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BETSY SHERMAN

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The Pool

Quietly moving, and full of dark secrets
Chris Smith, maker of the hilarious indie gems American Job and American Movie , set this quietly moving story in the Indian state of Goa, using a mostly non-professional cast.  
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  October 01, 2008

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Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist

A smart, refreshing teen romance
In what has been an excellent year for comedies, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist ensures that the young ’uns won’t be left out.  
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  October 01, 2008

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Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild

A campy, smutty, neon-hued, extremely silly good time
Todd Stephens brings back the characters from Another Gay Movie for a homo-erotic Where the Boys Are .
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  September 23, 2008

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Momma's Man

A lovely cocoon of a movie
Jacobs films his childhood home with grace and endows it with an air of mystery.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  September 16, 2008

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Babylon A.D.

Incoherent and somewhat amusing
Vin Diesel’s bad-ass boomfest will do if you’re in the mood for post-environmental-apocalypse action that doesn’t make you think too hard.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  September 03, 2008

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What We Do Is Secret

Exposition trumps atmosphere
That staple of the musical bio-pic — a close-up of dope bubbling on a spoon — punctuates Rodger Grossman’s account of the short life of Darby Crash.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  August 20, 2008

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Mamma Mia!

Passable, frothy fun
The Abba musical, helmed by stage director Phyllida Lloyd, sails to a real Greek island with its fairy-tale aura intact.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  July 16, 2008

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Elsa y Fred | Elsa + Fred

Geriatric hijinks abound
Set in modern-day Madrid, Marco Carnevale’s gentle romantic comedy slaps two touchstone images from Italian cinema on the screen.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  July 16, 2008

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Sputnik Mania

A brisk, informative documentary
The film underlines the political consequences of the space race.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  June 11, 2008

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The Promotion

A bumpy seesaw ride
Reilly is an actor who excels at both realism and caricature — too bad the director doesn’t have the chops to take advantage either way.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  June 11, 2008

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The Animation Show 4

Skewed humor and sophisticated animation
The traveling collection of international animation gems is back.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  June 11, 2008

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Deception

Unimaginative erotic thriller
Director Marcel Langenegger has a way with a nocturnal urban landscape, but his feature debut goes splat on the pavement.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  April 30, 2008

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Military Intelligence and You!

Clever, clever conceit
No satirist can take credit for making “freedom” and “liberty” sound as campy and as bullying as they have lately.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  March 19, 2008

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Oversexed, screwy, and also, dowdy delight
Director Bharat Nalluri gives the old follow-your-heart message a new coat of paint with Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day .
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  March 05, 2008

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Penelope

Christina Ricci is still coming of age
Palansky’s winning visuals can’t make up for the story’s silliness.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  February 27, 2008

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Witless Protection

Larry the Cable Guy vee-hickle
It’s sad to watch Yaphet Kotto, as the shady fed, clothesline the stereotypical Muslim motel owner who’s already been threatened by Larry with a trip to Gitmo.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  February 27, 2008

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Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights: Hollywood to the Heartland

It seems, you had to be there
The film of Vince Vaughn’s September 2005 jaunt through the West, South, and Midwest has a dubious goal: to be a stand-up movie with heart.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  February 06, 2008

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Triad Election

Johnnie To's flourishing payoff
Sometimes you have to see a lesser movie to enjoy a better one.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  August 22, 2007

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Election

No Godfather — but it warrants the comparison
Election ’s oldsters have heads filled with loyalty oaths and arcane traditions.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  August 22, 2007

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El cantante

Cookie-cutter bombast
Unlike Lopez, he digs beneath the soap-opera dialogue and bares his character’s soul.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  August 01, 2007
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