Reviews

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Nathan Rabin's "The Big Rewind" Needed a Little Re-Edit

Alex Remington | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

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Emotional honesty is a lot harder to take seriouslywhen you constantly undercut it by using the same hoary one-liners and jokes from Mr. Show.

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Huff Post Review: Saw VI (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

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Saw VI still has many of the problems that have plagued the series from the get-go. But, despite this, it's a breath of fresh air for those who have followed the series since the beginning.

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If It's Art, Must It Be Pornography?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Women, Children, Books, Writing, Media, Sexual Abuse, Strip Clubs, Pornography, Amazon.com, New Yourk Times, Art, Boston Globe, Reviews, Times Picayune, Eve Ensler, Strippers, Andre Dubus, Book Reviews, New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Vagina Monologues, Books News

I'm all for freedom expression even when it comes to veiled pornography, but I don't want to be tricked into buying it for God's sake.

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Just in Time for Halloween: The 10 Best Modern 'Direct-to-DVD' Horror Films

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

The Children isn't the most violent film, nor the goriest or showiest. It haunts because it boils itself down to an unanswerable question: would you kill your own sick children to prevent them from killing you?

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Restaurant Review: Founding Farmers, Washington, D.C.

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

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I had to check out Founding Farmers in Washington this past weekend. The idea is appealing: a casual, family restaurant that's supplied and owned by a collective of American family farmers.

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HuffPost Review: Where the Wild Things Are: The IMAX Experience

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment

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The idea of high-quality entertainment that is specifically directed at children seems to be an oxymoron in the critical community. However, Where the Wild Things Are, is very much a high-quality children's movie.

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HuffPost Review: Paranormal Activity (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment

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Horror films work best when you realize that you cannot trust the filmmakers. But writer/director Oren Peli crafts a low-tech chiller that almost plays too fair with the audience.

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Not DOA But DIY: Resurrecting The Book Review Section

The Huffington Post | Patricia Holt | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

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I know readers are supposed to mourn the loss of book review sections in newspapers and magazines across the country, but at this point -- well, in fa...

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HuffPost Review: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment

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If Public Enemies was merely a three-part episode of Superman: The Animated Series, it would be a good one. But it falls short as a stand-alone movie.

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Huff Post Review: Whip It (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment

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Whip It is one of the most enjoyable film experiences of 2009. It's a formula picture through and through, but it is a truly entertaining one.

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Huff Post Review - Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

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I'm not a particularly die-hard fan of the Scooby Doo franchise, but I have a passing interest. I was shocked at how enjoyable this movie is. It just plain works on every level.

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HuffPost Review - Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

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For the first time that I can remember, a Michael Moore documentary/propaganda piece is less about the subject at hand and more about Michael Moore himself.

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Dan Brown's Lost Symbol: NYTimes Breaks Embargo

Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 11.14.2009 | Books

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The Times did it again, they published a review of a book that was embargoed before publication date. Or did the publisher encourage it by imposing an...

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District 9

Will Menaker | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

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Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience may have been the smartest movie I've seen this year, but Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is definitely the most fun.

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The Second Trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (With Helpful Narration)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

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I love the fact that someone in the studio chain thought that Taylor Lautner had to literally explain the character arcs in the trailer for the the second Twilight picture, New Moon.

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The Hurt Locker

Will Menaker | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

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This film approaches the kind of unaffected, unmediated portrayal of war and the men who live within its strange, parallel reality.

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Movie Review: The Time Traveler's Wife

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

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The TIme Traveler's Wife is the movie equivalent of an Oprah book -- full of feeling with just enough ideas to make you think about it (but not too hard).

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Street Breakfeast You Can't Live Without

Ed Levine | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York

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Who makes made-from-scratch pancakes at a food cart?

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Huff Post Review: Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

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The newest DC Animated Universe feature, Green Lantern: First Flight, is a well-acted and crisply directed science fiction action adventure.

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"Michael & Michael Have Issues" Reviews: Tepid Response For Beloved Comedy Duo

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 08.15.2009 | Comedy

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"Michael & Michael Have Issues" is a show within a show within a show. The two leads, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter, play themselves introdu...

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Online Reviewers Gaining Clout

Washington Post | Mike Musgrove | Posted 08.11.2009 | Media

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If you value your spare time, don't start posting comments and reviews on Amazon, Mark Espinosa suggests. It can be a hard habit to break. ...

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Public Enemies

Will Menaker | Posted 08.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Billy Crudup, Public Enemies, Johnny Depp, J Edgar Hoover FBI, Marion Cotillard, Reviews, Michael Mann, Movies, John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Entertainment News

The problem with Public Enemies is that it wants so badly to be a grand statement on crime, celebrities, and the country that worships them, but it lacks any coherent idea of what it really wants to say.

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Huff Post Review: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: The IMAX Experience(2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.24.2009 | Entertainment

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen represents a shocking amount of effort and skill going into a product of little entertainment value and even less significance.

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Bro-Hood and its Discontents -- The Hangover

Will Menaker | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment

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What is the state of the American bro? Hollywood's been preoccupied with this question as of late and The Hangover is the latest response from director of bro-hood cult classics, Todd Phillips.

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Whoops...The Hangover Is Actually Number 01 This Weekend

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.09.2009 | Entertainment

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You have an R-rated comedy starring a cast of unknowns and moderately recognizable faces that just opened bigger than all but one Adam Sandler comedy and all but one Will Ferrell vehicle.

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