Reviews
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‘Inequality for All’ Review: Compelling ‘Inconvenient Truth’ on Economics
This doc doesn’t break any news about income disparity, but Robert Reich makes a compelling tour guide through the current financial cataclysm
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‘The Green Inferno’ Review: Eli Roth Upends the Cannibal Film
Unfortunately, Roth’s abundant gore fails to either offend or exhilarate
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‘The Michael J. Fox Show’ Reviewed: 5 Things You Should Know About NBC’s New Series
The “Family Ties” star has reverted to his lovable type after playing obnoxious guest stars in recent years
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‘The Crazy Ones’ Review: Selling Out With Robin Williams
A show that asks us to root for a past his-prime ad man trying to get a pop star to sexily hawk hamburgers
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‘Man of Tai Chi’ Review: Keanu Reeves’ Almost Excellent Martial-Arts Adventure
Reeves’ goofily charming directorial debut has visceral energy and immediacy but lacks the substance to follow through on its martial-arts mysticism
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‘Metallica: Through The Never’ Review: Ambitious and Loud, With a Gibberish Story
Director Nimrod Antal pays tribute to the band with an epic concert film, but feeble fiction
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‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2’ Review: Atsa One Spicy, Pun-Filled Meatball
Another portion of terrific comedy that avoids feeling like warmed-up lefotvers
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‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Review: The Best Defense Is a Sense of Humor
“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” doesn’t have the starpower or superpowers of “The Avengers” — but it’s funnier
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‘Baggage Claim’ Review: Woefully Outdated Look at the Challenges of Finding True Love
Writer-director David E. Talbert’s new film feels like the African-American version of Anna Faris’ “What’s Your Number”
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‘Lucky 7’ Review: Working Stiffs Strike It Rich in Overly Broad Workplace Drama
Heist gone bad taints happiness over winning number
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‘Mom’ Review: A 12-Step Up for Chuck Lorre
Anna Faris and Allison Janney give a lift — and humanity — to the new sitcom about AA recovery
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‘Hostages’ Review: Surgeon’s Family Is Held Captive by Secrets
Rogue FBI agent tries to bend presidential doctor to his will in political drama from Jerry Bruckheimer
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‘The Blacklist’ Review: Lip-Smacking Good, Thanks to James Spader
Star digs into his scenes with relish in NBC procedural that bears striking resemblance to “Silence of the Lambs”
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‘Escape From Tomorrow’ Review: Backstory of Its Clandestine Disney World Filming Is More Gripping Than the Movie Itself
Though exposing the underbelly of an American institution, it fails to offer any sort of real critique or feature any characters to care about
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‘Gravity’ Review: Sandra Bullock Shines in Alfonso Cuaron’s Poetic Tale
George Clooney also stars in the director’s follow-up to “Children of Men”
