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Queen of My Dreams: Starstruck in Karachi
A fair number of Bollywood movies have stories that stretch out over decades so that the same actor portrays a father and then his...
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Dark Skies (PG-13) This horror film by Scott Stewart (Priest, Legion) is about a suburban family who suspect they’re being targeted by alien abductors....
Teen Dreams
The title of American Teen makes me suspicious. Just as it was with the excellent late-1990s TV miniseries American High, the word "American" in...
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Clash of the Titans (PG-13) Where have you gone, Harry Hamlin? This remake of the 1981 fantasy-adventure film stars Sam Worthington as Perseus, sent...
Go, ‘Bots
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a sequel to a movie based on a cartoon based on a toyline. Dubious source material to some...
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Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (NR) Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary profile of activist Jane Jacobs and her fight against the urban New York City...
Super Looper
You can’t accuse Rian Johnson of lacking ambition. Best known for his polarizing debut film, the 2006 high-school noir picture Brick, Johnson has come...
The Top 10 Movies of 2010
In my list of top 10 movies last year, I took note of a resurgence in American films. That continued this year, and even...
Training Day
Every big-budget action thriller needs a villain who artfully represents the audience's fear du jour. As Ryder, the subway-hijacking financial terrorist of Tony Scott's...
Tournament of Champions
Sometimes the fans have it exactly right. They turned out for the movie version of The Hunger Games last year, and while they generally...
