Film
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Rock Solid
To quote the 1984 Deniece Williams song from the Footloose soundtrack, let's give the boy a hand, because James Franco's performance in 127 Hours is...
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Poetry in Motion
Howl is a piece of art. The statement is true for both the poem by Allen Ginsberg and the film from co-directors Rob Epstein and...
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Law and Order
Last year it was The Blind Side. This year it’s Conviction. That feel-good, based-on-a-true-story film that allows established stars to flex their acting muscles by...
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Mini Affirmations
Bears on a soapbox – that's the most concise way of describing the preachy BearCity, about finding love in the wild woods of New York...
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Furry Friends
More than 16 years ago, Doug Langway stood across the street from a New York bear bar wondering if he had the guts to go...
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Talkies
In the '80s, Joel Hodgson was in his 20s living in L.A., working the stand-up comedy circuit. He was offered a sitcom. He turned it...
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Facebook is either the greatest contribution to social networking or, according to Betty White, the greatest time suck ever invented. Whatever you think it is,...
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Terror Tween
Let Me In is not your average tween's vampire movie. There are no lingering shots of over-primped adolescents with rippling abs. No angst-filled scenes of...
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Making the Grade
There can be an inherent danger in movie titles. It's the risk of being saddled with a title that critics can easily twist around with...
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The Lonely Guy
The American. It's rather a bland title. But if you bring a star's name into it -- for example, ''George Clooney is…The American'' -- you...
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Pilgrimage
In Shaun of the Dead, director Edgar Wright reanimated the zombie movie, and in Hot Fuzz he blew up action film stereotypes, both with hilarious...
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Life Changing
Who should star in a movie about your life? Inspirational writer Elizabeth Gilbert now joins Erin Brockovich in getting to say Julia Roberts. Often found...
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Salt Deficiency
There is a type of book that only seems appropriate to buy in airports. Typically it's filled with action scenes, very little character development, writing...
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Modern Family
Modern families are funny. There's a sitcom that proves it. But the modern family in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right is more than...
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Dream State
Ever had one of those dreams when you couldn't wake up, a dream that seemed to go on forever and ever? Welcome to Inception. At...
