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Gary Thompson: In the opening moments of "Safe House," rogue agent Denzel Washington endures bullets and waterboarding with the air of a man getting a spa treatment.
Tirdad Derakhshani: There's a lot of Philly love invested in Exit Strategy, a micro-budget romantic comedy from a native son, actor-writer Jameel Saleem.
Steven Rea: Magic, whimsy, a fair amount of darkness and a wonderful mix of old-school cartooning and digital animation are on tap as the five 2012 Academy Award nominees for animated shorts are available for viewing on the big screen.
Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus is not your typical toga-and-sandals Shakespeare. It's camouflage-and-combat boots Shakespeare, it's gritty, it's graffitied. Although the actor and first-time director is faithful to the Bard's text, setting his tale of usurpation and political upheaval in the city-state of Rome, it looks more like Bosnia, or Beirut.
'TIS NEARLY Valentine's Day, fellas, when you're expected to sit down with your gal to see "The Vow," or something like it.
OUT ON DVD
A mind-twisting cable film and a mind-blowing movie top this week's new DVD releases.
The Sunset Limited, Grade B-plus: The film, which originally aired on HBO, is based on the play by Cormac McCarthy. It's an example of how a production can be sparse in setting and action and still be powerful and moving.
On Movies: A Marine paratrooper- turned-gas pump attendant- turned-bartender- turned-sex facilitator for Hollywood A-listers, claims he has a tell-all book.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris has a piece on the New York Times' site about Bill "El Wingador" Simmons.
From "When the Smoke Clears"
Starting today, you can see the documentary "Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears," following the Philly boxing...
Asghar Farhadi’s “A Separation” has been a hit with critics and awards groups, but the intimate Tehran-set drama has also touched a nerve with theatergoers around the world.
German filmmaker Wim Wenders had wanted to make a documentary about famed choreographer Pina Bausch for more than 20 years, but could never figure out how. And then he saw "U2 3D," and everything changed.
“Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles” won a best directing prize at Sundance 2011. Celebrate its DVD release Monday, Feb. 6, with a Philadelphia Film Society screening and Q & A at the Trocadero
LOCAL FOCUS
No movie in this year's Sundance lineup felt as intimate as Mark Webber's The End of Love.
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