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Reviews
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III: Boys Behaving Badly
Roman Coppola’s nonsensical film—featuring Charlie Sheen as a playboy trying to get his girlfriend back—is visually stimulating. Don’t expect anything more.
A New Album from My Bloody Valentine Is a Welcome Blast From the Past
The new album from My Bloody Valentine—22 years in the making—is both relevant and revelatory
Tegan and Sara Bring Pop—and Heart, Of Course—to Heartthrob
The sisters fill the space between lust and heartbreak with their seventh studio album
Warm Bodies: A Hot-Zom Rom-Com
Finally, a reprieve from January’s movie wasteland. You’ll never find zombies more charming
Scent of Doomed Men: Al Pacino and Christopher Walken Team Up for Stand Up Guys
Pacino and Walken play old gangsters reunited for one last night together, with Alan Arkin playing the third musketeer. So why do these Stand Up Guys seem like they’d rather be sitting?
Bad Religion Review: ‘True North’ Proves Punk Poets Not Done Disrupting the Status Quo
Eleven years into their artistic resurgence, Bad Religion sound younger than they did a decade ago
The Mystery of Broken City: Who Killed the New York Crime Drama?
A strong cast in a knotty plot about conniving politicians can’t keep this drama from splintering
Hero Glock Dirty: Arnold’s Back, Guns Blazing, in The Last Stand
Schwarzenegger returns in an NRA vision of America the Beautiful that even a pacifist could enjoy — because it’s a Movie
Skrillex: One Dubstep Forward, Two Dubsteps Back
The artist’s new EP, ‘Leaving,’ has few shining moments
Jessica Chastain Survives the Supernatural in Mama
The Zero Dark Thirty star’s last stop before the Oscars is the horror genre. Now everyone really will know her name
Yo La Tengo Brings Fresh Sound to Fade
‘Fade’ is the band’s most thematically unified album in at least 10 years, and almost certainly their most direct ever
Gangster Squad: Heroes as Violent as the Villains
L.A. cops are righteous vigilantes in this history lesson turned into a colorful cartoon