New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Tag: Robert De Niro
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A decade under the influence of terrible movies
The ten biggest turkeys I’ve reviewed
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Still crazy after all these months
David O. Russell goes screwball again with Silver Linings Playbook
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This week’s movie action
Chris O’Dowd, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jon Hamm in Friends With Kids It’s troubled teen week at the European Union Festival Film Festival, whose offerings include Putin’s Kiss, a Danish documentary about the rabid pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi; Innocence, a Czech suspense flick about a 14-year-old who accuses her doctor of rape; Ave, the story […]
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Now playing: New Year’s Eve
Garry Marshall’s insipid rom-com interweaves a half dozen stories on the title evening.
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An instant of silence at Soldier Field
Bear fans’ 9/11 minute of remembrance Sunday fell 58 seconds short.
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Toronto International Film Fest Review: Stone
J.R. Jones reviews the Robert De Niro/Edward Norton drama Stone, which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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A Bronx Tale
Robert De Niro’s honorable directorial debut takes on Scorsese material–Chazz Palminteri adapting his own play about growing up Italian in the Bronx during the 60s–without copying Scorsese’s style; the results may be soft in spots, but it’s encouraging to see De Niro going his own way. The narrator-hero, seen at the ages of 9 and […]