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by George Sax
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You could hardly ask for a more metaphorically striking and economical conceit than the one that motors—literally—Bong Joon’ho’s Snowpiercer. In this post-apocalyptic, ecological thriller, a barely surviving remnant of humanity ceaselessly travels on a high-speed train on which class divisions are both stark and brutally maintained by storm troopers.
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by M. Faust
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Ever since stealing the show in Bridesmaids, Melissa McCarthy has been a comedy star on the rise. In an era when few if any comedians can sell a film on the strength of their names, that’s no small feat. (Whether any actors can do that anymore or if we are in a post-movie star era is a question for another time.)
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