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    From the Wire: Movie Ad Quotes Random People on Twitter

    "Mark Wahlberg is a bad ass!" raves someone who hasn't seen "Broken City" yet.

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    From the Wire: An Internet Activist's Film Criticism

    The Reddit co-founder wrote film criticism on his blog.

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    From the Wire: How to Write Negative Criticism

    With Oscar nominations come Oscar reactions, where people tell you what movies were unfairly overlooked or foolishly overrated and why. People take these awards very seriously, and they can engender some strong feelings. If you see something today that drives you crazy -- whether it's a def...

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    From the Wire: The 2012 Better-Than List

    "A Thousand Words is better than Argo" and more of Armond White's annual contrarian comparisons.

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    From the Wire: 'Back to the Future' Newspapers

    Where a local crackpot inventor getting committed to a mental hospital rates above President Nixon running for a fifth term as big news.

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    Will Critics Regret Trashing 'The Hobbit?'

    Is "No!" an acceptable response?

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    From the Wire: Critics as 'Morally Engaged Viewers'

    Should critics be less focused on aesthetics and more on morality?

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    From the Wire: Times Editor Quotes Times Critics On Subject of Times Review

    Some movies are "practically critic-proof," says the Times' Manohla Dargis.

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    From the Wire: Are Movies Too Long? Or: 'TL;DW'

    An editor at Variety thinks movies are too long and wants no movie to last longer than three hours.

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    From the Wire: The 'Hitchcock' Fact-Check

    Comparing the new movie to the book it was based on.

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