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Surprises in 'Gatsby' (Review)
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Marsh & Riseborough on Shadow Dancer
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Two Other Gatsbys, Two Better Nicks
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Ricky Gervais' Hilarious, Awful Music Video ...
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Ozon's Cat-and-Mouse 'In the House'
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Ryan Gosling in "Place Beyond the Pines"
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Brandon Cronenberg's 'Antiviral'
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Black Comedy 'It's a Disaster'
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Colbert Asks Franco: Are You A Fraud?
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'Downton Abbey' Kills Off You-Know-Who
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'Downton' Does 'Breaking Bad' (Video)
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'Downton Sixbey': Lady Hedith's Answer
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Smart Middle East Doc 'The Gatekeepers'
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Bad Title,Good 'Silver Linings Playbook'
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'Hobbit' Review (Not a Fan)
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Daniel Radcliffe As Casey Anthony's Dog
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Caryn James
Review: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Stoppard and HBO's Dreamy 'Parade's End'
- By Caryn James
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- February 26, 2013 9:07 AM
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In Part 3 of HBO’s lyrical, nuanced, romantic and tough-minded World War I era series, Parade’s End, the aloof Sylvia Tietjens says of her aristocratic husband, “Christopher is the last decent man in England. How dare they put their knives into him – he’s mine.” By then we know that she is not simply complaining that Christopher’s colleagues in the British government have turned on him; she is saying the he is hers to manipulate and torture in an endless dance of love and hate. This is the most fun we’ve had with Edwardians since Downton Abbey.
Glenn Close and Janet McTeer In Their Oscar-Nominated Albert Nobbs
- By Caryn James
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- January 25, 2012 10:47 PM
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Albert Nobbs is quietly affecting ... eventually. To get there, though, you have to be patient with its serious early problem: Glenn Close is completely unconvincing as a man, even as a small-boned chap referred to as “such a kind little man” by residents of the late-19th-century Dublin hotel where Albert Nobbs works as a waiter. Albert’s voice is so female, in fact, that we wonder whether everyone around her is simply playing along, winking and thinking, “Let her pretend to be a man if she wants.”
