Category: Films
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‘Smashed’ isn’t a smash hit, but it’s darn close
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Films about someone suffering from alcoholism aren’t new, and this one does it well, even if it fails to break new ground.
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Helen Hunt shines in ‘The Sessions,’ a captivating tale of sex and human need
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This excellent drama will – and should – give Helen Hunt her second, much deserved Oscar for her outstanding performance.
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‘The First Time’ is all about the time of teen angst
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Teen angst has been the subject of both brilliant and horrible filmmaking and this film falls somewhere between brilliance and horrible.
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‘Pusher’ is a remake that makes one long for the original
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The original, as I’ve been told, was terrific. I would like to see that movie, because this one wasn’t very good at all.
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‘Seven Psychopaths’ is a little bit psychotic, little bit funny
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This excellent flick from writer/director Martin McDonagh features an excellent ensemble cast at the top of their game.
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Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ is filmmaking at its finest
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This tense thriller builds on Ben Affleck’s most recent films to continue to cement his reputation as a director of high quality movies
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‘Here Comes The Boom’ has some boom, but few laughs
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Comedy movies that show all the good parts in the trailer never work. This is one of them.
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‘Pitch Perfect’ hits sour note by striving for being cool than being unique
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What this song-filled flick has going for it is a cast that can sing… which they do… again, and again, and again
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‘Taken 2’ is watered down for PG-13, should have been hard-R
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Great action and strong characters, but everything feels toned down from first film that it loses its edge.
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‘Beyond The Black Rainbow’ is a trippy dirge
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More stream of conscious than narrative, director Panos Cosmatos creates a film inspired by those horrifying VHS boxes that decorated mom-and-pop video stores in the 1980s.