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The masterly cinematographer Caleb Deschanel gives “Jack Reacher” something of a grainy look, which is just right. Expensive production values weren’t a hallmark of the 1940s noir this thriller efficiently emulates.
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In 1975, David Mamet’s play “American Buffalo” used three foul-mouthed lowlifes planning a petty theft to portray the sordid state of the American soul. It had a huge influence on the vernacular of theater and film in the decades following.
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Julia Roberts slurps spaghetti in Rome, pets a rogue elephant in India and rides a bicycle through a tropical forest in Bali in “ Eat Pray Love ,” the turgid film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir about a divorcee’s global journey of self-discovery.
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Nothing is risk-free in Nicholas Jarecki’s Wall Street amorality tale “Arbitrage,” a slick financial thriller that pivots on bad decisions and ethical bankruptcy.
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Five good-looking college kids head off to a creepy, secluded cabin.
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Do you find Zac Efron’s head disturbingly round? It’s like a balloon perched atop a (very nice) body. He could play an emoticon.
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“The Hunger Games” led the U.S. box office for a fourth consecutive weekend, becoming the first film since 2009’s “Avatar” to accomplish that feat.
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When we first see Johnny Depp in “The Rum Diary,” he’s hung over, bloodshot and clad only in boxer shorts hiked unfashionably high over his midsection. He’s stumbling around a motel room that looks like it’s been hit by a hurricane.
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In “Captain America: The First Avenger,” the superhero combats high-tech weapons with a relatively low-tech device -- an impenetrable red, white and blue circular shield that repels bullets and zaps foes when used as a high-speed discus.
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