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The Thing
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton | Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen
Did we need a prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 version of The Thing? Thing cultists won’t care. | Read more
 
 
Footloose
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Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid | Directed by Craig Brewer
There are cellphones and iPads and a more integrated cast in this reboot of 1984's Footloose. Otherwise, it's hard to tell the difference, so misguidedly beholding is director Craig Brewer to the original. ... | Read more
 
 
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig | Directed by David Fincher
Something's missing. I felt it last month when I initially saw the American film version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the first in the bestselling Millennium trilogy by the late Swedish author... | Read more
 
 
Drive
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Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks | Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Buckle up for the existential bloodbath of Drive, a brilliant piece of nasty business that races on a B-movie track until it switches to the dizzying fuel of undiluted creativity. Damn, it's good. You... | Read more
 
 
Restless
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Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper | Directed by Gus Van Sant
Van Sant and his longtime cinematographer, Harris Savides, can caress the faces of youth with a poet’s eye for beauty and pain. And the two stars, shot amid the splendours of Van Sant’s beloved... | Read more
 
 
Real Steel
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Hugh Jackman | Directed by Shawn Levy
The year is 2020, and the world of Real Steel is ruled by Michael Bay. Boxing is illegal and audiences pay up to watch robots turn each other into scrap metal. It's Transformers Live!... | Read more
 
 
Moneyball
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Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill | Directed by Bennett Miller
Moneyball is one of the best and most viscerally exciting films of the year. Yes, director Bennett Miller dials down the on-field action and goes stats to the max. But he laces his investigative... | Read more
 
 
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
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Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner | Directed by Bill Condon
Start hating me now, Twihards, but the sexless, bloodless, padded and plodding Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is the worst Twilight movie to date. | Read more
 
 
Paranormal Activity 3
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Chris Smith | Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schilman
Is this really the best scare flick Hollywood could come up for Halloween? A second sequel to a surprise cheapie hit in 2009? Seriously? Oh wait, Paranormal Activity 3 is a prequel. ... | Read more
 
 
30 Minutes or Less
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Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride | Directed by Ruben Fleischer
The facts: Jesse Eisenberg goes crazy cuckoo but will not win an Oscar nod, like he did for The Social Network. | Read more
 
 
 
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