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Rule #1: if critics love it, it sucks.

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WE HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT LIKE SCARFACE AND GOODFELLAS, but when it comes to pure shmaltz, American Gangster takes the cake. The “true” story chronicles Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington). a heroin dealer who adopts the financial wizardry … Continue reading

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Who farted?

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Call us naive, but we are a teensy shocked that the three statuettes Dreamgirls won at last night’s Golden Globes were not hooted off the stage. While we were eternally grateful to the foreign journalists who last year bestowed a … Continue reading

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Fake Blood

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To: Leo DiCaprio From: Recharger The Dog Re: Blood Diamond. Dear Leo: Saw your film, “Blood Diamond.” You recall that after The Aviator, we said you looked like a 12-year-old with a fake mustache, and that your naked scene in … Continue reading

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Reel Life

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Watching cult favorite director Wong Kar Wai film “My Blueberry Nights,” — his first American movie — on the streets of Soho last week, got us thinking again about how different Movie New York is from real life New York. … Continue reading

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