Did Variety kill bad review for an advertiser?

Gawker suggests that a $400,000 advertising campaign by the producers of "Iron Cross" led to Variety's publisher spiking a mediocre review by Robert Koehler from the trade's website. The move producer does seem to be clued in to what happened to the review, based on an email Gawker obtained. Why "Iron Cross" would show up at all in Variety's screening series of potential Oscar contenders "was a mystery to many in Hollywood," says the site.