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Kick Ass Directed by Matthew Vaughn, this parody of the superhero genre is based on the comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita. Aaron Johnson plays a teenager pondering the life of a superhero and ends up joining forces with superheroes Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his daughter Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) as they […]

Argentine film explores power of memory


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“Memories are all you end up with,” Ricardo Morales says as he ponders the assault and murder of his wife 25 years earlier. “At least pick the nice ones.” The Secret in Their Eyes, the 2010 Academy Award winner for best foreign language film, follows the efforts of former Buenos Aires criminal investigator Benjamín Espósito […]

Strange Days found couple before Oscars


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When it came down to either James Cameron or Kathryn Bigelow for best director at last month’s Academy Awards ceremony, what is usually a formal battle between multiple talented directors became something quite personal. Not only are the two directors former husband and wife, but they have also collaborated on more than one film within […]

Revitalization should serve a worthy purpose


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The last time I visited San Francisco, I remember driving under the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge, taking in the view at the bottom of “the crookedest street in the world” and getting salty whiffs at Fisherman’s Wharf — all requisite hotspots every tourist must visit in order to say they’ve been to the […]