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 "The best video essay source on the web." (Roger Ebert) This is a web site built around original video essays and critical, personal writing about movies, TV, music, comics and whatever else interests its contributors. Co-founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for New York Magazine, and Ken Cancelosi, it is published by Seitz and Cancelosi and overseen by editor-in-chief Kevin B. Lee and managing editor Max Winter.

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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, But Not Quite High Enough

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"The Dark Knight Rises" is a half-baked success, a finale whose ambitions ultimately exceed the Nolan brothers' abilities.
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  • By Simon Abrams
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  • July 20, 2012 9:39 AM
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More: Simon Abrams, Simon Says, SIMON SAYS (Simon Abrams), The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Morgan Freeman

CANNES 2012: John Hillcoat's LAWLESS

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This is the American outback in all its bloody glory.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 19, 2012 1:58 PM
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More: Cannes Film Festival, Glenn Heath Jr., Lawless, John Hillcoat, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Nick Cave, Tom Hardy

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