Alonso Duralde
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‘Bad Grandpa’ Review: ‘Jackass’ in Old-Man Drag Is Slightly Tamer but Still Outrageously Hilarious (Video)
Johnny Knoxville even adds a bit of a plot in this “Borat”/”Little Miss Sunshine” blend
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‘Thor: The Dark World’ Review: A Stirring, If Not Mighty, Return for the Thunder God (Video)
Filmmakers haven’t put a lot of new ideas between Chris Hemsworth and his hammer, but there are enough thrills and laughs to keep it aloft
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‘Carrie’ Review: Stephen King Remake Is Bloody Irrelevant
There’s nothing particularly wrong with director Kimberly Peirce’s update, but it adds nothing to the 1976 Brian De Palma classic
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‘Kill Your Darlings’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe Captivates in This Beat Superhero Origin Story
The “Harry Potter” gay sex scene might attract the curious, but this is a sensual exploration of youthful passion and artists coming of age
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‘Her’ Review: She’s Virtual, But You Can’t Have Everything
Spike Jonze spins a futuristic love story for the age of Siri, with Joaquin Phoenix falling for Scarlett Johansson as the voice of his operating system
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‘About Time’ Review: The Minutes Drag Like Hours in This Mawkish Time-Travel Romance
Writer-director Richard Curtis forgets to add the wit that made the sap of “Love Actually” and “Notting Hill” tolerable
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’12 Years a Slave’ Review: A Captivating, Harrowing Historical Horror Show (Video)
Director Steve McQueen seems determined to bury any lingering “Gone With the Wind-ian” notions of the antebellum South as a place of charm and grace
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‘Concussion’ Review: Smart and Sensual – Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
Robin Weigert is a stifled lesbian housewife turned Manhattan escort in Stacie Passon’s sexy and provocative debut feature
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‘Machete Kills’ Review: Who Knew Sex and Violence Could Be This Dull?
This second “Machete” is even more lifeless and perfunctory than Robert Rodriguez’s fourth “Spy Kids”
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‘All Is Lost’ Review: Robert Redford Lets the Ocean Do the Talking
Redford gives a bravura (and almost entirely non-verbal) performance as the sole cast member of this tense seafaring adventure
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‘Runner Runner’ Review: Ben Affleck Wins the Charm Race in This Tedious Thriller
Affleck almost makes this internet-gambling drama worth slogging through; Justin Timberlake not so much
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‘A.C.O.D.’ Review: Adam Scott’s Charm Can’t Even Make This Comedy Entertaining
Someone’s inner child needs to play the quiet game in film about a whiny, parent-damaged adult
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‘Parkland’ Review: Too Many JFK Assassination-Adjacent Stories for One Movie
This all-star look at those fateful days in 1963 Dallas casts too wide a net and comes up mostly empty
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‘Inequality for All’ Review: Compelling ‘Inconvenient Truth’ on Economics
This doc doesn’t break any news about income disparity, but Robert Reich makes a compelling tour guide through the current financial cataclysm
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‘Don Jon’ Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Aces the Foreplay, Flubs the Climax
The actor’s debut as a writer-director offers up smarts and style before wrapping up its complicated tale of sexual compulsion too tidily
