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Nicole Kidman Gets Awkward in Two New Rabbit Hole Clips

Here’s your first look at candid director John Cameron Mitchell’s olive branch to the mainstream , Rabbit Hole , which stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as a couple dealing with the accidental death of their 4-year-old son. The clips definitely give us a sense of Kidman’s performance, which is already being touted as Oscar-worthy. Judge for yourself after the jump.

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Nicole Kidman Gets Awkward in Two New Rabbit Hole Clips

REVIEW: Ben Affleck Narrowly Misses Greatness with The Town

As cool and straight an entertainment shot as his brother’s recent directing debut was pyrotechnically scattered, Ben Affleck’s The Town has got bangs, bucks and the kind of showy, signature roles aspiring actors pantomime themselves asleep to at night. The movie is as slick and tightly constructed as Affleck’s debut, Gone Baby Gone, was prolix and unruly. But The Town lacks Gone ‘s operatic ambitions. And the irony is that that lack of a grand or even grandiose plan keeps this very good film from being a truly great one.

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REVIEW: Ben Affleck Narrowly Misses Greatness with The Town