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CHRONICLING A CRISIS

The personal is the personal would best describe CHRONICLING A CRISIS, the latest effort by filmmaker and novelist, Amos Kollek. Kollek, an Israeli, has had a long career with a string of female-led films, including HAPPY END with actress Audrey Tautou. That HAPPY END was not a success is lucky for us as...
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THE AVENGERS

I’m confused; who was this movie made for? All I see in THE AVENGERS is a bunch of super sexy talent confined to an invisible floating submarine fighting over who gets to play captain. Oh, and no one gets a girl? Now I really don’t get it. I’m pretty sure nerds like hot damsels...
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2012 MOTHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE

It’s almost impossible to express the love for the woman who most shaped our lives with a mere present but here are a few ideas for showing appreciation to mom.
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THE CONFORMIST

One of the remarkable statements of a great film is its ability to have its title be intrinsic to its tale. In the case Bernard Bertolucci's of THE CONFORMIST, which is told with anything but conformity, the film is seen as a dominant expression of the mechanics of fascism, a tale of self-imposed sexual...
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2012 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARDS

If the arena of fine dining in America has an equivalent to the Academy Awards, the James Beard Foundation Awards surely would be it. Given annually to an array of chefs, restaurateurs, writers, journalists, graphic artists, restaurant designers, broadcasters, and people in broadcast media, the ceremonies on May 4th and May 7th this year...
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HEADHUNTERS

When I was a little boy, my auntie used to give me magazines her boss gave her. They were what were in those days called "Men's Magazines" such as True and Argosy. They featured hunting and fishing and masculine stuff like that. And, VIP cartoons as well as first class fiction and historical articles....
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SAFE

Luke Wright (Jason Statham) is a minor league mixed martial arts fighter who ekes out a living dumping fights in the Jersey suburbs for chump change. One fateful evening he decides that enough is enough and he knocks out a rival to whom he was supposed to lose.
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THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT

This movie is for all those annoying couples that have been dating for a million years that never get married. Thank you Jason Segel for revealing in romantic-comedy-form an example of an even more frustrating duo that can’t seem to get the job done. THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT is undoubtedly hilarious, but it directly targets...
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THINK LIKE A MAN

This is a man’s world. But it’d be nothing without a woman, so the song goes. We’ve got plenty of woman-to-woman advice all over the map and yet we’re still struggling to get that ring. It’s about time a man sells out and gives us the play-by-play on how to change the game. As...
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THE LUCKY ONE

Can someone explain to me why we’re still making movie versions of Nicholas Sparks’ books? I mean let’s be honest, not even Nick himself can beat THE NOTEBOOK. But if you really want to make another sappy love movie in 2012, let’s set an ex-marine on a hunt for his superstitious good luck charm...
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