Leah Rozen
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Review: Peter Facinelli’s Vanity Project ‘Loosies’ All Smoke, Little Fire
Intriguing tale of a Big Apple pickpocket loses it when it comes to romance
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Review: ‘Beneath the Darkness’ a Thriller Beneath the Abilities of Dennis Quaid
It’s neither scary, suspenseful nor bloody, but it does try — unsuccessfully — to inject profundity into the genre
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Review: Meryl Streep’s ‘Iron Lady’ Is Margaret Thatcher as King Lear With a Wink
The film lacks the eloquence of Shakespeare’s drama about an aging king heading into madness, but it does convey that the passing years spare no one
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Review: Angelina Jolie’s Wartime Romeo & Juliet Tale Long on Earnest, Short on Art
But even in moments where “In the Land of Blood and Honey” doesn’t quite work, Jolie shows a discerning director’s eye
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Review: Even With All That Sex, ‘Shame’ Will Leave You Unsatisfied
Yes, a naked Michael Fassbender measures up; Steve McQueen’s sophomore feature, less so
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Review: Scorsese Gets 3D Right — It Adds Real Depth to ‘Hugo’
The tale of a Parisian orphan boy is really about the power of movies to transform lives, allow escape and encompass our dreams
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Review: Way Too Many Happy Feet in Penguin Sequel
“Happy Feet Two” may be set in Antartica, but it’s only a lukewarm effort
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Review: No, Zeus, ‘The Immortals’ Isn’t Supposed to Be a Comedy in Leather
The movie has about as much to do with actual Greek mythology as Mickey Mouse cartoons do with the study of rodents
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Review: ‘Another Happy Day’ = Another Unhappy, Weepy Weddding
The Altman-esque drama marks a mostly promising debut for director-writer Sam Levinson, son of director Barry Levinson
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Review: Yo-Ho-Ho, Johnny Depp Phones It In for ‘Rum Diary’
The meandering comic drama is Depp’s second film to be based on a work by gonzo journalist and hard drinker Hunter S. Thompson
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Review: ‘Margin Call’ a Savvy Look at Wall Street Heroes & Villains as They Crashed
It makes clear that the guys on the top aren’t always the smartest; they’re simply the ones most willing to do whatever it takes to survive
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Review: Cage, Kidman’s ‘Trespass’ a Sadistic Trifle
Think “Panic Room” or “Cape Fear” and then lower your expectations
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Review: Even Hugh Jackman Can’t Save the Gooey, Clanky ‘Real Steel’
Fred, my 11-year old consultant on family fare who would seem to be the target audience for the film, took a pass — having viewed the trailer, he pronounced, “It looks cheesy and sentimental” … he got that right!
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Review: Roman Polanski’s ‘Carnage’– Just a Fang-Less ‘Virginia Woolf’
Jodie Foster is the weakest link in the director’s adaptation of the Tony-winning play, opening the New York Film Festival
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Review: Even With Robert De Niro, ‘Killer’ Isn’t So Elite
Assassination thriller takes promising ingredients — including an intriguing subplot about the Feather Men — and then squanders them