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Gasland shows the dangers lurking in wells
Documentary isn’t pretty, but it gets the point across
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Ramona grows up, just a little bit
A kid-lit classic gets a mild-mannered update with help from Selena Gomez
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Salt’s story could use a little more spice
The role was written for a man, but Angelina Jolie clearly owns it
Film Friday
A period piece that heaves and creaks with false passion
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Johanna Schneller: Fame Game
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Andrew Garfield, 26, will take over the Peter Parker/Spider-Man role played by Tobey Maguire
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As the Brooklyn day goes on, small incidents mount and then things get ugly
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Who says you can’t take the silly season seriously?
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Sizzling Cinema 5
Rear Window: You will laugh instead of scream
Our 10-part weekly series, in which Globe reviewers offer a primer on the films they consider classics for summer viewing, continues
Johanna Schneller: Fame Game
Her career? It’s her life
Tilda Swinton is the rare actor for whom the films are a distant second preoccupation
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Rape and revenge, remade
An update of the movie Roger Ebert called ‘a vile bag of garbage’ premieres at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival
Johanna Schneller: Fame Game
Mia Wasikowska brightens the screen
At 20, the actress brings luminosity and intelligence to complex roles
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Dazed, confused and supercool
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