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A Comedy Fan's Review: Pirate Radio

Davis Sweet | Posted 11.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bill Nighy, Movie Review, Richard Curtis, Rhys Ifans, Emma Thompson, Pirate Radio, Kenneth Branagh, The Boat That Rocked, Nick Frost, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Comedy News
Davis Sweet

Sometimes you hear about a film that has many good ingredients, but sometimes, dump those ingredients into a movie and you ultimately serve up a half-assed lump of yawn. Such a fail is Pirate Radio.

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ReThink Interview: Josh Harris -- Nostradamus of the Net Tells Your Online Future

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: We Live in Public, Movie Review, Twitter, Ondi Timoner, The Singularity, Rethink Reviews, Documentary, Facebook, Interview, Joshua Harris, The Dandy Warhols, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Wired City, Technology News
Jonathan Kim

I met Harris at the We Live In Public premiere in LA and emailed him some questions about the film, the future of the internet, and whether we really do or ever will truly live in public.

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Wild Things Is Where the Entertainment Isn't

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Single Mother, Wild Things, Children's Book, Fantasy, Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Movie Review, Where the Wild Things Are, Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Dave Eggers, Catherine O'hara, Chris Cooper, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

Where the Wild Things Are sounds like a fun film for the kids and an emotional one for adults, but it isn't. The film is much too scary for younger children and much too boring for older ones.

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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is Great History

Alec Baldwin | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Movie Reviews, Movie Review, Film Review, Hamptons International Film Festival, Ned Lamont, Film Reviews, William Kunstler, Joe Lieberman, Alec Baldwin, New York News
Alec Baldwin

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is a wonderful film and his daughters have done a remarkable job in presenting their famous father in an honest, critical light.

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Inglourious Indeed

Michael Jones | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, Brad Pitt, Film Review, Inglorious Bastards, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, Entertainment News
Michael Jones

There are a number of reasons why Inglorius Basterds is so disappointing. Self-indulgence and tongue-in-cheek hipness does not a movie make.

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ReThinking Standard Operating Procedure: Yes, Virginia, We Really Do Torture

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Movie Review, Standard Operating Procedure, George W. Bush, Rethink Reviews, Documentaries, John Yoo, Film, Jonathan Kim, Movies, Abu Ghraib, The Young Turks, Movie Reviews, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, Lynndie England, Charles Graner, Film Critic, Errol Morris, Documentary, Iraq, Torture, Sabrina Harman, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

In light of a new report set to be released today from the CIA, I want to take another look at Standard Operating Procedure, Errol Morris' documentary about torture at Abu Ghraib.

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Notes From These Pajamas: The Diary of a Freelance Writer

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Writing, Diary, Journal, Freelance, Job Losses, Movie Review, Freelance Writers, Matthew McConaughey, Resolve, Earthquake, Goethe, Sex Regrets, Pajamas, Focault, Media News
Josh Rosenblatt

Thinking about the beauty of the universe; about the fleeting preciousness of life; about the fact that I haven't been outside all day; about the fact I may not have gone outside yesterday either.

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Review: Inglourious Basterds

Jenna Busch | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Quentin Tarantino, Movie Review, Wwii, Brad Pitt, Inglourious Basterds, Eli Roth, Inglourious Basterds Review, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

Rarely have I ever been as satisfied with a film as I was with this one. I left feeling like I had a giant bowl of cheese and noodles.

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Movie Review: District 9

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: South Africa, Marshall Fine, Movie Review, Apartheid, District 9, Marshall Fine Movie Review, South Africa Racism, Aliens, Alien Video, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The "wow" factor in Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is huge -- so much so that it would be easy to overlook what a soulful, tragically heroic story it is.

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ReThinking The Times of Harvey Milk: You Earned Your Medal, and a Lot More

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, Lgbt, Doma, The Times of Harvey Milk, Lesbian, Harvey Milk, Gays and Lesbians, Rethink Reviews, Gay, Defense of Marriage Act, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Jonathan Kim, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Dadt, Film Critic, Prop 8, LGBT Rights, Tom Ammiano, Gays, Movie Critic, Medal of Freedom, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Obama is awarding a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to Harvey Milk.

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ReThinking Thank You for Smoking: Tobacco's Last Action Hero?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Thank You for Smoking, Movie Review, Rethink Reviews, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Jonathan Kim, Jason Reitman, Smoking, Cigarettes, Lobbyists, Aaron Eckhart, Philip Morris, Tobacco, Health Care, Movie Critic, Big Tobacco, Chris Rock, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

The Obama administration just passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. So Will the Nick Naylors of the world soon become extinct? Not by a long shot.

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Rethinking Who Killed the Electric Car?: How GM Doubled Down on Dinosaurs

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Movie Review, Jonathan Kim, Who Killed the Electric Car, General Motors, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, Electric Cars, Rethink Reviews, Documentary, Chris Paine, Labor Unions, Business News
Jonathan Kim

Instead of embracing the inevitable future of the auto industry, GM decided to be the #1 producer of dinosaurs.

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Rethinking the Fog of War: McNamara, the Movie, the Monster

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, The Fog of War, Nuclear Weapons, Vietnam War, Bob Herbert, Errol Morris, Rethink Reviews, World War II, Robert McNamara, Jonathan Kim, Film, Cold War, Movie Critic, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Most of The Fog of War "lessons" reflect the powerful and painful humility of a man who knows he has made grave mistakes with graver consequences.

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Movie Review: The Hurt Locker

Zorianna Kit | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker, Movie Review, Jeremy Renner, Entertainment News
Zorianna Kit

The Hurt Locker is a phenomenal movie whose whirlwind action and terrific performances easily make it a contender come awards season later this year.

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HuffPost Review: Moon

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Duncan Jones, Movie Review, Sam Rockwell, Moon, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Moon is an acting tour de force in which Sam Rockwell's performance lifts what could have been an intellectual exercise into an emotionally compelling movie.

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Review of Don McKay

Dylan Eckman | Posted 06.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Jake Goldberger, Movie Review, Don McKay, Independent Film, Entertainment News
Dylan Eckman

The weaknesses of Jake Goldberger's debut filmDon McKay are only apparent because of their proximity to its brilliance.

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Huff Post Review -- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Comic Books, 20th Century Fox, Hugh Jackman, Reviews, News, Scott Mendelson, Movies, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Movie Review, Film Review, Huffpost Review, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

In a time when even bad comic book films like The Spirit have a certain 'are you kidding me?' nerve, Wolverine is shocking in its adherence to formula and lack of imagination.

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The Garden -- the Shame of L.A.

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, The Garden, South Central, Los Angeles-California, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

"All politics is local," the late Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill famously said. And politics don't get much more local than The Garden, an infuriatingly clear-eyed documentary.

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Video Review of Observe & Report

Jenna Busch | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: George Roush, Observe and Report, Jody Hill, Seth Rogan, Jenna Busch, Video Review, Anna Farris, Movie Review, Video, Film Review, Observe-and-Report, Judd Apatow, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

I got a chance to screen Seth Rogan's new film, Observe & Report in Santa Monica the other night and it's certainly not your average comedy.

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Review of Shall We Kiss?

Dylan Eckman | Posted 04.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Emmanuel Mouret, Movie Reviews, Virginie Ledoyen, Movie Review, Romantic Comedy, French Film, Shall We Kiss, Julie Gayet, Michael Cohen, Entertainment News
Dylan Eckman

This sort of pleonasm is the signature of Shall We Kiss, but there is no charm to this excess, and it feels almost indecent to watch something so haplessly try for a high quirk cache.

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Watchmen: The Latest Distraction

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dark Knight, Zack Snyder, Movie Review, Watchmen, Slumdog Millionaire, 300, Movies, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Seriously: What is Watchmen but yet another distraction - a bit of apocalyptic storytelling meant to take our minds off the apocalypse now?

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Nothing But the Truth: What a Waste

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, Valerie Plame, Judith Miller, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Nothing but the Truth, Movies, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

I've often debated whether a great ending can salvage a mediocre movie. But does a wholly bogus ending negate the positive aspects of an otherwise solid film? In the case of Nothing but the Truth, the answer is "Yes."

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I Missed You, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Alex Remington | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Movies, Jcvd, Huffpost Review, Movie Review, Review, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

It's best movie you could expect for a remake of Dog Day Afternoon with Van Damme as himself: saggy, unwieldy, but funny, captivating, and a welcome return to celebrity for my favorite C-list star.

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Review: Frost/Nixon (2008)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, Frost/Nixon, Entertainment, Movie Critic, Movies, Frost/Nixon Review, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

There is something almost nostalgic about a time when citizens were actively outraged by shenanigans in the highest office, and partisan politics took a temporary backseat to do something about it.

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Body of Lies, But No Chills

Michael Jones | Posted 11.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movies, Gladiator, Leonardo Di Caprio, Movie Criticism, Movie Review, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Body of Lies, Political Cinema, Post-9/11 Movie, Movie CIA, Entertainment News
Michael Jones

I love Ridley Scott movies. Which is why I sat eagerly in the dark at my local multiplex awaiting his new movie, Body of Lies. Alas, alack, eager anticipation thwarted, some thrills but no chills.

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