Reviews

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  Bottle Shock

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Wednesday, August 06

  Bottle Shock, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is a great concept populated by great actors that works hard to make its... More >>
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  Swing Vote

  By Scott Foundas

  Wednesday, July 30

  Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that's about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it were. The... More >>
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  Step Brothers

  By Scott Foundas

  Wednesday, July 23

  I haven't seen much at the movies in the past two years that has given me as much unbridled comic pleasure as the sight of Will Ferrell as the... More >>
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  Streetballers

  By Chad Garrison

  Wednesday, July 16

  Streetballers bills itself as an "Irish-urban drama" exploring the lives of two junior-college basketball players and their struggles within a... More >>
• Mosquito Kingdom

  By Keegan Hamilton

  Wednesday, July 16

  For part of the production of Mosquito Kingdom, the cast and crew traveled to an island in the Florida Keys and shot the film without permits on... More >>
• Eighth Annual St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase

  By Kristy Wendt and Kristen Hinman

  Wednesday, July 16

  Advertising for the Mob It sounds ridiculous: Hopeless failure of an adman gets canned from his twelfth agency and starts a crime family. The... More >>
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  The Dark Knight

  By Scott Foundas

  Wednesday, July 16

  What a brooding pleasure it is to return to Christopher Nolan's Gotham City — if "pleasure" is the right word for a movie that gazes so... More >>
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  Journey to the Center of the Earth

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Wednesday, July 09

  At the top, let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent, if... More >>
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  Hancock

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Wednesday, July 02

  The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis as a dead man, was writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's breakthrough, but its follow-up, Unbreakable,... More >>
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  Wanted

  By Jim Ridley

  Wednesday, June 25

  Of the summer's many revenge-of-the-nerd fulfillment fantasies — from The Incredible Hulk all the way down the megaplex food chain to The... More >>
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  Get Smart

  By J. Hoberman

  Wednesday, June 18

  As old Broadway shows are revived, new Broadway shows get spun from old movies so that new movies may be fashioned from ancient TV series. It's... More >>
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  The Incredible Hulk

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Wednesday, June 11

  In recent days, Universal's been running a TV spot for The Incredible Hulk that gives away what should come as no surprise to any fanboy worth... More >>
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  The Promotion

  By Scott Foundas

  Wednesday, June 11

  The screenwriter Steven Conrad writes movies about success and self-fulfillment in America — how we define it, the price we pay for it, and... More >>
• Cannes 2008

  By J. Hoberman

  Wednesday, June 11

  CANNES, France—Wading through 20-odd movies in half as many languages, each Cannes jury supplies its own dramatic narrative, to be... More >>
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  Cannes Film Festival

  By Scott Foundas

  Wednesday, June 11

  Call them the comeback kids: In its early days, the 2008 Cannes Film Festival has served as a staging ground for a number of unlikely returns,... More >>
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