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Now Playing: Historical Drama at Its Best

Luke Hickman — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:00:54 +0000

How do you make a two-and-a-half-hour, dialogue-driven period piece about the passing of the 13th Amendment interesting and entertaining? Load it up with some of the best currently-working actors, base it on the highest-regarded book about the Amendment and let Steven Spielberg direct it. That’s how. The title of Spielberg’s latest film, ‘Lincoln’, is a...

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Blu-ray Highlights for November 13th, 2012 – The Trick Is Not Minding That It Hurts

Josh Zyber — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:00:52 +0000

This is another big, expensive week on the Blu-ray front, featuring some huge box sets, including one of the most monumental movies of all time. My wallet is begging me for mercy. How’s yours doing this year? An Epic of Epic Epicness Promised since practically the birth of the Blu-ray format, Sony Pictures put plans...

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Weekend Movies: A Shot to the Head (Too Soon?)

Luke Hickman — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:00:47 +0000

Seeing the box office steam that the latest James Bond flick has been generating overseas for the last two weeks, it’s a very good thing that no other studio has pitted another nationwide release against it. All bow for Bond. After a longer-than-expected wait, Daniel Craig is back as 007 in ‘Skyfall‘. My own opinion...

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The Trailer Park: Making History

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:00:45 +0000

Two great bio-dramas will hit theaters soon. One is about American history and the other about cinema history. Both promise to be crowd-pleasers. ‘Hitchcock’ Under the guise of being about the making of ‘Psycho’, this film is really a glimpse into the life of a cinema genius. I love Anthony Hopkins in the role of...

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Now Playing: This ‘Abraham Lincoln’ Flunks History

Luke Hickman — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:00:45 +0000

I’m all for the re-imagining of historical events with a genre twist. ‘X-Men: First Class’ did that very well; it was fun and playful. However, ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ isn’t. Constantly changing tones between comically tongue-in-cheek and deadpan serious, the film lies within that category of Movies That Don’t Know What They’re Trying To Be....

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The Trailer Park: America, F**k Yeah!

M. Enois Duarte — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:00:12 +0000

As many politicians have proven as of late, if you don’t screw up American history for your own personal gain, then you’re not being patriotic enough. Trailers for three new comedies test this train of thought in some rather offensive ways. Be warned, these are red-band trailers. ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Little known fact: Our...

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Spielberg Locks Strong Cast for Abraham Lincoln Biopic

Luke Hickman — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:00:10 +0000

Steven Spielberg is three successful filmmakers wrapped in one. The director is fully capable of pumping out family-friendly classics like ‘E.T.’, ‘Hook’ and the ‘Indiana Jones’ films. (We’ll excuse him for the last installment because George Lucas obviously had his hands all over it.) He can make popcorn summer flicks like ‘Minority Report’, ‘War of...

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