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Movie Review: The Adjustment Bureau
It’s got Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Terence Stamp, John Slattery and others. It’s based on a Philip K. Dick story. It features a capable cinematographer and able director (George Nolfi). So why is THE...
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Movie review: Jane Eyre
Readers, take note: JANE EYRE might be a chick flick, but I highly enjoyed it despite my predisposition against all period pieces. The acting is superior, the dialogue is terrific, the cinematography...
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Movie Review: HANNA
It’s a rare action movie that can surprise and impress me these days. I feel like the action genre is largely warmed-over these days; nothing new since DIE HARD. Then I saw HANNA, a film that largely...
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Movie Review: X-MEN – FIRST CLASS
Let’s take care of our primary worries first: it’s not that bad. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS is decidedly superior to THE LAST STAND and WOLVERINE, and is probably also better than the original X-MEN, which was...
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Movie Review: SUPER 8
What can I say? It’s a terrific movie. JJ Abrams, clearly trying to channel some of the magic from vintage Amblin Entertainment films, has made a monster movie with the heart of a Spielberg narrative....
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Good news, Avatar fans
The trailer to the Last Airbender: Legend of Korra is good. Really good. Filed under: Pop Culture
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Movie Review: Cowboys and Aliens
Let’s just take a moment to look at who’s involved in the making of COWBOYS AND ALIENS, shall we? Here’s a partial list of the directors, actors and producers…. -Jon Favreau -Harrison Ford -Daniel...
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Movie Review: The Change-Up
Sigh. Once again we see that a good cast, good director and lots of money just don’t make for a very good movie. Merely the latest in the phenomenon of ’00s gross-out comedies, CHANGE-UP is pitched as...
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Movie Review: 30 MINUTES OR LESS
The next movie from the director of ZOMBIELAND, 30 MINUTES OR LESS brings Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari and Danny McBride together in a heist/hostage/buddy comedy. It’s an odd mix of grisly elements and...
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How are you watching your movies?
If you’re not watching movies in the cinema, you’re not watching them the way the filmmaker intended. Or at least that’s what Ridley Scott says: In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way...
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