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There's a lot about Lola Versus that feels familiar, but the propulsion that escalates the film out of the low orbit of angst-riddled 20-something indie "comedies" is Greta Gerwig. The young actress, who began her career in Mumblecore before shifti...

It's easy to understand why the original Magic Mike was a success: the not-too-cheesy, not-too-serious story of a male stripper featured plenty of beefcake, high-energy dance sequences, standout performances from Channing Tatum and a manic Matthe...

When applied to an animal, the term "mule" refers to a beast of burden - a slow, plodding, stupid creature whose sole asset is that it can transport large amounts of cargo without choice or complaint. When applied to a human being, the word means ...

The filmmakers behind Marshall understand what it takes to make a successful bio-pic. Instead of using a “greatest hits” strategy that attempts to cram an entire life into two hours, they have targeted a single representative event from th...

It's an axiom that if a group of teenagers ventures into the woods during the course of a motion picture, something bad is going to happen. Mean Creek is evidence that there are times when even the most uninspired clichés can result in compelling...

It's refreshing to see a movie in which there are no special effects, no camera tricks, and no incidental music to strum on a viewer's emotional strings. These are some (but certainly not all) of the tenets of Dogma 95, the much-ballyhooed "cinema...