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Chop Shop Review, by John Anderson of Washington Post
The hook on Ramin Bahrani's feature "Chop Shop" is that the gifted young director has made a Third World movie in the shadow of Shea Stadium. It's no stage set: On the junk-scattered streets of Willets Point, Queens, is a society that could exist ...
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Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show Review, by John Anderson of Washington Post
In using his celebrity powers for good, actor Vince Vaughn doesn't endorse candidates, adopt foreign-born babies or rowboat around New Orleans. He takes four comedians on a tour of the southern and central United States, exposing their talent, cre...
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Penelope Review, by John Anderson of Washington Post
Sweetly ridiculous, ridiculously sweet, "Penelope" is "Beauty and the Beast" with a side of bacon: An otherwise lovely girl (Christina Ricci), born with wealth, privilege and the nose of a pig, wants to find Prince Charming but has to wade through...
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