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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Guard”

THE GUARD – Worth A Ticket: The Art of Performance, Crispy and Well-Done I don’t know that there’s an actor in movies today more fun to watch than Brendan Gleeson. Gleeson is probably best kn...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “50/50”

> 50/50: Worth A Ticket – A Genuinely Feel-Good Cancer Comedy With The Big C renewed for its third season on Showtime, the concept of a comedy getting laughs from the experiences of a cancer patient is no long...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Emanuel & The Truth About Fishes”

EMANUEL AND THE TRUTH ABOUT FISHES is deeply, satisfyingly strange. In a way, it’s a validation not just of Sundance, but the whole film festival system that is now our main way of finding out about distinctive ...

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THE BIJOU LIMITED RELEASE REVIEW: “A Better Life”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK: Don’t Get Sold Out – A Rom-Com With Dance Moves All Its Own Anyone who doubts that Jennifer Lawrence is a real-thing, big-time movie star should get thee hence to a theater showing ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Safety Not Guaranteed”

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED: Worth A Ticket – Time Is Of Its Essence Nothing in SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED happens the way you’d expect. The film was inspired by a real-life classified ad run by someone looking for ...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Butter”

> Jim Field Smith’s comedy BUTTER, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, ambitiously makes a play for both the heartwarming indie Little Miss Sunshine audience and the satire-minded Election crowd. That may ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEWS: “Miral,” “Potiche” and “Peep World”

People have been accusing Julian Schnabel’s MIRAL of being propaganda for the Palestinian cause, but in a way that’s an insult to propagandists, who are usually focused and effective at what they do. Miral ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

THE MASTER: Worth A Ticket – The Title Describes the Filmmaker Our shorthand for describing movie directors, even great ones, is to compare them to other filmmakers. So Quentin Tarantino is Sergio Leone plus ha...

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LIMITED RELEASES: “Queen to Play,” “Ceremony” and “Meet Monica Velour”

> Today, 3 films from first-time directors: Caroline Bottaro’s marvelous QUEEN TO PLAY is, in a sense, a sports movie. We have the out-of-nowhere player whose newly-discovered talent shakes up her whole life, the wi...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

The 41% Weekend 3 drop for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Warners) is a bit better than Dark Knight‘s parallel 43% decline, but in actual numbers, Dark Knight‘s 3d weekend is $6.3M ahead ($42.7M vs $36.4M), and the $...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Road to Nowhere”

Not At Any Price: “Art” More Than Art The name Monte Hellman doesn’t mean much to the vast majority of moviegoers, but Hellman is among the cultiest of American cult directors. He came up the Roge...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Upstream Color”

UPSTREAM COLOR: Worth A Ticket – But Not If You Require Coherent Plotting I’d be lying if I said I really knew what the hell was going on in UPSTREAM COLOR, and yet the experience of watching it was surpris...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Puncture”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Machine Gun Preacher”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

by Mitch Salem

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Guard”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “50/50”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Emanuel & The Truth About Fishes”

THE BIJOU LIMITED RELEASE REVIEW: “A Better Life”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Safety Not Guaranteed”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Butter”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEWS: “Miral,” “Potiche” and “Peep World”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

LIMITED RELEASES: “Queen to Play,” “Ceremony” and “Meet Monica Velour”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Road to Nowhere”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Upstream Color”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Puncture”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Machine Gun Preacher”

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