Review: This is 40
This is 40 is a movie with an identity crisis. Unfortunately its not the identity crisis of any of its characters, who at 40 could be ...
Tag: New Releases
New Releases, week of 12/22/12: “Hail Santa” edition
It’s hard to believe, but we’re just one week away from Christmas. You may be wondering where your year has gone right about ...
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Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is in a really tough spot. The film is the follow up to what is pretty much the most ...
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Review: Stand Up Guys
Sometimes I take for granted the idea of earning moments. If a filmmaker wants you to feel something, he or she needs to ...
New Releases, week of 12/15/12: “Dragon Sound” edition
Today you can enjoy Miami Connection in the comfort of your own home. Yes, the Citizen Kane of Florida-based taekwondo movies has arrived ...
Review: Sightseers
In a year where Great Britain has been celebrated by its Queen’s jubilee, a successful Olympics and the fiftieth anniversary of its greatest ...
New Releases, week of 12/8/12: “Rise” edition
By far, the biggest release this week is The Dark Knight Rises, the ambitious, overstuffed, flawed, and yet nonetheless entertaining conclusion to Christopher ...
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Review: Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock is easily one of the greatest directors of all time and you would be hard pressed to find a person who ...
New Releases, week of 12/1/12: Yanni edition
There are a couple big new releases this week as we get closer to the end of the year. The biggest of them ...
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Review: Rise of the Guardians
It’s nearly Christmas and that means the obligatory Christmas animated film from one studio or another. Sometimes you get a new Christmas classic ...
New Releases, week of 11/24/12: “That’s Expendable” ed.
This week’s new releases are a little skimpy but still keen. The big one worth mentioning is The Expendables 2, which contains a ...
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Review: Beware of Mr. Baker
Beware of Mr. Baker is like the anti-Searching for Sugar Man. The latter chronicled Sixto Rodriguez, an obscure Detroit folk singer who inexplicably ...