Entertainment 'Dictator' not as funny as 'Borat'
So now we know what a Sacha Baron Cohen movie is like without the danger. His movie The Dictator is like Coming To America with rape jokes.
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Entertainment 'Sound of My Voice' a seductive thriller
Sound of My Voice is an engrossing and ambiguous thriller about a cult leader and her claims to be from the future.
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Entertainment 'Edwin Boyd' a layered drama
Brazen robberies, daring escapes and a Robin Hood reputation distinguished the career of bank robber Edwin Boyd.
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'Dark Shadows' old-school fun
Things a handful of nerdy film critics did after seeing Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's gothic vampire/'70s cheese mash-up Dark Shadows: 1. Debated (and checked on our smart phones) whether all the songs on the soundtrack were of a piece with the 1972 setting.
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'Headhunters' complicated and clever
Whatever the cinematic equivalent of a kick in the pants might be, you'll find it at Headhunters.
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'Marigold Hotel' worth the stay
If British films such as Calendar Girls, The Full Monty or Widows' Peak are just your cuppa, you'll want to see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. It's a film about people of a certain age; as it happens, they're all played by the creme de la creme of U.K. actors of a certain age. What jolly luck!
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'Detachment' engaging, but bleak
Detachment is a fantastic mish-mash about contemporary isolation as viewed in a large, impersonal public school.
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Entertainment 'Avengers' assembles thrills, laughs
The real clue that The Avengers is a superhero movie in the hands of someone keenly aware of what's wrong with superhero movies comes in the inevitable last-act CGI splurge.
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