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Weekend Movie Forecast: <em>State of Play, Perestroika</em>

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John Del Signore

Published Apr 17, 2009

Modified Apr 17, 2009

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State of Play, adapted from a popular BBC miniseries, starts Russell Crowe as a muckraking journalist who takes a cute blogger under his wing while uncovering a massive DC scandal. Though the synopsis seems fairly familiar, and while Roger Ebert deems it "a smart, ingenious thriller," he also says "it seems to land on autopilot. Maybe it's the problem of resolving so much plot in a finite length of time, but it seems a little too facile toward the end." But Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere likes it enough, calling it "a kind of farewell valentine to the traditions and disciplines that define serious journalism," and predicts that Jason Batemen will win awards for his supporting role.

 

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Click on the film stills above for more on this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which also include Perestroika, Sleep Dealer, Every Little Step, American Violet, Is Anybody There?, The Golden Boys, Desert Dreams, Oblivion, Léon Morin, Priest, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Postcards from the Edge, Lemon Tree, Two-Lane Blacktop, and The Holy Mountain.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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