‘Rise of the Guardians’ is your basic by-the-numbers unlikely hero tale, although it does give audiences something that has been missing from the other movies of this year — an old-fashioned villain.
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The Queen and her doctor have an affair that pushes the nation of Denmark into the Age of Enlightenment, whether it likes it or not.
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Arguing against ‘The Twilight Saga’ is like arguing against fast food. You may know it’s bad for you, but it’s convenient and easy to cram down your gullet as you drive to work.
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Steven Spielberg’s newest holiday Oscar-bait project, Lincoln, suffers under the burden of its own ambitious pretensions, for what it offers up in the acting department is often sabotaged by jagged pacing, uneven story-telling, and a redundant message.
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‘Smashed’ is a successful exploration of alcoholism because of its charming cast and simple story that puts the weight firmly on the recognizable obstacles that face its characters.
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Any discussion of ‘The Sessions’ must begin with the amazing performance by John Hawkes who infuses the character with spirit and such a myriad of insecurities it’s impossible, for either his priest or the audience, not to wish him luck on his journey of sexual discovery.
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Daniel Criag returns as James Bond, but ‘Skyfall’ offers more than the standard spy thriller. As the plot changes from international mystery to revenge story to home defense/giant metaphor, the clean, do-no-wrong exteriors of these characters that have been established over the last 50 years fade away.
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Pixar’s growing influence on Disney, particularly that of head of Walt Disney Animation Studios John Lasseter, is certainly evident in Wreck-It Ralph.
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‘Cloud Atlas’ is an overly constructed sprawl of a film that lacks affect because of its flat characters and its fixation with dumbed-down philosophy.
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Alex Cross is a bad movie that aspires to be a mediocre movie, only to fail even at that modest goal — in spectacular fashion.
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Butter carving most places would be considered kitsch art, but at the Iowa State Fair, it’s as serious as it comes.
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‘Sinister’ is part psychological horror, part ghost story, and part subversion of the entire found-footage concept.
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A lot of young people get punished for letting their prurient interests get the better of them in V/H/S, a new horror anthology that gives six up-and-coming indie filmmakers and filmmaking teams a chance to put their spin on the found-footage horror subgenre.
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Written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, who adapted his own novel of the same name for the film, The Perks of Being a Wallflower centers around Charlie (Logan Lerman), an awkward, introverted high school freshman who has seen too much pain in his young life.
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The main draw of ‘The Oranges’ is it’s cast, and if all six of its main actors weren’t so inarguably appealing then this film just wouldn’t work.
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