Archive | Movie Reviews
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Movie review: Breakout documentary awes with riveting portrait of run-down California
Bombay Beach, now considered one of the poorest towns in California, was a thriving destination in the 1950s for vacationers wanting to jet ski, fish and lie out on the sandy beach of the man-made Salton Sea. But its population, as of 2010, is 295.
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Movie review: Clooney resurrects ancient scandal
In William Shakespeare’s political drama Julius Caesar, the titular Roman statesman is famously warned to “beware the Ides of March,” which unbeknownst to him is the date of his brutal assassination.
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Movie review: ‘Footloose’ remake loses Bacon, adds cheese
Hollywood remakes are often a disappointment and can leave you feeling annoyed, but the new "Footloose" is an exception to the rule. Ren McCormack, played by Kenny Wormald, is a Boston city boy who experiences a culture shock when he moves to small-town Belmont.
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Grotesque film parodies first installment
What makes a good film? It’s a simple question that’s also crushingly difficult to answer — film is a varied, dynamic art form that features ever-changing definitions of quality. What if a film isn’t enjoyable in any sense of the word? What, exactly, justifies a movie’s existence?
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Movie review: ‘The Debt’ pulls familiar strings, but with style
“The Debt” is basically just set up like a typical suspense-thriller film, but it has a nice flow and a few unique aspects that help make it more interesting and entertaining.
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Movie review: ‘Dream House’ isn’t too twisted
A “Shutter Island” meets “Baby Blues” plot makes for an interesting and twisted movie. “Dream House” stars Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and Naomi Watts, and it’s a definite must-see this year for lovers of psychological thrillers or a good mystery.
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Movie review: Skillfully crafted ’50/50′ succeeds
When one hears that Seth Rogen is starring in a new bromance comedy, one doesn’t necessarily expect the next sentence to be, “It’s about cancer.
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Movie review: ‘Abduction’ is improbable and stale fro beginning to end
"Abduction" represents an interesting experiment for Hollywood. Both of Taylor Lautner's "Twilight" co-stars, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, have tried to stake their claims in the multiplex without their star franchise, and both have failed. Remember "Remember Me" or "The Runaways?
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Movie review: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill score big in ‘Moneyball’
"Moneyball" is a baseball movie like "The Social Network" is a Facebook movie. The film may be about baseball, but at its core it is about the people behind-the-scenes and how their decisions affect the thousands of fans who critique their every move.