#FILM REVIEWS

Jack and Jill

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Jason Pirodsky

Adam Sandler is Jack. Adam Sandler is Jill...

The Ides of March

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Jason Pirodsky

George Clooney's cynical political thriller features his other great 2011 performance

Man on a Ledge

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Jason Pirodsky

A diverting but ultimately silly thriller

Hugo

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Martin Scorsese's enchanting love letter to the movies

Chronicle

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Three highschoolers gain mysterious superpowers in this found footage action thriller

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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Elegant but incomprehensible, this spy thriller is a real letdown

Perfect Sense

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Jason Pirodsky

A mass pandemic results in the loss of the senses, one-by-one

A Dangerous Method

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Freud vs. Jung, as told by Cronenberg; sometimes a cigar is just a cigar

Carnage

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Roman Polanski's frenzied adaptation of the one-set stage play

The Help

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The lives of African-American housemaids in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi

Contraband

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Mark Wahlberg smuggles from Panama to New Orleans in this caper movie

Underworld: Awakening

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Jason Pirodsky

Kate Beckinsale's werewolf hunter is back, this time in 3D

The Descendants

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Jason Pirodsky

George Clooney stars in this Golden Globe-winning comedy-drama

DVD Review: Odcházení (Leaving)

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Jason Pirodsky

Václav Havel's first (and final) film is a refined surrealist memoir

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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David Fincher's latest bests the Swedish original

Machine Gun Preacher

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Too much preaching, not enough machine guns

A Separation

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Jason Pirodsky

The Iranian Film Festival brings one of the best films of 2011 to Prague