Archive | Movie Reviews
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Movie review: Carell disappoints in ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s “Crazy, Stupid, Love," released on Friday, had the potential to be a witty portrayal of a dysfunctional family.
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Movie review: Saddle down for ‘Cowboys & Aliens’
Director Jon Favreau steps out of the Iron Man suit and saddles up for his genre mix ‘n mash, Cowboys and Aliens. On paper, this sci-fi western has all the big name directing, producing and acting talent one could ever want to successfully pull off such a jarring combination.
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Movie review: Conan ‘Can’t Stop’ in new documentary
In the past year, comedian Conan O’Brien claims to have experienced “the greatest professional year” of his life, a story he openly shared with Dartmouth's Class of 2011 this past June.
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Movie review: Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The First Avenger DIRECTED BY: Joe Johnston STARRING: Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving RATED: PG-13 SHOWING: Area Theaters When Nick Fury showed up at the end of 2008’s “Iron Man,” origin stories for all of the Avengers was inevitable.
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Movie review: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II” DIRECTED BY: David Yates STARRING: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson RATED: PG-13 SHOWING: Area theaters Two hours.
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Movie review: ‘Horrible Bosses’ brings the laughs, despite weak, unmemorable characters
If comedies exist to make us laugh, "Horrible Bosses" is entirely effective. It delivers steady laughs beginning to end, escalates when it needs to and restrains itself enough to not lose the audience, a la most Will Ferrell movies.
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Movie Review: ‘Horrible Bosses’
“Horrible Bosses” should be titled “Criminally Insane Bosses.” Played by Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston, the title characters are so cartoonish in their venomous and freakish behavior that they tamper with the movie’s ability to establish a coherent storyline.
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Movie review: ‘Transformers 3′ sort of awesome if you don’t think about it too much
At its metal-bashing, scantily clad heart, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” is just an action-packed movie. There’s good-guy-versus-bad-guy action, robot-on-robot action and Victoria’s Secret model-on-Shia LaBeouf action.
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Woody Allen’s latest success signals career renaissance
As of July 1, Woody Allen’s latest, “Midnight in Paris,” has grossed over $31 million, his biggest box office success in 25 years. It has done so over a long span, a sign of critical praise and strong word-of-mouth through audiences themselves.