New Releases, week of 11/17/12: “Excellent” edition
If you didn’t blow all of your money last week on the Barnes and Noble/Criterion half-off sale, you can try to get the ...
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Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
There’s no real way to predict what you’re getting when watching one of the Twilight films. You either get a surprisingly corny and ...
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Review: Wreck-It Ralph
Almost immediately, there’s a weird dissonance in Wreck-it Ralph, Disney’s love-letter to the 80s/90s age of arcades. From frame one, where the film ...
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Review: Informant
For most of America, Brandon Darby is not a household name. There are probably pockets of the South which recognize him, but in ...
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Review: Cloud Atlas
I tore through Cloud Atlas this past week in preparation for seeing the film, and I want to dedicate this entire introduction to motivating ...
Review: Silent Hill: Revelations 3D
Silent Hill is one of the favorite video game franchises of all time. Sure, the last couple installments haven’t lived up to their predecessors, and destructible weaponry ...
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Review: Fun Size
Nickelodeon is known for their kid-friendly shows and movies. There’s always been jokes aimed at adults nestled here or there, but rarely do ...
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Review: Skyfall
[This review was originally posted last month for the UK release of Skyfall and as a finale to our Across the Bond series. ...
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Review: The Loneliest Planet
There’s a lot going on in The Loneliest Planet that goes unstated. Long stretches are spent with small talk, chit chat, the intimate ...
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Review: Alex Cross
James Patterson’s literary detective/psychologist Alex Cross has had a decently successful life in films. Both Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider are competent thrillers handled with ...
Review: Paranormal Activity 4
Confession: I still have not seen the first Paranormal Activity. I always felt that I saw everything about it I needed to know with ...
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Review: West of Memphis
[This review was originally posted as part of our coverage of DOC NYC 2012. It has been reposted to coincide with the theatrical ...