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  • 'Korengal' is highly relevant leftovers

    'Korengal' is highly relevant leftovers
    *** (out of four) A movie can never make you fully understand a first-person experience, whether you’re watching war footage or a graphic sex scene. Note: These rarely occur in the same film. However, the Oscar-nominated 2010 documentary “...
  • Review: 'They Came Together' ★★★

  • Review: 'Miss Lovely' ★★

    Review: 'Miss Lovely' &#9733;&#9733
    The Indian film "Miss Lovely" sets Bollywood's enduring good brother-versus-bad brother theme against the backdrop of the underground grindhouse filmmaking industry of 1980s Mumbai. Just don't mistake the film for a Bollywood production, as it boasts...
  • Review: 'Jackpot' ★★★

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    Opening with a literal bang and filled with jaw-dropping twists, "Jackpot" alternates between the investigation of a messy crime scene at stripper bar/porn shop Pink Heaven and flashbacks showing how witness/suspect Oscar (Kyrre Hellum) wound up there,...
  • Review: 'Heli' ★★★★

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  • Review: 'Ivory Tower' ★★★★

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  • TV Review: 'Under the Dome,' Season Two

    CBS pulled out all the stops to sex up the relaunch of "Under the Dome" -- including a second-season premiere written by Stephen King -- but at this point, attempts to keep the show interesting just bounce right off. Part of that has to do with a loose...
  • 'Bound by Flesh' an absorbing look at famed conjoined twins

     'Bound by Flesh' an absorbing look at famed conjoined twins
    Writer-producer-director Leslie Zemeckis examines the strange, tragic, roller-coaster existence of famed conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton in the absorbing, well-crafted documentary "Bound by Flesh." During the first half of the 1900s, the sisters...
  • Review: 'Citizen Koch' is pure advocacy documentary

     Review: 'Citizen Koch' is pure advocacy documentary
    A lathering place for liberals, the money-in-politics documentary "Citizen Koch" arrives in theaters already juiced by conspiracy-minded controversy: a slated PBS airing that was pulled, many believe, because of skittishness over upsetting one of the...

    Review: 'The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz' &#9733;&#9733 1/2