&quot;Liberty&quot; rings true as small-scale but potent drama
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Audiences have shied  away from gritty dramas about September 11 and its aftermath,  as evidenced by the lackluster boxoffice response to &quot;A Mighty  Heart.&quot; So there are challenges facing &quot;Liberty Kid,&quot; a  powerful drama that had its premiere in the narrative  competition section at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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'I liked the subject. I am not an intellectual, but it is very close to my heart. You have to watch the film to feel that.'
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and it surely is not -- it isn&#39;t for lack of a great story, compelling characters, and a capable director. Really, the
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Mira Nairâs âThe Namesakeâ conveys a palpable sense of people as living, breathing creatures who are far more complex than their words might indicate.
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Of all William Shakespeare&#39;s plays, &quot;The Merchant of Venice&quot; comes with the most baggage in modern times because of its anti-Semitic characterization of Shylock, the moneylender.
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With lavish attention to detail and a powerful cast, director Oliver Stone&#39;s &quot;Alexander&quot; is a thought-provoking, although long-winded, film about a man who, by 32, had solidified a massive empire
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Small-budget films may have just started to get momentum overseas but they are doing pretty well in the country.
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The film is interesting, but does not probe deep.
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It&#39;s a rare show in the  legitimate theater when the performance is not preceded by a  sepulchral voice reminding you to turn off your cell phone.
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Devised for minimum fuss and maximum tension, âTrigger Manâ is the little thriller that could.
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Love is at the core of this mini-series about the 1977 New York Yankees, and as in any good drama, so are envy, deception, hatred and humiliation.
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Paul Weitz's engagingly lightweight drama is a gently revisionist fairy tale about good versus evil set on the battlefield of contemporary corporate culture.
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We pay a lot of lip service to the idea of the rugged individualist, but Jack Kerouac's amped-up classic reminds us that real freedom remains a precious, elusive thing. Commentary by Tony Long.
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The release of a major movie about Hitler is, by definition, a remarkable event in Germany, especially if it portrays one of history&#39;s great monsters as a human being, given
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Lifetimeâs two-hour movie is an uneasy combination of crime thriller, romantic melodrama and snuff film that doesnât ask us to suspend our disbelief so much as overcome our gag reflex.
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A good story and great performances make this an engrossing film to watch.
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For an actor, itâs all about keeping things real. Not in the rapper sense of staying in touch with your roots, mind you, but in the ways that every good thespian seeks to take a fictional