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The Legend of the Valentine’s Day Crow

By C.M. Redding

Published: February 12, 2009

I grew up in a household that was extremely self-sufficient. As soon as you were old enough (tall enough) to open the fridge, or reach the controls for the washer, you were on...
Film

The International’s Clive Owen and Naomi Watts Can’t Outrun Film’s Generic Plot

By Scott Foundas

Published: February 12, 2009

Tom Tykwer's The International is one of those movies in which shadowy men meet in parked cars, abandoned buildings, and inconspicuous public spaces (museum galleries are a...
Film

Confessions of a Shopaholic Seems More Than Out of Place During an Economic Recession

By Melissa Anderson

Published: February 12, 2009

The Confessions of a Shopaholic we need right now would be a handheld doc featuring former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain sobbing into the camera and begging the American public...
Film

Two Lovers: Not Even Joaquin Phoenix or Gwyneth Paltrow Can Catch a Break in This Melodrama

By Ella Taylor

Published: February 12, 2009

If Joaquin Phoenix, who plays a lovelorn bachelor in James Gray's Two Lovers, were 12 years old, the movie might make a touching, if not noticeably fresh, romantic drama for...