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Kyle Smith (Twitter: @rkylesmith) is a film critic for The New York Post and the author of the novels Love Monkey and A Christmas Caroline. Type a title in the box above to locate a review. Find an alphabetical listing of The New York Post's recent film reviews here.

Buy Love Monkey for $4! "Hilarious"--Maslin, NY Times. "Exceedingly readable and wickedly funny romantic comedy"--S.F. Chronicle. "Loud and brash, a helluva lot of fun"--Entertainment Weekly. "Engaging romp, laugh-out-loud funny"-CNN. "Shrewd, self-deprecating, oh-so-witty. Smith's ruthless humor knows no bounds"--NPR

Buy A Christmas Caroline for $10! "for those who prefer their sentimentality seasoned with a dash of cynical wit. A quick, enjoyable read...straight out of Devil Wears Prada"--The Wall Street Journal

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  • Cool to “Machete”

    By Kyle | September 2, 2010

    Jeffrey Wells (who says it is “very much to my liking” that “Machete” carries a kill-all-the-crackers theme), nevertheless has it about right on the Robert Rodriguez bloodbath (which, if anything, I seem to have enjoyed slightly more than he did):

    You’re not a serious director unless you can see, feel or otherwise sense the presence of invisible things. As a director (and probably as a man), Rodriguez has shown an interest and/or focus in the obvious physical stuff. He’s gone “within” exactly once, and that was some 17 or 18 years ago in El Mariachi (and particularly via the performance of Carlos Gallardo). Since then the man has pretty much been a shameless whore….

    Machete is one of those sloppy B movies that throws as much gooey stuff at the walls as it can in hopes that some of it will stick. It’s the kind of film that makes the lower-end-of-the-gene-pool guys feel hip, so It’ll probably generate decent word-of-mouth. But the relentless emphasis on blood, sadism, slicing and limb-severing has a nauseating effect, and after a while you just want Machete to end. You feel like taking an Alka-Seltzer after it’s over.

    I’m not particularly bothered by fake violence, so I wasn’t nauseated. What’s most important about it is, to me, that it’s often funny. Just as often, though, it really is just a wallow.

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    The Trouble with “Big Twist” Movies

    By Kyle | September 2, 2010

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    This Hostage Situation Brought to You By Al Gore

    By Kyle | September 1, 2010

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    Will “Machete” Affect the Immigration Debate?

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    People Still Like Mel Gibson

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    Cooking with Roger Ebert

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    Review: “The American”

    By Kyle | September 1, 2010

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    S#!* John Cusack Says

    By Kyle | August 31, 2010

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    “The American”: All Signs Point to Boring

    By Kyle | August 30, 2010

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    Best Decade Ever: The Aughties

    By Kyle | August 30, 2010

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