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Rom-com surprise

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There´s a reason Bridesmaids isn’t called The Bridesmaid. Kristen Wiig, the star and co-writer (along with Annie Mumolo) of director Paul Feig’s comedy, has a self-effacing streak running right alongside her deadly deadpan streak...

Two in the wave

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Friendship, much like a marriage, isn’t just a long commitment of support, encouragement and acceptance; it’s a reflection of you, them and the world...

Recyclists

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This is not a good movie. It’s important to establish that early on so that you can understand how an appreciation of its moving parts doesn’t fully remove one central thesis: Premium Rush is crap. It may, however, be somewhat fun crap, depending on your tolerance ...

Babette’s Feast

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November is the great food month, so it only makes sense that the Trojan Movie House and Art Cinema is screening the great food...

reel to reel | Week of Oct. 13, 2011

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Adventures in cinema

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Back for a 15th year, the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF), Feb. 28–March 3, has expanded its usual scope. With over 50 features and...

Overdue disaster

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Writer-director Todd Phillips understands comedy and comedic structure. He’s no stranger to the possibilities of the cinematic road trip...

Home Viewing: ‘Cameraperson’

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For more than 30 years, Kirsten Johnson has seen the world from behind the camera. “ taught me to be quiet,” she says. “To wait...

Falling with style

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At the turn of the 20th century, vast majorities of the planet remained undiscovered for those restless ones who couldn’t possibly imagine a life spent behind a desk or in a factory. If they had the notion, and sufficient funding, there were mountains, deserts, ...

The second American Revolution

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Beyond the inability of many hardworking, taxpaying citizens who have health insurance to obtain necessary medical care at a reasonable cost; beyond a legislature...

When death misses

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There was a scene, lo those many (OK, 11) years ago, in the original Final Destination. One of the characters who inadvertently “cheated death” and ruined “death’s grand design” had holed up in a cabin, which then had to be made accident-proof...

Quirking on something different

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To alter a phrase from Twain — who probably won’t mind because he’s dead — writer/ director Wes Anderson repeated history until he figured out how to rhyme. Barring a brief foray into stop-motion animation, Anderson’s oeuvre for the last decade redundantly hit the ...