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2012 Stories by Nick Pinkerton

• In Silent House, Reality-Horror Gets a Questionable Upgrade.

  published March 8, 2012

  The foundations of Silent House are laid atop La Casa Muda, a nil-budget 2010 Uruguayan horror film that enjoyed an... More >>

• Searching for a Lifestyle That Fits in Wanderlust.

  published February 23, 2012

  "There's no one way to live our lives," hopes the displaced, adrift couple at the center of Wanderlust. Shopping between the... More >>

• Act of Valor Wants You.

  published February 23, 2012

  Act of Valor is, according to the opening titles, "based on real acts of valor," whatever that means. It stars real active-duty... More >>

• McG Drops Another Bomb with This Means War

  published February 16, 2012

  Hostilities in This Means War are declared as two workmates compete for the affection of the same woman. The contested objective... More >>

• Bed, Breakfast and Death at The Innkeepers

  published February 2, 2012

  Ti West, the 34-year-old writer-director of The Innkeepers, has spent the past several years steadily toiling his way through the... More >>

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close to Schmaltz

  published January 19, 2012

  Director Stephen Daldry has never met a Big Theme he didn't like: After 2002's The Hours, a lugubrious women's-problem picture touching... More >>

• Girl Fight: Steven Soderbergh and His MMA Star Get Their Kicks And punche

  published January 19, 2012

  There's a point in Haywire when the film's protagonist, ex-Marine Mallory Kane (Gina Carano), gone rogue from her job as hired... More >>

• The Divide: Nuclear Meltdown

  published January 12, 2012

  A mushroom cloud blooms over Manhattan at the opening of The Divide. We see it reflected in the tearful eyes of Eva (Lauren... More >>