Thomas Jefferson declared that all men are created equal, but the world is what it is, so Denzel Washington has to wander the Earth, equalizing. The character has a
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With apologies to Gertrude Stein, there actually is a there there in Oakland. In fact, that polyglot city pulses with a mad glut of there, one there butting against
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It's usually a foregone conclusion that when a Hollywood blockbuster movie franchise gets to a sixth entry in the series, it probably won't be that good. It
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Saturday, July 14Saturday night is Tiki Night at the Egyptian Theatre. At 4 p.m., the American Cinematheque will open its famous courtyard to all manner of tiki-rela
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The problem with biographical documentaries on people who've taken their own lives or died tragically is that nearly every interview or piece of footage essentially
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Gus Van Sant is a director of outsiders. His filmography includes stories of gay hustlers (My Own Private Idaho) and a large-thumbed hitchhiker who moves to an all-
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Twenty-three people get killed in the original Die Hard, a 1988 film rated R for its violence and swearing. I instantly lost track of the number of deaths in Rawson
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Pop quiz, hot shot. Let's say you're making a movie for American audiences about crusading reporters exposing the lies and stupidity that led this nation to chuck a
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Superhero films have pretty much taken over the movie theaters over the past couple of decades, but even before that, when the quality of the film wasn't necess
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Mouly Surya's Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts arrives on American screens just weeks after the last revisionist international rape-revenge feature, Coralie Fargea
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Friday, July 6Form and content unify in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ? a movie about a video game nerd that itself resembles a video game. Edgar Wright's exuberan
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Much of the past 10 years or so of indie cinema has played like a lot of low-budget auditions for filmmakers yearning to go mainstream. That's not a knock against th
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