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Movies: Moneyball

by Raj Ranade Moneyball has languished in movie development limbo for years and focuses on a story that’s a decade old, but it’s hard to imagine a movie that could be more tailor-made to the current cultural moment. This story …

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Movies: Straw Dogs

In updating Sam Peckinpah's 1971 Straw Dogs, Rod Lurie tries to use a scalpel where his predecessor always went for the axe (to spectacular effect). Dustin Hoffman's nebbishy

Movie Briefs: I Don’t Know How She Does It

Movie Briefs: I Don't Know How She Does It The takeaway from the latest Sarah Jessica Parker movie, I Don't Know How She Does It, will inevitably be

Movie Briefs: Horrible Bosses

by Raj RanadeIt's baffling to me why so many comedians insist on making real movie-movies out of their movies. Consider Steve Coogan's latest movie The Trip, which effectively

Movies: Bridesmaids review

Bridesmaids opens with a (literal) bang -- a slapstick sex scene between (actress, co-producer, co-writer) Kristen Wiig's soon-to-be named maid-of-honor, Annie, and her "friends-with-benefits" Jon Hamm. (He addresses

Movies: Source Code

by Raj RanadeAny nerd worth his calculator watch can tell you that the term "source code" refers to the set of instructions that make up a computer program.

Movies: Cedar Rapids

by Raj RanadeThree cheers for John C. Reilly and the wonderfully, willfully weird path his career has taken! The path that Hollywood generally lays out for actors is

Movies: Biutiful

by Raj RanadeLet's play a game, readers! Here's a series of topics that may or may not be involved in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful - try to pick

Movies: Rabbit Hole

by Raj RanadeChalk one up for terrible movie theater design practices! As a drama about grief, John Cameron Mitchell's new film Rabbit Hole is understandably light on explosions.

DVD Rec: The Social Network

The Social Network is new on DVD. It topped Ace's favorites list for 2010.Read Raj's review here. Click here to purchase the DVD: The Social Network [Blu-ray]Here's what



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