- 3/3/13 /
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David Edelstein on His Acting Crush Rachel Weisz
The earnest, rational, slightly unknowable Weisz gets to be a bad girl again in Oz the Great and Powerful.
David Edelstein Archive
- 2/28/13 /
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Edelstein on Stoker: No Sympathy for This Lady Vengeance
The first English-language film from Oldboy director Park Chan-wook.
- 2/27/13 /
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Edelstein on Jack the Giant Slayer: Fast, Rousing, and Blessedly Brief
The latest from director Bryan Singer.
- 2/24/13 /
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David Edelstein Live-Blogs the 2013 Oscars
Our film critic gives his moment-by-moment take on every award, speech, and bit of banter.
- 2/15/13 /
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Edelstein on Like Someone in Love: Abbas Kiarostami’s Latest Is Tricky, Enthralling
The Iranian director's latest is set in Japan.
- 2/15/13 /
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Edelstein: A Good Day to Die Hard Leaves the Bruce Willis Franchise in Its Death Throes
I didn’t think it was physically possible to doze off at a movie as loud as A Good Day to Die Hard.
- 2/14/13 /
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Edelstein on Beautiful Creatures: This Piece of Southern-Fried Gothic Whimsy Is Twi-Lite
Richard Lagravenese’s adaptation of the YA supernatural romance novel is deliciously overripe, but something's missing.
- 2/8/13 /
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Movie Review: How Can Anyone Not Adore the Taviani Brothers’ Caesar Must Die?
A group of Italian prisoners audition, are cast, and rehearse a production of Julius Caesar.
- 2/6/13 /
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Edelstein: Soderbergh’s Side Effects Delivers Smooth, Shapely Suspense
Soderbergh’s last theatrical release mixes noir and pharmaceuticals.
- 2/1/13 /
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Edelstein on The Gatekeepers: Shedding Light on Israel’s Secret Service
Leaders of Israel’s secret service open up, sort of, in this Oscar-nominated doc.