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ADVENTURELAND – Reviewed by David
Adventureland was written and directed by Greg Mottola, he who helmed the much-beloved Superbad, and I suspect people will want to see it because of that connection. But it’s not a broad and raunchy...
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X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE – Reviewed by David
Though nowhere near as good as the first-rate first X-Men flick, the comparatively operatic Wolverine still succeeds as solid action entertainment thanks to some suitably brawny set pieces and star...
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THE PROPOSAL – Reviewed by David
The Proposal is as polished and predictable a Hollywood romantic comedy as they come nowadays, but it does manage to fashion a handful of funny moments out of its wholly unoriginal concept before...
View ArticleSAFE HOUSE – Reviewed by Noah
Safe House is the story of Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds), a low level CIA operative tasked with running a safe house in Cape Town, South Africa. Matt doesn’t do much on a day to day basis; he calls his...
View ArticleTHE CROODS – Reviewed by David
Leave it to animation vet Chris Sanders to come up with yet another entertaining animated adventure. The man, who started in the industry over two decades ago at Disney before moving on to DreamWorks,...
View ArticleR.I.P.D. – Reviewed by David
Admittedly, R.I.P.D. is not the most original sci-fi comedy, basically Men in Black with a supernatural bent and sprinkled with a few cop-movie clichés. Its brightest bit of creativity is its title, an...
View ArticleTURBO – Reviewed by David
Who would have thought a movie about snails could be fun, or least more entertaining than one could be lead to believe? I didn’t when I first saw the ads for Turbo, a CGI-animated flick from...
View ArticleTHE VOICES – Reviewed by David
Is it me, or has Ryan Reynolds always exhibited at least a hint of being crazy—the quiet, nervous way he has of talking, a face that crossed eyes would look right at home on. He makes good on the whole...
View ArticleWOMAN IN GOLD – Reviewed by Joyce
Helen Mirren loves her art. This is evidenced by her commitment to her roles and the way that she merges with the characters that she plays. Woman in Gold is no exception. Mirren is excellent as an...
View ArticleWOMAN IN GOLD – Reviewed by Bruce
I first took my family to see Klimt‘s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, at the Neue Galerie in New York, three or four years ago, and have since returned again. My son saw it a third time last month,...
View ArticleDEADPOOL – Reviewed by David
Just when it seemed as if the Marvel movies would continue to descend into entertaining but formulaic slabs of entertainment, with their relatively bloodless PG-13 action beats (designed to reach as...
View ArticleCRIMINAL – Reviewed by David
I can’t in good conscience call Kevin Costner’s new action flick Criminal good—which is frustrating considering the talent involved—but I can call it decent, which is pretty amazing, considering how...
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