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How to turn a low-budget horror indie into a hit? Add Steven Spielberg, Twitter -- and scare the pants off people
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
October 16, 2009
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Conservatives may be mangling the Scriptures, but the Mountain Goats' musical take on the Good Book is inspired
By Judy Berman
October 14, 2009
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A new collection of vintage educational shorts offers a peek into the anxieties and hopes of earlier generations
By Tommy Wallach
October 12, 2009
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Carey Mulligan shines as a teenager exploring the minefield of love -- and sex -- in a film written by Nick Hornby
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 9, 2009
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Burning relaxers, expensive extensions, African-American identity: Chris Rock covers it all, and keeps us laughing
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 9, 2009
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Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau costar in a flaccid comedy about couples desperately trying to keep it together
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 9, 2009
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As Abed on "Community," Danny Pudi is overeager, offensive, exasperating -- and hilarious
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
October 8, 2009
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"Man Shops Globe" reveals what's fascinating and horrible about upscale catalog culture
By Heather Havrilesky
October 7, 2009
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Meshell Ndegeocello's unpredictable eighth album curses the darkness, then dives right in
By Heather Havrilesky
October 7, 2009
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The horror-comedy "Zombieland" bridges the American divide
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 2, 2009
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The not-so-awful truth is that Ricky Gervais is smart, funny and, yes, sexy
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 2, 2009
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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
The terrifying success of "Paranormal Activity"
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