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2012 Stories by Nick Pinkerton

• Act of Valor Review

  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 Navy... More >>

• Oscar-Nominated Bullhead and Michael at Cinefamily

  published February 16, 2012

  The clean, orderly home has a particular hold on the Austrian imagination — specifically the basement, the nation's subterranean... More >>

• This Means War Review

  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 is... More >>

• The Innkeepers Review

  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 >>

• Haywire Review

  published January 19, 2012

  Haywire's plot is boilerplate triple-cross, cloak-and-dagger stuff — but the action choreography by director Steven Soderbergh... More >>