- 11/9/12 /
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Ask an Economist: Which Bond Villain Plan Would Have Worked (and Which Not)?
Goldfinger's, probably. Others, not so much.
Bilge Ebiri Archive
- 11/2/12 /
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Movie Review: There’s Method to This Must Be the Place’s Madness
It’s hard to take Sean Penn’s Kathy Griffin–does–Edward Scissorhands makeup job in seriously, but that’s kind of the point.
- 11/2/12 /
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Movie Review: Watching Wreck-It Ralph Is Like Watching Someone Else Play a Cool Video Game
Enjoyable and likable, though you might find yourself twiddling your thumbs along the way.
- 10/26/12 /
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Chasing Mavericks: This Surfing Movie Is Point Blah
How could two Oscar-nominated filmmakers (Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted) have worked on this stiff surfing movie?
- 10/26/12 /
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Movie Review: Fun Size = Superbad + Halloween + Girls - Raunch
This teen movie, directed by Gossip Girl's Josh Schwartz, has its moments.
- 10/21/12 /
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Kylie Minogue Takes an Art-House Vacation in Holy Motors
“There’s a bit of me that was slowly starving, and I feel like I’d just had my first decent meal in a while.”
- 10/19/12 /
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Paranormal Activity 4 Makes a Strong Case for the 45-Minute-Long Feature Film
Seriously, just cut out the middle part.
- 10/12/12 /
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Here Comes the Boom: A ‘Laugh at the Chubby Guy’ Movie, Sans the Laughs
Despite not being particularly funny, this Kevin James film gets a lot of mileage out of its star’s inherent likability.
- 10/5/12 /
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Leighton Meester on The Oranges, Romancing Hugh Laurie, and the End of Gossip Girl
"I think it’s ending at a beautiful, perfect time. But it’s because our contracts are up."
- 10/5/12 /
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Movie Review: The Paperboy Is the Year’s Most Alienating Movie
Nicole Kidman does her best impersonation of a diva from outer space.