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To Rome with Love Review

To Rome with Love Review

RATING: (2 STARS) After lighting up the City of Lights after dark in Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen takes his talents to Rome for another ensemble comedy—To Rome with Love. Though it’s packed with talented actors and actresses (and features Allen’s return to acting for the first time since 2006’s Scoop), it’s sloppily constructed and […]

Nine Review

Nine Review

RATING: (3.5 STARS) I watched Fellini’s “8 1/2,” the inspiration for “Nine,” a few weeks ago in preparation for Rob Marshall’s big and bold musical. It was a heady trip into a film director’s fantasy. “Nine” proves to be a worthy follow-up, and it improves on Fellini’s film in one important way. As interesting as […]