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Review: Adam

Sensitive and subtle
As opposed to what happens in most films about mentally challenged characters, the protagonist of Max Mayer's debut feature does not regress into a stereotype. Instead, he shows by contrast how stereotyped all the other characters are.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 06, 2009
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Confessions of a Shopaholic

Plausibility is not its strongest suit
"Your mom and I think that if the American economy can be billions in debt and still be fine, then so can you," reason the absurdly accepting parents of Rebecca Bloomwood.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  February 18, 2009
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Anti-depressant cinema

The screen offers relief from a world of woe
The screen offers relief from a world of woe
By PETER KEOUGH  |  January 09, 2009
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The Jane Austen Book Club

Jane would find another movie
Robin Swicord’s film posits a book club of six Californians meeting once a month to discuss Jane Austen’s novels.
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  September 19, 2007
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War zones

Fall films face terror at home and abroad
The party’s over. Time for the lessons to begin.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  September 12, 2007
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Beyond the Gates

It's weepy on the other side of the fence
As the end credits roll on Michael Caton-Jones’s film, the latest to deal with the Rwandan genocide, it’s hard not to tear up.
By BRETT MICHEL  |  March 29, 2007
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Spring loaded

Working out the kinks
It’s spring, and Hollywood has to get the kinks out of its system before it can focus on the business at hand: the sequels of summer.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  March 12, 2007
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Blood and Chocolate

You'll howl
Shape shifters or werewolves have always required crafty cinematic sleight of hand.
By TOM MEEK  |  January 31, 2007

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