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Ozon's Cat-and-Mouse 'In the House'
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Surprises in 'Gatsby' (Review)
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Two Other Gatsbys, Two Better Nicks
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Mira Nair's 'Reluctant Fundamentalist'
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Watch Obama & Conan's Comedy at WHCD
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Affleck in Malick's 'To the Wonder'
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Ricky Gervais' Hilarious, Awful Music Video ...
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Danny Boyle's 'Trance'
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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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Brilliant Melissa McCarthy on SNL (Video ...
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'Room 237,' Kubrick & Malkovich
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Colbert Asks Franco: Are You A Fraud?
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Justin Timberlake's Latest SNL (Video)
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Watch Ricky Gervais in 'The Office Revisited' ...
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'Downton Abbey' Kills Off You-Know-Who
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'Downton' Does 'Breaking Bad' (Video)
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James Franco's Risk-Free 'Oz'
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'Downton Sixbey': Lady Hedith's Answer
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Smart Middle East Doc 'The Gatekeepers'
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'Downton Abbey' Season 3 Review
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Bad Title,Good 'Silver Linings Playbook'
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Foxx,Washington On 'Django' & Race (Vide ...
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Keira Knightley's Chilly 'Anna K.'
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'Skyfall': An Older, Better-Written Bond
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A Boy and His Tiger: 'Life of Pi'
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Brad Pitt, SNL on Chanel:Which Is Real?
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SNL's Lost Bond Girls
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Hugh Laurie,Catherine Keener on 'Oranges ...
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'The Master': Egotists and Cultists
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Jimmy Fallon Sings 'Romney & Bain'
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Fincher, Others in 'Side By Side' Extras
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Watch "Andrew Sarris: Critic in Focus"
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Amy Poehler on Sex, Music (Video)
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Fallon Does "Downton Sixbey, Part 2"
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Ewan McGregor On "Beginners"
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Daniel Radcliffe As Casey Anthony's Dog
Monthly Archives
Caryn James
"Conan O'Brien Can't Stop": Touring as Anger Management
- By Caryn James
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- June 24, 2011 2:02 AM
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“It’s like a gall stone,” Conan O’Brien says about his fury at the way he was treated when Jay Leno swiped back the Tonight show. “It just has to work its way through my urethra . .. . and then I’ll be through with those fuckers at NBC.” This doc about his post-Tonight live tour charts that painful process – performing as anger-management therapy -- convinces us that his anger was rooted in a deep sense of fairness, and also manages to be a high-energy, thoroughly entertaining film.
Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern: Big Bolts of Light, Teeny Imagination
- By Caryn James
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- June 16, 2011 4:36 AM
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Just when you’re thinking how silly it is for anyone to expect a tiny green eye mask to disguise a superhero’s identity, a woman he has rescued looks adoringly into the Green Lantern’s eyes and says . . . “Hal?!” That recognition offers one of the rare sharp moments in Green Lantern. The film has Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, an underconfident fighter pilot who gets an energy-filled ring and gains superpowers, but mostly it has a lot of hyperactive, glowing green light.
Review, "Super 8": Who Is This Movie For?
- By Caryn James
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- June 10, 2011 4:23 AM
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All the way through J.J. Abrams’ perfectly congenial Super 8, I kept wondering: who is this film for? Child-friendly though it is, it’s obviously not aimed at kids, who expect something less nostalgic than the story of middle-school students in a 70’s suburb riding bikes and making a zombie movie. And if you grew up watching E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, you’ll appreciate the references, but a flat-out nostalgia-fest isn’t really enough. Like a too-faithful screen adaptation afraid to tinker with a novel, this adoring homage to Spielberg is easier to admire than to love.
"From Britain With Love": Helena Bonham Carter and Other Imports
- By Caryn James
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- June 10, 2011 1:00 AM
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We’ve seen Helena Bonham-Carter change in a flash from wild, witchy Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter films to the Queen Mum in The King’s Speech, to the real-life character who showed up at the Golden Globes with playfully mismatched shoes (it was a fashion statement). She is just as engaging in a very different guise: as a bleached blonde, slightly dumpy, none-too-kind 1960’s stepmother who happens to be a divine cook in Toast, the delightful little coming-of-age film that launches From Britain with Love, a series of six new British films.
The Hangover II: Maybe What Happened in Bangkok Should Have Stayed In Bangkok?
- By Caryn James
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- May 25, 2011 12:30 PM
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Bangkok – bigger, sexier, sleazier than Vegas! That’s the transparent thinking behind The Hangover Part II. If you’ve been anywhere near a TV or seen a movie trailer lately, you know that this sequel brings Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis to Thailand for another wedding, letting them run amok in a city offering more muck than most.
Midnight In Paris: Woody Allen's Moveable Feast
- By Caryn James
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- May 19, 2011 1:30 AM
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Hemingway parodies are easy to find, but only Woody Allen’s Hemingway would consider, “Have you ever shot a charging lion?” to be a great pickup line.
Keira Knightley's "Last Night" Opens, the Weekend's Best Romance
- By Caryn James
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- May 6, 2011 3:02 AM
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Like so many megastars, Keira Knightley drops into a little indie now and then, but unlike so many she has chosen well. Last Night is a slight but charming romantic drama about a married couple (Knightley and Sam Worthington) who, during one night apart, are tempted by her dashing French ex-boyfriend (Guillaume Cantet) and his sexy co-worker (Eva Mendes).
Mel Gibson Is Powerful, Haunting in Jodie Foster's Fine Drama "The Beaver"
- By Caryn James
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- May 5, 2011 1:00 AM
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We know so much about the private lives of public figures that it’s harder than ever for actors to vanish into roles. Does anyone think Mr. and Mrs. Smith would play as well without the real-life Brad/Angelina subtext? So there’s no use pretending here: the Mel Gibson Issue overshadows The Beaver, which is too bad, because he gives a powerful, touching performance in Jodie Foster’s finely shaped, offbeat film.
Review, Something Borrowed: Ginnfer Goodwin, Kate Hudson Fight Over a Ken Doll
- By Caryn James
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- May 4, 2011 1:15 AM
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“The Hamptons are like a zombie movie directed by Ralph Lauren.” Enjoy that line, because it’s about the only one that might make you laugh in the irredeemably lame romcom Something Borrowed. From the minute you see Ginnifer Goodwin wearing an unconvincing long brown wig, you have an inkling of just how false this by-the-numbers film is going to be.
Review: Will Ferrell, Great and Touching in Uneven "Everything Must Go"
- By Caryn James
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- April 27, 2011 1:00 AM
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By now, we just look at Will Ferrell and get ready to laugh, but not so fast. He gives a performance that most dramatic actors could only dream of - restrained, nuanced, enormously moving – in the uneven yet finally eloquent little indie Everything Must Go.
