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Review: The Dictator
Steven Rea: The man who brought us Borat takes us behind the palace walls of Wadiya, an oil-rich state with a leader who orders up executions the way other folks might order a pizza.
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'I wish': An affecting story of brothers
Steven Rea: 'Why is everyone so calm when the volcano is erupting?" a schoolkid wonders as he and a friend work their way through the town of Kagoshima, the ashes of an active volcano coating its streets in dust.
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'Polisse': Cops coping with abused kids and their abusers
Carrie Rickey: Polisse, a riveting cop procedural, follows a year in the lives of agents attached to the Children's Protection Unit (CPU) of the Paris police. Based on actual cases, this is keenly observed fiction packing the force, and rough edges, of fact.
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'Battleship' is silly but it doesn't sink
Gary Thompson: “Battleship” is an action comedy, with the emphasis on the comedy.
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Will Smith goes ‘Black’ to the past
Gary Thompson: The time travel romp “Men In Black 3” returns us to a previous century, all the way back to that bygone era when Will Smith had yet to make a sequel.
'What to Expect When You're Expecting': Pregnancy meets reality TV
Carrie Rickey: Unlike its source material, "What to Expect" unfolds in a parallel universe where (almost) everyone has his or her own television reality show.
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‘Mansome’: No hair to the throne of ‘Super-Size Me’
Gary Thompson: Years from now, children of documentary filmmakers will be diagnosed with a condition called documentia.
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OUT ON DVD
It's men vs. wolves, and men vs. each other
This week's DVD selections offer different looks at male bonding. The Grey, Grade B: A group of survivors of a plane crash must battle a pack of hungry wolves. Liam Neeson stars.
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Penn State/Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal to be documentarized
The directing/producing team behind the award-winning “The Tillman Story” and “My Kid Could Paint That” to investigate Jerry Sandusky and the Penn State scandal.
'Freak Dance' playing exclusively in Philly this week
The Upright Citizens Brigades parody dance pic gets an exclusive run at the Philly Improv Theater. See Matt Besser, Amy Poehler and company send up “Step Up” now!
Jay-Z and Will Smith hope the sun comes out tomorrow
At Monday's Art Museum announcement for the Labor Day weekend “Made in America” concert, rapper Jay-Z makes passing reference to Will Smith and one of the projects they’re cooking up together: a remake of “Annie.”
Spike Jonze talks Maurice Sendak
The innovative director collaborated with the late, great children's book artist and author on the 2009 screen adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are."
Marvel's expanding universe: Sequels and spinoffs to come
With the record-shattering box office of “The Avengers,” the Marvel superhero universe seems ready to explode.
See the trailer for Philly-shot rowing film 'Backwards'
Remember when James Van Der Beek was in Philly? Here's why.
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