Crude2009
As the film very eloquently implies, when the greater good is defined as profits, and a lack of culpability is proportionate to your number of shareholders, well . . . a lot of petroleum-soaked chickens will be coming home to roost.
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Tetro2009
Tetro has no internal tension and should have been a comedy.
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Let the Right One In2008
A spectacularly moving and elegant movie, and to dismiss it into genre-hood, to mentally stuff it into the horror pigeonhole, is to overlook a remarkable film.
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Play The Game2008
The good news is that the seemingly perennial TV fixture is still funny and sharp and folksy. The bad news is that he lost the bet, or whatever it was that got him into Marc Fienberg's smarmy, lackluster comedy.
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The Tale of Despereaux2008
It's a beautiful film, but in the end, Despereaux is esthetically charmed but dramatically inert.
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Chop Shop2007
The director has created a not-to-miss gem for the discriminating viewer.
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The Signal2007
In a movie about perception, misperception and the ramifications of misunderstanding, it's a bit ironic that the directors can't get out of one another's way.
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