Douglas Strassler

‘Pitch Perfect’ hits sour note by striving for being cool than being unique

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Douglas Strassler

What this song-filled flick has going for it is a cast that can sing… which they do… again, and again, and again

‘The Master’ might just be a… ‘master’-piece

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Douglas Strassler

Make no mistake, ‘The Master,’ as is to be expected by a work from the leading American auteur of his generation, is as mature and confident a motion picture as you’ll find this year.

Flawed ‘Ted’ reveals Seth MacFarlane’s limits as a storyteller

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Douglas Strassler

Ted Seth MacFarlanes foul feature film debut isnt exactly childs play.

‘Magic Mike’ is a bad tease with no payoff

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Douglas Strassler

Mike is a stripper roofer and entrepeneur who meets Adam a jobless college dropout living on his sisters sofa. Mike introduces Adam to the world of stripping.

‘Breaking and Entering’

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Douglas Strassler

Anthony Minghellas Breaking and Entering is less sprawling than his previous movies but equally ambitious.

The Pursuit of Happyness, Gabriele Muccino’s feel-good winter film, may be cobbled together from the real-life story of Chris Gardner, but the film itself feels a little stale, a San Francisco retread of Kramer vs.…