:01:42 +0000

"Melancholia" is a stunning achievement artistically, intellectually and in terms of filmmaking craftsmanship. Its closing moments rank with the most unsettling and lovely ever put on film...

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THE DESCENDANTS

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:03:44 +0000

It’s a smarter-than-average soap opera with its share of dandy dialogue and fine performances but a glorified soap opera nonetheless...

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MARGIN CALL

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:02:34 +0000

My sense is the filmmaker could have moved the last two acts along at a brisker pace as everyone knows what happened next...

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TOWER HEIST

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:02:32 +0000

The movie is most effective when Murphy is on screen tutoring his mild mannered gang in the ways of grand larceny. He doesn't attain the sassy heights of his Axel Foley heyday but comes close enough to remind us what a force of nature he once could be...

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THE RUM DIARY

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:11 +0000

While it's a noble and rare thing for a Hollywood star to champion great literature, Depp would probably at this point be doing his late friend a favor by getting back to swashbuckling and letting Hunter Thompson's twisted, timeless work speak for itself...

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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:47:22 +0000

As did its predecessors, "Paranormal Activity 3" ultimately raises more questions than it answers...

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THE BIG YEAR

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:01:58 +0000

Frankel has not quite realized its full oddball potential. Nonetheless, "The Big Year" is indisputably a far more rewarding 90 minutes than most are likely to suspect...

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THE IDES OF MARCH

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:44:38 +0000

Honestly, they would’ve been better off just updating "The Candidate." "The Ides of March," in the end, offers everything that beltway exposé did nearly 40 years ago and less...

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50/50

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:03:29 +0000

This is a picture which took me totally by surprise, a story that manages to be tremendously touching and fall down funny while nimbly side stepping every cliché of the genre...

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I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:01:38 +0000

What I'd like to know is why they let her keep doing it. Did the suits responsible for green lighting this derivative dreck not see "Sex and the City 2"?

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THE LAST MOUNTAIN

Rick Kisonak — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:25:07 +0000

Freddy Krueger looks like Mister Rogers next to some of the walking, talking monsters in this movie...

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THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE

Rick Kisonak — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:20:47 +0000

Even with fictionalized elements added, this tale of look-alikes who couldn't have been less alike had the potential to be wild and insightful stuff...

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THE GUARD

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:01:34 +0000

It's a shame Brendan Gleeson is pretty much universally acknowledged to be Ireland's finest living actor because his Sgt. Gerry Boyle would have made one hell of a breakthrough role...

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APOLLO 18

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:05:07 +0000

The bottom line: In space no one can hear you ask for your money back...

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SARAH’S KEY

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:06:46 +0000

Sentimental, improbable, artistically bankrupt and relentlessly self-serious, "Sarah's Key" is quite possibly the first Holocaust chick flick...

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30 MINUTES OR LESS

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:05:02 +0000

To be fair, virtually all the characters in this movie are dumb or mean or both. I left wondering what Fleischer and Diliberti have against Grand Rapids, Michigan...

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THE CHANGE-UP

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:07:16 +0000

In an age when studios are notorious for cramming a film's best stuff into its promos, Universal actually saved the laughs for the movie...

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COWBOYS & ALIENS

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:30:57 +0000

I feel a little silly griping that a summer blockbuster entitled "Cowboys & Aliens" turned out to be disappointingly silly...

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PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES

Rick Kisonak — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:03:50 +0000

The inner sanctum of the nation's most venerable ink and paper institution seems a logical enough place to take the pulse of an industry in crisis...

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LARRY CROWNE

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:17:46 +0000

How misguided is this movie? Its makers are so rich and out of touch with reality that when they heard about the 2008 economic collapse, they said to themselves hey, this would make a dynamite comedy!

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BAD TEACHER

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:51:21 +0000

A more fitting title would have been "Bad Movie"...

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GREEN LANTERN

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:25:38 +0000

Along with the effects, the cumbersome exposition and most of the performances, the dialogue is howlingly laughable and the viewer's only hope for anything approaching entertainment–however unintended...

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MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:34:37 +0000

The bottom line is this is a gorgeously shot, imaginatively conceived and winningly acted fable and it's great to find Allen once again in top form...

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I AM

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:10:55 +0000

Hollywood millionaire chucks it all to save the world. Let's face it: "I Am" makes for something of an easy target at first glance...

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SUPER

Rick Kisonak — Sat, 07 May 2011 03:40:55 +0000

It’s a riveting cinematic experiment certain to offend as many as it impresses...

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WIN WIN

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:10:44 +0000

If you like your comedy thoughtful and story lines that lead to places and predicaments you haven't encountered countless times before, you simply must check out "Win Win." There's no way you can lose...

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OF GODS AND MEN

Rick Kisonak — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:18:59 +0000

Teenagers go through all kinds of phases. Some become obsessed with cars. Others become consumed with sports or music or the opposite sex-you name it. I went through a monk phase...

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ALL GOOD THINGS

Rick Kisonak — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:01:21 +0000

The fiction feature debut from award-winning documentary filmmaker Andrew Jarecki is as schizoid in many respects as its main character...

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THE COMPANY MEN

Rick Kisonak — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:51:18 +0000

Thanks to a poignant, perceptive script and powerful performances all around, "The Company Men" manages to prove one of the more uplifting movies in recent memory despite its deadly serious subject matter...

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BARNEY’S VERSION

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:01:10 +0000

The question that pervades the picture is what do these women see in the guy. The intriguing thing is the question becomes harder to answer the better we get to know him...

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BIUTIFUL

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:07:06 +0000

Don't get me wrong. I've got nothing against films which wallow in the unsavory, which stack miseries in front of their characters high as flapjacks at an IHOP. But I do appreciate there being a point to all the pain and suffering if I'm expected to pay to sit through it...

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ANOTHER YEAR

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:15:17 +0000

"Another Year" is a film which falls into that rarest and most exclusive of categories-that of films which fall into no traditional category at all. The tenth feature from British writer-director Mike Leigh is a genre unto itself...

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THE KING’S SPEECH

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:03:19 +0000

Gorgeously shot, marvelously acted, brimming with humor, warmth and wisdom, "The King’s Speech" isn’t merely one of the year’s best movies. It rules...

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I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:10:09 +0000

McGregor does puppy dog adorable without a trace of irony and Carrey lets it rip like you wouldn’t believe...

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TRUE GRIT (2010)

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:05:33 +0000

It required a degree of artistic grit to remake a chestnut as beloved as this one and they gave it a hell of a shot...

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CLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:26:03 +0000

"Client 9" is a highly compelling, masterfully crafted piece of work which leaves the viewer with nearly as many questions as answers...

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NOWHERE BOY

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:22:54 +0000

"Nowhere Boy" offers a portrait of the artist as an angry, mystified and profoundly wounded young man...

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FAIR GAME

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:09:44 +0000

Anyone who’s somehow managed to forget that nitwits and scumbags ruled this country for eight long years and ran it into the ground have only to buy a ticket to "Fair Game" to have their memories refreshed...

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INSIDE JOB

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:29:01 +0000

Do yourself a favor: see this movie but do not see it on a good day. It will infuriate you and ruin it. Rather, watch it on a day when everything's gone wrong and you're already fit to be tied...

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SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Rick Kisonak — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 04:01:22 +0000

"South of the Border" certainly isn’t the last word on its subject but it’s an excellent conversation starter and, of the two new Oliver Stone releases now in theaters, easily the more significant addition to the legendary director’s filmography...

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THE EXTRA MAN

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:01:31 +0000

The irony in Kevin Kline playing the title role in "The Extra Man," an ode to Manhattan oddballs, is that he is in reality its single essential element. Virtually every other character is by comparison extraneous. He makes the movie...

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GET LOW

Rick Kisonak — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:01:02 +0000

The legendary actor has made a point of purging his portrayal of this haunted figure of all familiar tics and mannerisms, however, and the result is a revelation. He outdoes himself. No small feat if you happen to be Robert Duvall...

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PIRANHA 3D

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:02:37 +0000

"Piranha 3D" has everything you want in pull-out-the-stops, B-movie baloney and more...

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EAT PRAY LOVE

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:36:56 +0000

A movie so enthusiastically insipid it makes the "Sex and the City" films look like the first two Godfathers, Ryan Murphy's adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's bestselling memoir is 141 minutes of unmitigated chick flick hell...

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THE OTHER GUYS

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:27:13 +0000

The good news: Will Ferrell is back. "The Other Guys" is the funniest film of the summer. The bad news: Well, let's be honest––the competition hasn't exactly set the bar sky high...

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DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:29:54 +0000

The new film from Jay Roach (director of the "Austin Powers" series) is "inspired by" Veber's enormously popular 1998 farce "The Dinner Game." Which is, of course, code for the practice of appropriating an acclaimed picture's premise, chucking the story and turning it into a formulaic American product. Which is what we have here...

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SALT

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:01:43 +0000

After reading Kurt Wimmer's script, Tom Cruise––for whom it was written––took a pass. He opted for the dismal, dopey "Knight and Day" over this. That has to tell you something...

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I AM LOVE

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:01:30 +0000

I think the time has come to say it: Tilda Swinton is the new Meryl Streep. Can anyone of her generation claim to match the depth, breadth and diversity of the characters the Oscar-winning actress has created over the course of the past quarter century or the consistent intelligence she's brought to every part, large and small?

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ONDINE

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:01:51 +0000

While the Irish writer-director will always be best remembered for "The Crying Game" and its penile plot twist, there’s infinitely more to Neil Jordan’s filmography than surprise shemales. Off hand, I can’t think of a filmmaker with a comparably varied resume...

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WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE: A FILM ABOUT THE DOORS

Rick Kisonak — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:49:21 +0000

It's a singular creative legacy and DiCillo's film succeeds in placing the Doors in proper historical context. He flakes out though in giving equal weight to baloney about the whole “doors of perception” business and Morrison's being "like an ancient shaman leading his followers into worlds they’d never dare enter alone." As this movie makes painfully clear, the rocker ended up about as enlightened as the average L.A. barfly and the only time he broke on through to the other side was in a Paris bathtub...

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GET HIM TO THE GREEK

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:02:12 +0000

What we have here is a great idea for a comedy and a script that’s at least a dozen rewrites away from greatness...

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PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:45:30 +0000

Bruckheimer and his pals at Disney envisioned "Prince of Persia" as a successor to their lucrative "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise but I don't think there are enough bored ten year olds in the world to make that dream come true...

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ROBIN HOOD (2010)

Rick Kisonak — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:56:02 +0000

If it were possible to combine "Gladiator" and "Braveheart" into a single film and then surgically extract virtually everything that made those Best Picture winners pure movie magic, what you'd wind up with would be a lifeless, longwinded, anti-epic very much along the lines of Ridley Scott's latest. Talk about missing the mark...

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MOTHER

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:01:45 +0000

This is a constantly surprising, subtly acted and masterfully directed mystery propelled by Lee Byeong-woo's score which echoes Bernard Herrmann's soundtrack for "The Wrong Man" one minute and Stanley Myers' tender guitar theme from "The Deer Hunter" the next...

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THE LOSERS

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:01:29 +0000

What is it that causes so many people who make movies based on comic books to take themselves so seriously? Is it a matter of overcompensating? Whatever the source of the phenomenon, I'm pleased to report it does not afflict this film...

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DEATH AT A FUNERAL (2010)

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:01:36 +0000

The latest nail in the coffin of once promising playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute’s career, "Death at a Funeral" is so strained, noisy, desperate and mirthlessly scatological it’s hard to believe it features talents like Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan as opposed to a cast of latex cartoons with Eddie Murphy inside them...

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THE RUNAWAYS

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:21:19 +0000

They boldly went where no young women had gone before. It would have been nice to learn more about them as human beings, to discover what made them capable of doing that. Of even wanting that. Sigismondi's film never gets around to asking such questions much less answering them...

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THE GHOST WRITER

Rick Kisonak — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:03:27 +0000

Good news for grown ups: It’s safe to go back in the cineplex again. There are only a handful of the old greats still cranking 'em out and, with "The Ghost Writer," Roman Polanski demonstrates he’s still got what it takes to be counted with the most masterful of them...

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THE WHITE RIBBON

Rick Kisonak — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:01:30 +0000

No one who sees this movie is likely to mistake it for mainstream cinema and everyone, I suspect, will leave with a different take on the events depicted...

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2012

Rick Kisonak — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

To be fair, the world has never been trashed in such realistic detail. Neither, on the other hand, has it been demolished so pointlessly.