If you like overwrought, heavy handed underdog stories, this is the movie for you. If you prefer grace, subtlety and depth, look elsewhere.

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Lee Daniels’ Precious takes top audience honor at the 45th Chicago International Film Festival.

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The words “Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry Present…” don’t exactly get my cinematic juices flowing, but Precious got a great response at Sundance this year, winning both the Jury and Audience Awards and garnering an armload of positive reviews. The Saul Bass inspired poster is nice too, though I wouldn’t mind if poster artists started [...]

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David Strathairn and Paul Giamatti in Cold Souls
You know the drill so I’ll omit the customary pleasantries and get right down to it.
Brooklyn’s Finest. Antoine Fuqua returns to Training Day territory with this tale of three different New York cops – un undercover narcotics officer who wants out, a detective tempted by corruption because of [...]

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