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Movie review: Alex Cross
Who is Alex Cross? Even after an entire movie with his name in the title, the answer is brief and uncomplicated. He’s a really talented homicide detective who loves his wife and kids. And…that’s about it. Mere simplicity can be refreshing, but Cross is also generic, empty and bland.
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Album review: Swift’s sound matures with mix of genres
Taylor Swift’s fourth studio effort, “Red,” makes a statement as bold as its namesake color: as Swift matures into a woman, her talent is here to stay.
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Album review: Swift’s sound matures with mix of genres
Taylor Swift’s fourth studio effort, “Red,” makes a statement as bold as its namesake color: as Swift matures into a woman, her talent is here to stay.
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Column: Pixar’s folly
Remember the Pixar films of yore? Those sweet, innocent, simple productions free of convoluted plots and overly elaborate settings? Those feel-good movies you could watch again and again and again? Those movies made first and foremost for kids and their imagination?
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Movie review: ‘Argo’ marries Hollywood and Iranian politics
That “Argo,” the newest film directed by Ben Affleck, is based on a true story is likely the primary justification for green-lighting the project in the first place.
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Movie review: ‘Taken 2’ lacks surprise factor
The drama isn’t over yet for the Mills family. In “Taken 2,” retired CIA operative Bryan Mills is in Istanbul, Turkey, with his ex-wife and daughter, where he and his ex-wife are taken hostage.
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‘Walking Dead’ explores bleak future for humans, with some humor
This week brings the start of a brand-new season of the most frustrating drama on television: The Walking Dead. Ever since the aftermath of the AMC show’s incredible pilot, I have hated on it. This ill will toward the series began as a vague uneasiness back in 2010’s mini first season.
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Ready, set, Argo: An interview with Ben Affleck
If there were ever any reason to be nervous about Ben Affleck directing a film not set in Boston, all of those feelings vanished upon leaving the theatre after Argo, his latest film about the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979.
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Movie review: Argo
After wallowing for years as the bland leading man in a series of formulaic Hollywood efforts, Ben Affleck has recently re-established himself as a reputable director with ambitious, well-received pieces like “Gone Baby Gone” and “The Town.