Leah Rozen
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‘People Like Us’ Review: Good People Aren’t Enough to Save This Maudlin Tale
Director Alex Kurtzman comes across in his maiden effort as a Cameron Crowe-wannabe, only without Crowe’s sharp eye for the revealing detail
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‘The Woman in the Fifth’ Review: He’s Tripping, and It’s Worth Watching
Mind-bending mystery follows an unreliable and unsteady protagonist on his misadventures in Paris
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‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Review: Give This Historical Remix a Seat at Ford’s Theater
The problem is that "Lincoln" never has nearly as much fun tweaking history as it might, so there's nothing to sink your teeth into
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‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ Review: A Time-Traveling Trip Worth Taking
Jake Johnson, Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass help make "Safety Not Guaranteed" the good kind of quirky
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‘For Greater Glory’ Review: Sunday School, Anyone?
"For Greater Glory" doesn't disguise its pro-Catholic message in a heavy-handed retelling of Mexico’s Christeros War
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‘The Intouchables’ Review: Feel-Good French Import Condescends
"The Intouchables," a would-be inspirational tale of a friendship that crosses racial lines, leaves a peculiar aftertaste
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‘Hysteria’ Review: Nothing Like a Feel-Good Victorian Vibrator Comedy
"Hysteria" buzzes with good humor in chronicling the invention of the vibrator in the late Victorian era
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‘Girl in Progress’ Review: Mom and Daughter Race to Come of Age
Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez star in tale of a lousy mom and a precocious daughter, "Girl in Progress'
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‘The Perfect Family’ Review: Even a Zealous Kathleen Turner Can’t Save This Holy Comedy
One keeps wishing “Perfect Family” would go overboard rather than keeping such a short leash on itself
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‘Mansome,’ ‘Sexy Baby’ Tribeca Reviews: It’s About More than Manscaping and Porn
Two movies that bowed in back-to-back openings at the Tribeca Film Festival offer clues about how men and women see themselves these days
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‘Knife Fight’ Review: A Rough Take on Dirty Politics Unspools at Tribeca
Fans of "The West Wing" will get a nostalgic kick out of "Knife Fight," which focuses on the nitty-gritty action of political campaigns. But this crowded sketch doesn't feel finished
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‘The Raven’ Review: Never Mind the Pendulum, This is the Pits
"The Raven," an overwrought reimagining of the final days of Edgar Allen Poe starring John Cusack, forgets to bring the scariness and fun
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Jason Ritter Takes His Pants Off for ‘Free Samples’ at Tribeca
Despite having only a small part in the indie comedy, Ritter was eager to promote it at the fest
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‘Don’t Stop Believin’ Review: Rousing ‘Journey’ Doc Rocks Tribeca
A little-known cover band frontman from the Philippines lives the dream as Journey’s lead singer in a rousing documentary
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Tribeca Doc ‘Evocateur’ Profiles Seminal Ranter Morton Downey Jr.
The in-your-face conservative talk show host is profiled in the Tribeca documentary, “Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie”