Starring:
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Review:
Does everything work in this mind-bender from Charlie Kaufman,
the screenwriter of Being John Malkovich,
Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind? No way. Synecdoche, New York is exhilarating
and exasperating in equal doses. But Kaufman, making his directing
debut, is focused on something you don’t find at multiplexes
overrun with chihuahuas and violent escapism: That […]

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Starring:
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale
Review:
If you’re gay and/or eight years old, HSM3 is the movie
event of the year. From the first leering close-up of Zac Efron
shaking off sweat on the basketball court before bursting into
sappy song, the movie — like the two TV movies that preceded
it — is a nonthreatening sexual marshmallow. […]

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Starring:
Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, John Turturro
Review:
Think of it as old Hollywood’s version of Entourage, an
insider’s take on the greed and vanity that make Tinseltown tick.
Based on a memoir by producer Art Linson, the movie stars Robert De
Niro, actually good for a change (Die! Die! Righteous
Kill!), as a stressed producer. He’s got a […]

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Starring:
Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, John Turturro
Review:
Think of it as old Hollywood’s version of Entourage, an
insider’s take on the greed and vanity that make Tinseltown tick.
Based on a memoir by producer Art Linson, the movie stars Robert De
Niro, actually good for a change (Die! Die! Righteous
Kill!), as a stressed producer. He’s got a […]

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Starring:
Josh Brolin
Review:
Toss professionally incendiary Director Oliver Stone in the
biopic ring with the worst president in U.S. history, and you
rightly expect something more than a walk on the mild side. Josh
Brolin is truly electrifying in the role of George W. Bush, from
fuck-up son of privilege to fuck-up commander in chief, but Stone
and Wall Street […]

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