- 10/5/12 /
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Edelstein on Taken 2: Look Who’s Taken Now
Rated PG-13, this sequel could have done with a tad more splatter.
David Edelstein Archive
- 10/4/12 /
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Edelstein on Wuthering Heights: Wind and Rain Are This Romance’s Most Passionate Elements
So much nature.
- 9/29/12 /
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Our Critics’ Guide to What to See at the New York Film Festival
David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri got an early look at sixteen films to help you narrow down your choices.
- 9/28/12 /
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Edelstein on Pitch Perfect: This A Cappella Musical Comedy Sings the Sweetest Song
It's the year’s most exhilarating pick-me-up.
- 9/27/12 /
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Edelstein: The Time Traveling Looper Delivers in Spite of Iffy Logic
You must remember this: The fundamental things don’t apply as time goes by in the ballyhooed time-travel thriller Looper.
- 9/21/12 /
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Edelstein on Trouble With the Curve: An Innocuous Drama That Exposes the Eastwood Worldview
Eastwood plays an aging baseball scout in this formulaic drama.
- 9/20/12 /
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Edelstein: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Nails Teenage Alienation
Emma Watson stars in this exquisite adaption of the best-selling YA novel.
- 9/10/12 /
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Edelstein: There Won’t Be Blood in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Chilly, Cerebral The Master
A piece of stark, often abrasive American mythmaking.
- 9/7/12 /
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Edelstein on The Words: Nothing But Aimless Words, Words, Words
Plagiarism’s all the rage-arism in this Bradley Cooper film.
- 8/31/12 /
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Edelstein on Sleepwalk With Me: This Comedian’s Life
This autobiographical monologue-film stars and is directed by funnyman Mike Birbiglia.