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BETSY SHERMAN

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Review: Chelsea on the Rocks

Abel Ferrara paints an affectionate portrait
Manhattan’s Chelsea Hotel has been the roost of artists, writers, musicians, actors — and a lot of wanna-bes.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  October 14, 2009

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Review: World's Greatest Dad

Bobcat Goldthwait gets dark and deep
Robin Williams is Will Hunting good in Bobcat Goldthwait's dark comedy about a failed novelist whose fantasy of becoming a literary lion comes true in a way that's just plain wrong.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  September 04, 2009

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Interview: Bobcat Goldthwait

Bobcat unleashes another not-so-funny comedy
"Not many people may know of my films, but I think they may have more legs than, like, a Kate Hudson movie."
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  September 01, 2009

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Review: Not Quite Hollywood

A peek into Australia's seedy cinematic underbelly
Not Quite Hollywood is about the empowerment of a people — through exuberant if excruciatingly cheesy movies.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  August 19, 2009

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Review: Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

The woman behind the big heart
The Goldbergs  debuted in 1929 as radio's first domestic sit-com; it moved to TV in 1949. As part of her series on Jewish heroes, Aviva Kempner ( The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg ) spotlights the show's star, Gertrude Berg, who few realized was its writer/producer.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  August 04, 2009

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Review: $9.99

Gives you your money's worth
In this Israeli-Australian production, Sydney apartment dwellers culled from stories by Etgar Keret pursue (or avoid) various duties and desires, intersecting in elevator encounters.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  June 24, 2009

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Review: Drag Me To Hell

Proving you don't need buckets of blood to scare the bejabbers out of an audience.
Sam Raimi and producer Rob Tapert here return to the gonzo slapstick horror of their classic Evil Dead trio.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  June 02, 2009

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Review: My Life in Ruins

Mostly embarrassing
It's hard to imagine Donald Petrie's film appealing to anyone but diehard fans of the single-woman-gets-her-groove-back-in-exotic-locale genre.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  June 03, 2009

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Review: Gigantic

Paul Dano gains stature
Of the recent spate of young-man-finding-himself movies, Adventureland may be the most fun, but Gigantic sticks to the ribs.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  April 21, 2009

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Review: 12 Rounds

Wrestling star John Cena fairly bounces off the lens
As if New Orleans doesn't have enough problems.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  April 01, 2009

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Review: Spinning Into Butter

Terrific actors acting like boobs
The title of this relevant but strained drama comes from the tale of Little Black Sambo, who's invoked in a series of anonymous threats to a black student at a progressive Vermont college.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  March 25, 2009

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Review: Miss March

The boys directed and co-scripted, so there's no one else to blame.
Miss March gives us one of cinema's more annoying innocent-plus-crazy-id-best-friend pairings.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  March 11, 2009

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Review: Bride Wars

Chixploitation at its creative nadir
There are no pleasant surprises in this partly-Boston-shot Gary Winick film.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  January 13, 2009

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Review: Bedtime Stories

Sandler reassures his audience
Adam Sandler returns to his simpering manchild persona in this witless ode to "imagination" directed by Adam Shankman.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  December 23, 2008

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Review: Seven Pounds

A gimmicky tale annoyingly told
Will Smith's previous film with director Gabriele Muccino, The Pursuit of Happyness, was a tale well told. Their new one is a gimmicky tale annoyingly told.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  January 06, 2009

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JCVD

A comic but poignant collision of biography and filmography
Action hunk Jean-Claude Van Damme, who hasn't had a US theatrical release in years, found a more creative venue than Celebrity Rehab in which to seek redemption.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  November 11, 2008

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My Name is Bruce

Rarely feels like more than a padded sketch
Chisel-profiled B-movie icon Bruce Campbell struck gold not with any particular role but by detailing his career ups and downs in a very funny memoir, If Chins Could Kill .
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  November 05, 2008

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Ashes of Time Redux

Sumptuous, angsty swordplay drama
Ashes ’ sumptuous tapestry depicts intersecting tales in a mediæval China teeming with 20th-century angst.  
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  October 25, 2008

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An American Carol

A dissent-bashing tale
A Michael Moore–esque documentarian changes his stars and stripes after trying to abolish the Fourth of July.  
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  October 09, 2008

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Beautiful Losers (2008)

An energized portrait of Alleged Gallery artists
A documentary, directed with Joshua Leonard, about an energized group portrait whose accessibility is abetted by the artists’ collectively keen sense of humor.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  October 06, 2009
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