Every year, after the rush of the Oscar potential pictures, I look forward to the January overflow of flotsam and jetsam at the megaplex. After having to fully commit to two hours of film on an almost daily basis over a month, I appreciate being able to sit back and let the stupidity and mediocrity […]
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“Avatar” is already out in theaters and shows no signs of slowing down at the box office. I usually don’t review films after the opening weekend (I missed the press screening because it happened on the same day that I was fulfilling my rock destiny), but I’ve had several requests for this one, so here it […]
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Everyone’s been making a fuss about the new Sherlock Holmes movie from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels English crime filmmaker Guy Ritchie and how it’s suposed to be a different animal from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle detective stories that are ingrained in pop culture. Many have worried it would be all flash and […]
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The idea of taking an internationally beloved classic of the film medium and remaking it as a musical is, to be fair, about the worst idea since someone decided to end a children’s movie title with “The Squeakuel.” But with names like Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, and the simply amazing Daniel Day-Lewis in the cast, […]
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The Young Victoria is a solid effort from screenwriter Julian Fellows (Gosford Park, Vanity Fair). Emily Blunt proves capable of capturing a young woman on the verge of controlling an empire and struggling with advisors, her mother’s power-hungry lover (Mark Stong), and her own ideas for her country’s future. And yet, something is missing. Don’t […]
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Not everything released around Christmas is Oscar-worthy. Now, It’s Complicated certainly has some talent. Meryl Streep collects awards like I do comics, and Alec Baldwin (as I have often said before) just reading a phone book can be funnier than almost everyone else on the planet. This new rom-com from writer/director Nancy Meyers (The Holiday […]
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Eric Melin and guest host Trevan McGee (InkKC.com) review the new Jason Reitman movie “Up in the Air” starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick. The film is being released as a slow rollout across the U.S. in hopes of garnering Oscar buzz. It was adapted from a novel and taps into the feeling […]
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Invictus is a project Morgan Freeman has been trying to get off the ground for more than a decade. Although I think it’s a quality film, and the story is definitely worth telling, I can certainly see why it took this long for the film to get made. It feels at least one more rewrite […]
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It’s been awhile. For more than a decade Disney has been, well, very un-Disney. In many ways, with the latest animated feature, the company returns to the roots. We’ve got a classic tale, a princess (of sorts), talking animals, big musical numbers, true love triumphant, a wicked villain, and a curse. The Princess and the […]
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Eric and guest host Trevan McGee (from InkKC.com) review the bleak new Cormac McCarthy adaptation “The Road.” Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Road” was directed by John Hillcoat and follows a father (Viggo Mortensen) and son (Kodi McPhee) as they journey across a scorched Earth after the apocalypse. Does it live up to […]
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With its jittery stop-motion animation, exquisitely detailed shots, and outwardly self-aware characters, director Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is the epitome of artifice. It’s also as bright and cheery a time as you’ll have at the movies this year. Anderson and co-writer Noah Baumbach have adapted Roald Dahl’s 1970 children’s book into a breezy 88-minute […]
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At a time when Hollywood seems dead set on giving movies bloodless one and two-word titles that don’t give you a clue as to what the movie is about, along comes a film called Ninja Assassin. It’s about ninjas who kill people. Finally, a little truth in advertising. For more than 1,000 years, nine ninja […]
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Claireece “Precious” Jones, the abused and illiterate 16-year-old in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” is so beaten down by her circumstances that she hardly ever shows emotion. Played by newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, her face is frozen in a near-constant grimace that seems to anticipate that something awful is about to happen at […]
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Justin Pierre and Eric Melin Review ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon,’ starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner.
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Our friends at The Sports Buddaye graciously donated a good portion of their weekly sports wrap-up to reviewing the new Sandra Bullock football tearjerker “The Blind Side” this week. Both Ryan Magnuson and Nick Colby have co-hosted reviews with me in the past, and we’re excited to give you a taste of The Sports Buddaye […]
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