Leah Rozen
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Review: ‘Cars 2’ Isn’t Just a Kiddie James Bond on Tires, It’s Tired
“Cars” — though the least compelling of Pixar’s 11 previous features — is a Lamborghini compared to the Edsel that is its sequel
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Review: Why ‘Green Lantern’ Is One Men-in-Tights Too Many
The latest in a long string of superhero movies is ho-hum dopey fun with no magic
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‘Super 8’: Youthful Wonder, Not So Scary Monsters
J.J. Abrams’ latest holds your attention much of the time while you’re watching, but it leaves little impression once you walk out of the theater
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Too Many X-Men Nearly Spoil the Soup
Review: There may be strength in numbers, but that’s not necessarily true when it comes to superheroes
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Review: ‘Hangover Part II’ — New City, Same Old Funny Story
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That must have been the mantra when making this near identical twin to the original 2009 blockbuster comedy
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‘Pirates 4’ Suffers From a Bad Case of Sequelitis
As it is with lot of follow-ups, the decision to make this movie was made based on economic imperative, rather than artistic impulses. And it shows
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‘Bridesmaids’: When Ladies Retch, They Do It Gracefully
Judd Apatow’s new comedy puts a funny, female spin on the gross-out comedy
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Review: Mel, Don’t Leave It to ‘The Beaver’ to Revive That Career
It’s a bummer of a movie — dark and at cross-purposes with both itself and any image do-over you might be seeking
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Crimefighting & Haute Cuisine: 2 Mini-Festivals Within Tribeca
he six films were a diverse bunch that serves to remind a viewer of the far-ranging pleasures to be had at a festival like this
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Buirski Embraces a Very ‘Loving Story’ From the ’50s
Documentary chronicles the fight of an inter-racial couple to have their marriage recognized as legal
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‘Fast Five’: Grindingly Mechanical, But With Car Porn, Who Cares?
The fifth in the series moves from just pedal-to-the-metal into “Ocean’s Eleven” territory
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Dolly’s Back Where She Belongs — at Tribeca?!
Yes, she sings — the heart of the film is the late-in-life love story between Channing and the California real-estate developer who is her fourth husband
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‘Roadie’ at Tribeca: Growing Up After a Vicarious Rock-Star Life
The underrated Ron Eldard gives a moving performance as Jimmy, a roadie for two decades with Blue Oyster Cult
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Tribeca: Meet Gnarr, the Comedian Elected Mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland
A new film chronicles how the 44-year-old comedian and actor was elected mayor of the Nordic nation’s capital
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Tribeca: Two British Comics Raise (Michael) Caine
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon screen their their new mostly-improvised pseudo-doc, “The Trip”