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Especially when viewed in the same faux-documentary light as “Paranormal Activity,” “Henry” renders the act of murder in a far more banal and realistic manner.
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District 9 was exciting and oddly moving (and I hate bugs!) and a triumph over botched format (there is usually no excuse for something so lazy as switching from faux-documentary style filmmaking to an omniscient POV and back several times ... except when the movie that does it is this engrossing).
Ham! 2009
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City officials initially had misgivings about the show's impact on Detroit's image (1-8-7 is a hip-hop term for homicide), but were assuaged when the series 'original faux-documentary format was scrapped.
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District 9 was exciting and oddly moving (and I hate bugs!) and a triumph over botched format (there is usually no excuse for something so lazy as switching from faux-documentary style filmmaking to an omniscient POV and back several times ... except when the movie that does it is this engrossing).
fourfour: 2009
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First among non-equals is TV's still-reigning hospital soap, the durable Grey's Anatomy, showing it has lost none of its juice — and neither has the faux-documentary format — in a wrenching and pivotal episode seemingly inspired by last summer's excellent Boston Med.
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The Crest is also hosting the Sacramento Film & Music Festival and tonite they have PAPER HEART showing, the faux-documentary starring Charlene Yi (the stoned Asian chick from KNOCKED UP) as she embarks on a journey to understand Love.
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As the parent of an 11-year-old being reared in Laguna Beach yes, that Laguna Beach, the Southern California town featured in the eponymous faux-documentary scourge that birthed the genre at MTV, it's not so much dangerous as it is deeply depressing.
Cathleen Falsani: MTV's Skins: Suffer The Little Children Cathleen Falsani 2011
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As the parent of an 11-year-old being reared in Laguna Beach yes, that Laguna Beach, the Southern California town featured in the eponymous faux-documentary scourge that birthed the genre at MTV, it's not so much dangerous as it is deeply depressing.
Cathleen Falsani: MTV's Skins: Suffer The Little Children Cathleen Falsani 2011
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"Apollo 18," a faux-documentary, earned $10.7 million over the four-day weekend while 3-D horror film "Shark Night" earned $10.3 million.
'The Help' Holds Onto Top Spot at Box Office Michelle Kung 2011
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The show's most famous name—executive producer Steven Spielberg—is omitted from some promotional posters and ads, bolstering the show's faux-documentary mystique.
Shaky Cameras, Glimpses of Menace John Jurgensen 2012
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