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Dorfman in Love a Passable Rom-Com

By Andrew Schenker
Mar 28, 2013

Poor Elliot Gould. The once venerable actor has been reduced to playing nothing but crotchety old men — and, in the case of Brad Leong's Dorfman in Love, homophobic ones at that. Gould's obsessively grieving widower does loosen up as the film goes on, and he plays only a supporting...
"Looper" Movie Review: Time Travel Is Thrilling Again

By Andrew Schenker
Sep 27, 2012

Early on in Rian Johnson's time-travel thriller Looper, Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) sits at a diner and chats with his self from 30 years in the future (Bruce Willis). When the younger Joe asks the older one about the specifics of temporal displacement, the latter dismisses the question, telling his interlocutor...
"High School" a Dismal Stoner Comedy

By Andrew Schenker
May 31, 2012

Its opening shots replete with heavily fetishized close-ups of kids taking hits off joints and its dialogue peppered with lines like "Getting high... it's like freedom," this dismal stoner comedy does little to inject any sense of joy or laughter into its depiction of teenaged pot antics. When soon-to-be valedictorian...
"In the Family" Takes a Steady Approach to Gay Victimization

By Andrew Schenker
May 3, 2012

With an incisive understanding of character, believably naturalistic acting, and lengthy scenes that don't feel stretched out so much as given room to breathe, In the Family proves that smart direction and an innate feeling for one's material trumps potentially precious subject matter. Writer/director/star Patrick Wang's film chronicles the efforts...
"The Double" Is Post-Cold War Spy Film, Grade-B Hokum

By Andrew Schenker
Nov 3, 2011

The Double, Michael Brandt's post-Cold War spy film, is grade-B hokum, but it's not without its occasional generic thrills. Apparently more adept at staging individual set pieces than he is at building tension, creating believable characters, or stringing together a coherent narrative, Brandt places his best sequence, a successful jailbreak...

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