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Iran So Far Away

A couple of months ago, Persepolis was the trendy pick among some movie critics as 2007's best animated film. Honestly, I was pulling for it....

I’m Not There

The best bets this Valentine's Day are two special-effects-laden fantasy films from Hollywood, both blessedly free of any pretensions to be the next Lord...

Three Women

Definitely, Maybe is a lousy title, but I'm guessing the studio went with it because How I Met Your Mother was already taken. Hollywood should...

Insert Your Own Jokes

Some observers are calling this a golden age for comedy films, but even a golden age has its share of fool's gold, not to...

Bad Omens

The word has been atypically slow getting out about Woody Allen's latest thriller Cassandra's Dream. Released at the end of last year for awards consideration,...

Corpse Bride

When you encounter hideous misogyny in a movie pitched aggressively at male audiences (like last fall's Good Luck Chuck), it's shocking but not necessarily...

Hidden Gold

The Oscar nominations came out this week, and for once the talk about who got the nods might actually be overshadowed by speculation about...

Monster Hash

When I first saw the mysterious trailer for Cloverfield last summer, I thought "probably just another disaster movie," though I prayed "giant-monster movie." As...

The Member of the Weddings

I've never watched Grey's Anatomy, nor did I watch Roswell when it was on, so I don't know Katherine Heigl's abilities as well as...

Well Drilled

I did something unusual while preparing to write my review of There Will Be Blood: I read everybody else's reviews. Specifically, I read the ones...