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Critic Review

Side Effects – Steven Soderbergh’s directing career ends on a high note

February 11, 2013

Side Effects marks the retirement of Steven Soderbergh as a director, the end of a magnificent and diverse career. It’s been a blast seeing such an assault of memorable cinema [...]

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Identity Thief – Killing Crime (and Comedy) with Kindness

February 10, 2013

Many crimes leave the victim feeling violated, but there are few that are as frustrating as identity theft. In this current world of plastic money and vast supplies of personal [...]

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Warm Bodies Review: The Heart Still Beats in this Walking Dead

February 2, 2013

Up until now 99.9% of zombie movies are a one-way street to destruction and relentless survival. There’s no hope for a cure because it’s all part of the design to [...]

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Silver Linings Playbook is a gameplan well coached and executed

November 24, 2012

Self-help and improvement are never easy tasks. They take hard work, persistence, and dedication from the individual. That person also needs the support of family, friends, and nurturing care to [...]

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Review: Argo – The Kind of Spy Film We Can’t Get Enough Of

October 14, 2012

Every once in a while a film is everything you hope it would be. Take Argo for example; the concept was as unique as they come. A CIA extractor, Tony Mendez (Ben [...]

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Review: Hotel Transylvania – Just Another Halloween Toon with a few Gags

October 1, 2012

Hotel Transylvania will find its way into syndication for the next several years during the Halloween season. There’s nothing original about the film, just fun gags about the trials and [...]

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Review: Looper – Downright Brilliant Despite Time-Travel Rule Bending

September 28, 2012

Probably the coolest thing about Rian Johnson’s Looper is that the film is set in a future that isn’t a post apocalyptic wasteland or one filled with flashy technical advancements [...]

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Review: ‘Compliance’ – Solid Acting & Zobel’s Pragmatic Direction Create a Strong, Yet Disturbing Tale

August 20, 2012

Compliance only works as a psychological thriller if you know that Director Craig Zobel based the film off of true events. Even then, to avoid the feeling of absurdity as [...]

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Review: ParaNorman – Stop Motion with a Whole Lot of Ghoulish Heart

August 20, 2012

Stop-motion animation may not have the glitz of a Pixar animated feature, but ParaNorman still tops Pixar’s Brave with a whole lot of ghoulish heart, offbeat comedy and a dark-undead [...]

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Movie Review: Total Recall – This Jason Bourne Knock-Off is a Remake in Name Only

August 5, 2012

If you’re looking for a run-of-the-mill popcorn-action flick, Underworld Writer/Director Len Wiseman’s Total Recall may catch your eye for a brief moment with a forgettable Jason Bourne tale. However, if [...]