Wacthing ‘The Avengers’ is like watching director Joss Whedon play with really expensive action figures.
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At least one of our film critics wasn’t as enthusiastic as many others have been about Marvel’s The Avengers so far. Watch the video to find out who…
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‘The Avengers’ may be pure formula, but its formula done in a way that makes you remember why formulas were created in the first place: They were successful.
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A couple of family dramas are new out on Blu-ray and DVD, one an under-seen debut from last year and the other an acclaimed classic from Japan.
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Thanks to a sincere script and a layered performance from Jason Segel, ‘The Five-Year Engagement’ believes wholeheartedly in actual romance — which I think is a concept that romantic comedies often “say” they support, but rarely have the chops to back it up.
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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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In Europe, board games are serious business and their creators are like rock stars. ‘Going Cardboard’ is a new independent documentary about the wild world of board games.
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This review originally appeared in shorter form on KSNT-NBC, KTKA-ABC, and KTMJ-FOX, Kansas First News. Making their way to Blu-ray and DVD this week are two movies that were big hits — one on the awards circuit and the other at the box office. Here’s two movies worth checking out on home video: Mission: Impossible […]
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Famous director David Lean is perhaps known best for his war epics The Bridge On The River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia, but The Criterion Collection has recently released a box set of Lean’s first four movies, and it shows that Lean was quickly becoming a master storyteller the moment he stepped out from the […]
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Despite all its ironic detachment—’The Cabin in the Woods’ has tons of laughs, some truly jaw-dropping moments and a couple scenes of unexpected poignancy that make it more than a parody movie.
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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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Two PG-rated family films have recently made their way to DVD and Blu-ray and they couldn’t be further apart.
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The new Three Stooges movie has been a passion project for Peter and Bobby Farrelly for over a decade now. Since bringing us the memorable stupidity of ‘Dumb and Dumber’ 18 years ago, the Farrelly brothers have been pretty hit or miss, and ‘The Three Stooges’ is no exception.
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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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Bully, the new documentary from director Lee Hirsch tackles the issue of school bullying with all of the grace and complexity of a schoolyard taunt. The film is emotionally stirring, at times for the right reasons and at other times for the wrong ones, but ultimately suffers from Hirsch’s narrow choice of subjects, foggy message […]
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