Film Review: Takers
It takes a thiefsix of them, actually, in this glossy Michael Mann-lite caper drama of a high-precision L.A. team out for one last big score, and a lone-wolf cop with nothing to lose.
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Film Review: Hiding Divya
Intimate indie about a disaffected desi in Edison, N.J., who with her 16-year-old daughter must face her own mother's ever-more-evident mental illness.
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Film Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Magical realism meets Mortal Kombat, as magical combat and mortal realism fire up a sweet, funny and blindingly original first-love tale.
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Film Review: The Other Guys
Smart, funny send-up of buddy-cop movies wields wit and satire even while cars crash, storefronts explode, and Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg exchange jibes as eager police partners pursuing big prey.
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Film Review: Red Alert: The War Within
Even charismatic star Suniel Shetty can't generate interest or excitement in this earnest drama of India's internal conflict with the Maoist "Naxalite" movement.
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Film Review: Raavan
Dark, psychologically trenchant modern retelling of the ancient epic The Ramayana, with a police inspector's wife held captive in a jungle by a near-mythic tribal leader.
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Film Review: The Karate Kid
Formulaic but savvy reboot of the four-film series makes for a solid children's movie, bolstered by exotic locales and a genuinely talented young star.
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Film Review: Cropsey
Documentary of a spate of child kidnappings/killings in Staten Island, New York, in the 1970s, tied thematically to the titular Hudson Valley boogeyman myth.
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Film Review: Raajneeti
More pulpy than political, this Godfather-ripoff Hindi electoral drama is a candidate for oblivion in U.S. theatres.
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Film Review: Holy Rollers
Low-key, low-budget drama based on a real-life 1990s drug-smuggling ring involving Hassidic Jews trudges along with a simplistic, heavy-handed message.
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