Wacthing ‘The Avengers’ is like watching director Joss Whedon play with really expensive action figures.
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‘The Pirates! Band of Misfits’ is a solid family option that thankfully contains enough smart content that it should keep parents entertained too!
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Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of 2011, ‘Footnote’ explores the relationship of a father and son who have become bitter scholarly rivals.
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Gareth Evans, director of ‘The Raid: Redemption’ doesn’t care about pushing the constraints of the action genre. He only intends on crafting a film so fast paced and action packed that it will make your sides cramp.
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How does a film, which has a critically lauded director, an Academy Award winning writer, and a handful of very talented British actors and actresses, fizzle to a thin and mediocre flatness? ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ is a how-to guide.
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The overt and handsy camera work and lack of any satisfying emotional appeal in ‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’ undermine the strength that it could have had.
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’21 Jump Street’ has no right to be anything other than a furtive Hollywood cash-grab, but instead it’s a pleasant surprise for lovers of smart, quirky, sometimes vulgar comedy.
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Minor Rock Fist Down
Minor Rock Fist Down
‘John Carter’ Is a Misuse of Source Material and Antiquated Sentiments
Much like the misguided nature of Pixar’s ‘Cars,’ which focused on adorable fossil fuel consuming main characters while we were in the midst of a global gas crisis, ‘John Carter’ seems absurdly blind to the world into which it’s released.
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‘Jack and Jill’ might have been silly fun, like so many of Sandler’s films. Instead it will just leave you pondering how it all went so wrong.
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Studio Ghibli releases ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’ this weekend, and with it Hayao Miyazaki continues his string of well-crafted and thoughtful animated films.
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In ‘Pina,’ director Wim Wenders creates a visually impressive and emotional driven showcase of choreographer Pina Bausch’s work, and allows the dance and the visuals to speak for themselves.
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‘The Woman in Black,’ pits a partially matured Daniel Radcliffe against a maleficent spirit bent upon making an entire village childless.
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Albert Nobbs, a passion project for actress Glenn Close, was consistently overlooked or left unfunded for years and only through her tireless struggle has it finally made it to the screen.
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‘Shame’, director Steve McQueen’s sophomore feature, tells the story of Brandon, a New York advertising exec and sex addict, whose wayward sister, Sissy, threatens to destroy his world’s delicate balance.
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Dee Rees crafts a script and film that is filled with vibrant characters and exciting visuals, and Adepero Oduye brings Rees’ main character, Alike, to life in ‘Pariah.’
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