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  Sandra Bullock Blind Sides Atlanta

  Film fumbles a potentially intriguing story of a nouveau riche family who adopts a future NFL star

  Vol. 38 No. 29 Published 11.18.09 by Curt Holman
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  The Messenger delivers stark lesson about casualties of war

  Drama about the U.S. army's casualty notification team falls short

  Vol. 38 No. 29 Published 11.18.09 by Curt Holman
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  Five Minutes of Heaven goes mano a mano with Northern Ireland conflict

  Liam Neeson gives a complex performance as a repentant Irish terrorist in an intimate drama from the director of Downfall

  Vol. 38 No. 28 Published 11.11.09 by Curt Holman
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  Too baaad Goats falls flat

  The Men Who Stare at Goats comedy about psychic soldiers fails to mesh with Iraq War satire

  Vol. 38 No. 27 Published 11.04.09 by Curt Holman
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  Damned United and An Education pit youthful smarts against English establishment

  Two terrific English period pieces upend sports, rom-com clichés

  Vol. 38 No. 27 Published 11.04.09 by Curt Holman
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  Ben Loeterman appeals The People vs. Leo Frank

  Loeterman’s half documentary, half re-enactment refreshes Georgia’s most infamous murder trial

  Vol. 38 No. 27 Published 11.04.09 by David Lee Simmons
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  Campy White Zombie harks back to pre-Romero living dead

  Plaza Theatre's Silver Scream Spook Show books cinema's first zombie movie starring Bela Lugosi

  Vol. 38 No. 27 Published 11.04.09 by Curt Holman
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  Antichrist canonizes genital mutilation

  Gore and heavy-handed symbolism weigh down Lars von Trier's well-acted portrayal of marital disintegration

  Vol. 38 No. 27 Published 11.04.09 by Curt Holman
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  Grim Precious treasures passionate actresses

  Oprah's film has enough sorrow for several Greek tragedies

  Vol. 38 No. 27 Published 11.04.09 by Curt Holman
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  Amelia stalls out on the runway as a Hilary Swank vehicle

  Mira Nair's Amelia Earhart biopic shows practically no interest in aviation

  Vol. 38 No. 26 Published 10.28.09 by Curt Holman
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  Coco Before Chanel goes back in black

  French darling Audrey Tautou stars in Anne Fontaine's sweet, safe new biopic

  Vol. 38 No. 26 Published 10.28.09 by Debbie Michaud
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  No Impact Man depicts a planet — and a marriage — under strain

  Documentary about a New York family's attempts to reduce its carbon footprint to zero finds drama in marital dynamics

  Vol. 38 No. 26 Published 10.28.09 by Curt Holman
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  Still Walking treads softly but carries a big impact

  A serene, naturalistic drama from Japan's Hirokazu Koreeda explores family tensions

  Vol. 38 No. 25 Published 10.21.09 by Curt Holman
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  Paranormal Activity projects Blair Witch-style chills

  Low-budget ghost story uncovers a suburban haunting and benefits from grassroots marketing

  Vol. 38 No. 25 Published 10.21.09 by Curt Holman
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  Jonze and Eggers’ Sendak adaptation proves Wild at heart

  Spike Jonze helms a melancholy but visually splendid version of Where the Wild Things Are

  Vol. 38 No. 25 Published 10.21.09 by Curt Holman
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  London calls to Shane Meadows in Somers Town

  The English director's latest film offers a grounded coming-of-age story

  Vol. 38 No. 25 Published 10.21.09 by Wyatt Williams
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  Jeanne Dielman slowly peels away at patriarchy in 23 Quai du Commerce

  As a general rule, films are supposed to compress time. If a woman buys a bag of brown potatoes at t...

  Vol. 38 No. 25 Published 10.21.09 by Wyatt Williams
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  Coen brothers' A Serious Man relocates Job to 1960s suburbs

  The Oscar-winning duo flashback to their childhood in this Kafka-esque, seriocomic spiritual quest

  Vol. 38 No. 24 Published 10.14.09 by Curt Holman
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  New York, I Love You, you suck

  Paris, Je t'aime's producer presents a similar anthology about New York, with surprisingly tepid results

  Vol. 38 No. 24 Published 10.14.09 by Curt Holman
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  Watch out for Los Paranoicos/The Paranoids

  Argentine film succeeds in its character studies

  Vol. 38 No. 24 Published 10.14.09 by Wyatt Williams

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