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  1. movie review
    Movie Review: Pacific RimGuillermo del Toro directs this giant monsters versus giant robots blockbuster.
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    Movie Review: Edelstein on The Way, Way BackSteve Carell, Sam Rockwell, and Toni Collette star in this movie by the writers of The Descendants.
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    Movie Review: The Lone RangerThis comic Western plays like Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee reconceived as a Disney theme-park ride.
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    David Edelstein and Producer Lynda Obst on Hollywood’s Blockbuster Problem“A studio would rather invest $250 million in one film than make a whole bunch of really interesting, deeply personal projects.”
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    Edelstein on White House Down: A Movie Worth Yelling at the Screen ForChanning Tatum and Jamie Foxx star in this year’s second White House Goes Boom movie.
  6. unholy appetites
    Saoirse Ronan Makes a Perfect Bloodsucker in ByzantiumNeil Jordan’s new bloodsucker tale arrives almost two decades after Interview With the Vampire.
  7. vulture asks
    Edelstein Asks: How Should We Treat Texters and Talkers at Movie Theaters?Are people who say, “Shut up and turn off your phone” today’s version of “You kids get off my lawn”?
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    Movie Review: World War ZIn the end, it’s just another damn zombie movie.
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    Edelstein: Before Midnight Finds Romance in the Struggle of WillsThe third entry in the Richard Linklater–Ethan Hawke–Julie Delpy relationship trilogy.
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    Movie Review: The Bling RingEmma Watson stars in this true story of a group of L.A. teens who broke into celebrity mansions.
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    Movie Review: This Is the EndJames Franco, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill star in this end-of-the-world comedy.
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    Movie Review: Man of SteelStarring Henry Cavill as the latest incarnation of Superman.
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    Review: Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. MovieThe right-wing TV blowhard is the subject of this documentary.
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    Movie Review: Whedon’s Much Ado About NothingNathan Fillion, Amy Acker, and a bevy of Whedon regulars star in this California-set update.
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    Movie Review: The EastThis indie thriller, about an ecoterrorist outfit, stars Brit Marling and Alexander Skarsgard.
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    Movie Review: After EarthWill Smith and his son Jaden star in this M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi blockbuster.
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    Movie Review: We Steal SecretsDocumentary filmmaker Alex Gibney focuses his lens on Julian Assange.
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    Edelstein: Fast & Furious 6 Proves That There Is Emotion in MotionThe theme of this sequel is family. The word itself comes up approximately 682 times.
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    Edelstein: Frances Ha Is Sour, With Glimpses of SublimityNoah Baumbach has a hard time letting go of the notion that drama means building to humiliation.
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    Edelstein: My Star Trek Into Darkness Spoiler ClarificationSpoilers, obviously. Seriously, really.
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    Movie Review: Star Trek Into DarknessJ.J. Abrams directs the sequel to his 2009 reboot.
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    Movie Review: Sarah Polley’s Stories We TellA documentary by the actress-turned-filmmaker.
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    Edelstein: Why I Sort of Liked The Great GatsbyThe best thing about Baz Luhrmann’s much-anticipated/much-dreaded The Great Gatsby is that it is unmistakably F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
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    Edelstein: Iron Man 3 Succeeds by Skimping on the Iron ManDirector Shane Black understands that no actor can triumph over a cartoon tin man.
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    Movie Review: Pain & GainThe new film stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson.
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    Edelstein: A Tree-Dwelling Matthew McConaughey Steals the Show in MudThis is the third feature by the Arkansas-born director Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Stories and Take Shelter).
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    Movie Review: The Lords of SalemIt’s To the Horror.
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    Edelstein: Everything in Oblivion Feels 100 Percent InauthenticWas Tom Cruise trying to beat out fellow Scientologist John Travolta for the honor of starring in the dumbest sci-fi epic ever?
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    Vulture Asks: What Documentaries Have Changed Your Life?Or at least your perceptions of the world in which you live.
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    The 20 Essential Documentaries of the CenturyIncluding Spellbound, Fahrenheit 9/11, Exit Through the Gift Shop, and more.
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    Edelstein: How Documentary Became the Most Exciting Kind of FilmmakingIn this age of digital video, the cool kids are making docs.
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    Edelstein on Ken Loach’s The Angels’ Share: A Wee Dram of BlissThe Angels’ Share is a rare upbeat Ken Loach comedy.
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    Movie Review: Terrence Malick’s To the WonderTerrence Malick’s latest hunts for big ideas, but doesn’t turn up much.
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    Movie Review: Evil DeadSam Raimi, who directed the original, co-produced this remake.
  35. tribute
    Edelstein on Roger Ebert: Farewell to the Mayor of Movie Critic-VilleThe work of this most famous of film writers was accessible to people who normally had no patience for critics.
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    Edelstein on Trance: Just Revel in Danny Boyle’s Senseless ShowmanshipThe film stars James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson.
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    Movie Review: Upstream ColorThe second film from the director of Sundance time-traveling hit Primer is a real mind-twister.
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    Edelstein: Room 237 Is a Cine-Nerd’s Vindication and HumiliationThis documentary looks at some theories (You decide whether they’re crazy or not) about Kubrick’s The Shining.
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    Edelstein: There’s a Lot of Empty Space in The Place Beyond the PinesRyan Gosling can’t save this overreaching film.
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    Edelstein on Olympus Has Fallen: Hollywood Has Made Us a Vengeful NationThis revenge-happy “White House under siege” movie is a disgusting piece of work, but it certainly hits its marks.
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    Movie Review: AdmissionTina Fey and Paul Rudd star in the disappointingly by-the-numbers movie.
  42. obits
    David Edelstein on the Spirit of the Boston Phoenix“We could all write what we wanted, for which I am still grateful.”
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    Edelstein: Is Spring Breakers One of the Perviest Movies Ever Made?Starring Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez, this beach-party pic is a giant middle finger in Disney’s direction.
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    Edelstein: Oz the Great and Powerful Is Peculiarly JoylessJames Franco is generally unconvincing as the title character in this 3-D prequel.
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    David Edelstein on His Acting Crush Rachel WeiszThe earnest, rational, slightly unknowable Weisz gets to be a bad girl again in Oz the Great and Powerful.
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    Edelstein on Stoker: No Sympathy for This Lady VengeanceThe first English-language film from Oldboy director Park Chan-wook.
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    Edelstein on Jack the Giant Slayer: Fast, Rousing, and Blessedly BriefThe latest from director Bryan Singer.
  48. oscars 2013
    David Edelstein Live-Blogs the 2013 OscarsOur film critic gives his moment-by-moment take on every award, speech, and bit of banter.
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    Movie Review: Kiarostami’s Like Someone in LoveThe Iranian director’s latest is set in Japan.
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    Movie Review: A Good Day to Die HardI didn’t think it was physically possible to doze off at a movie as loud as A Good Day to Die Hard.
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