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For everyone journeying to the multiplex this long weekend, some reviews to click on:
THE TREE OF LIFE: An often stupendous achievement that courts ridicule–and sometimes earns it.
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS: A tasty croissant from Woody Allen.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES: Dreary franchise moviemaking.
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Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
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