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CJ7 Review, By Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe
Whenever some news show freaks out over a child prodigy, the kid usually has one trick. Admittedly, it's always impressive: He's been composing full-length operas since he was 3; she hit the world's fastest serve in tennis at 8; he can hack into y...
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Frontier(s) Review, by Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe
If you name your horror movie "Frontier(s)," the expectation is that you plan to go beyond the usual tortures and degradations. On that score, Xavier Gens deserves congratulations for making a movie that wipes every other film about crazy cannibal...
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Hair Extensions Review, by Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe
Ladies, has this ever happened to you? Your stylist has just installed some new tracks of the hair you bought. Now you've got the length and fullness you've been dying for. If somebody turned on an industrial fan, you'd be Beyonce. But while you'r...
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The Eye Review, by Wesley Morris of Boston Globe
The original "Eye" was a moody mediocre stab at supernatural dread from Danny and Oxide Pang, Thai-born twins working out of Hong Kong. Slow, vague, and without a legitimate chill or a surprise, the movie was a drag. This American version has been...
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Outsourced Review, by Wesley Morris of Boston Globe
The director, John Jeffcoat, and his co-writer, George Wing, come up with the expected culture chafing - Todd's name is pronounced "Toad," he's told it's offensive to dine with his left hand, and something he eats doesn't sit right with him. But t...
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Be Kind Rewind, by Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe
Many a tear has been shed over gentrification's pitiless march. But no one has wept with as much ingenuity as writer-director Michel Gondry in "Be Kind Rewind." When the goodly Passaic, N.J., developers tell old Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover) the cit...
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The Edge Of Heaven Review, by Wesley Morris of Boston Globe
In just a couple of movies, 34-year-old Fatih Akin has become the most exciting of Europe's young directors, reinvigorating the melodrama with a furious kind of identity politics. Like "Head-On," his 2004 wrecking-ball romance, Akin's new "The Edg...
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