Film
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Broken Bones
There's a sweetness to Alice Sebold's 2002 mega-bestseller The Lovely Bones that belies the story of a young girl's brutal rape and killing. That same...
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Hormonal Activity
The average (sex) teenaged boy thinks (sex) about sex (sex) every seven seconds (sex). While this might be an old wives' tale, you wouldn't know...
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Sleuthing Around
''Elementary, my dear Watson.'' If you just became indignant about the fact that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote that famous line, you will likely...
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Singular Sensation
Five minutes into A Single Man, fashion designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, you realize you're seeing art. At first it seems to be that highly...
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Virtuoso Virtuality
Avatar is the type of film that only the self-proclaimed ''King of the World'' could make. James Cameron has tackled futuristic killing machines, stomach-splitting aliens...
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Playing the Heartstrings
There's nothing better than an uplifting movie to please the masses that's released just in time for the holidays. And if it involves sports, score!...
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Road Weary
The long and winding road leads... well, I don't know where. In The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy's recent short novel, it seemingly leads to...
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Moon Men
Better than the first one. Still sucks. That's the distilled version for those who are sick and tired of hearing about ''The Twilight Saga'' and...
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Tears Worth Shedding
When it comes to the word precious and movies, it's tough not to think of a kidnapped girl trapped in a hole trying to lure...
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Parting Glances
Even in his final days, Michael Jackson's crotch grabs were awkward and excessive. And the man came across as a bit creepy and gangly –...
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Freak Show
As the vampire-version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Willow liked to say, ''Bored now.'' Maybe that's not completely true for every minute of Cirque du...
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Ungrateful Dead
I'm gonna live forever. Baby remember my name.... In a cutthroat world where luck is just as important as skill, only a few survive. And...
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Punctuation's Mark!
Isn't it nice when filmmakers are so excited about the final product that they add an exclamation point to the title? The Informant! It's about...
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Ball Bearings
Schlemiel, schlimazel, Hasenpfeffer Incorporated. We’re going to do it....While many who troop to see Mike Judge’s Extract might be too young to remember the opening...
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Numbed by Nazis
One hundred and forty minutes is an awful lot of foreplay for a 10-minute payoff. Yet that’s what Quentin Tarantino is requiring of audiences who...
