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With her directorial debut, Drew Barrymore gets by on a skate and a smile
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 2, 2009
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A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies)
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 1, 2009
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Patricia Heaton's Midwestern matriarch is sometimes funny, but ultimately too manic and silly to embrace
By Heather Havrilesky
September 30, 2009
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"The Marchesa Casati" celebrates an eccentric European siren who led her pet cheetahs through the streets of Venice
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 30, 2009
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Bruce Willis -- with hair! -- channels his inner John Tesh in this loopy sci-fi thriller
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 25, 2009
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In "Capitalism: A Love Story," the filmmaker takes to the bullhorn to decry corporate greed -- and promote himself
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 23, 2009
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Look, Mom! A dysfunctional family sitcom that's actually funny!
By Heather Havrilesky
September 23, 2009
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This masterly literary history from co-editor Greil Marcus does justice to our country's best and worst moments
By Laura Miller
September 22, 2009
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Megan Fox plays one of the undead: How can you tell?
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 18, 2009
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Pudgy Matt Damon, in '90s guywear, plays a legendary whistle-blower in Steven Soderbergh's oddball spy-comedy
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 18, 2009
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Jane Campion makes dazzling poetry from the doomed romance between John Keats and Fanny Brawne
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 18, 2009
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Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston stumble through this claustrophobic grief-fest masquerading as a romance
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 18, 2009
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A new book illuminates why "Gone With the Wind" endures, on the page and on film
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 16, 2009
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With "The Lost Symbol," his "Da Vinci" follow-up, Brown spins a wild Freemason conspiracy -- then never solves it
By Laura Miller
September 15, 2009
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Was "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour" the worst TV show ever? A new book makes a convincing (and charming) case
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
September 15, 2009
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Kate Beckinsale trades latex for polar gear in an Antarctic thriller encumbered by padding
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 11, 2009
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Muriel Barbery's follow-up to "Hedgehog" makes for a delicious meal: One part novel, one part foodie fantasia
By Tommy Wallach
September 11, 2009
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Forget the latest from J.J. Abrams. The six-part miniseries "The Lost Room" is a cult hit waiting to happen
By Laura Miller
September 9, 2009
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Between the off-color jokes and the show-choir version of "Gold Digger," this bubbly dramedy has razor-sharp teeth
By Heather Havrilesky
September 8, 2009
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"Extract," the director's smart, openhearted comedy about work frustration, is like a gift at the end of summer
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 4, 2009
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"All About Steve" can make a person long for those heady days of Kate Hudson-Matthew McConaughey vehicles
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 4, 2009
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"The Beatles: Rock Band" -- finally, a video game even old people can get excited about
By Alex Koppelman
September 2, 2009
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The celebrated author's "A Gate at the Stairs" is aggressively clever, meticulously crafted -- and exhausting
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 1, 2009
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Josh Neufeld's haunting account of one of the worst disasters in U.S. history gives new meaning to graphic tragedy
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
August 31, 2009
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Can Ang Lee's gentle "Taking Woodstock" possibly capture the madness and mud of the legendary music festival?
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 28, 2009
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