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Mission: Impossible – Fallout Review: Go Ahead and Accept

Deirdre Crimmins — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:00:40 +0000

Like The NeverEnding Story before it, Mission: Impossible continues to dominate the field of inaccurately named movies. Unlike The NeverEnding Story, Mission: Impossible keeps its high quality consistent into the sixth entry of this summer staple. This year’s contribution is Mission: Impossible – Fallout. I am incredibly tempted to make a pun about all of...

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‘Paris Can Wait’ Review: Sincere Indulgence

Philip Brown — Fri, 26 May 2017 15:00:46 +0000

For years, Eleanor Coppola promised to make a movie that wasn’t a documentary about one of her husband Francis’ productions. The whole Coppola clan have talked about it. They said there was a script and it was great. They lied. Sadly, Mama Coppola’s directorial debut ‘Paris Can Wait’ is as empty as it is obviously...

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‘The Boss Baby’ Review: Goo-Goo Crap-Crap

Philip Brown — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:00:05 +0000

So, there’s this baby. He’s not like any baby, though. He talks and acts like a boss. That’s wacky. That’s the entire movie. It’s pretty dreadful. Another month, another CG-animated family flick. So it goes. These things are more common than pretty much any other form of film these days. They vary dramatically in quality....

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‘Rules Don’t Apply’ Review: Megalomania Squared

Philip Brown — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:00:56 +0000

Warren Beatty has been obsessed with making a Howard Hughes movie for decades and it’s not hard to see why. After all, Beatty is a notorious control freak who meticulously supervises all aspects of any film he’s involved in, whether he’s directing or not. As you may have heard, Howard Hughes also had issues with...

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‘Concussion’ Review: Cornball Crap

Philip Brown — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:00:52 +0000

This year has been surprisingly and pleasingly light on star-driven, painfully earnest Oscar bait, but along comes ‘Concussion’ to make up for lost time. The film’s title is wholly appropriate to how viewers will feel stumbling out of this manipulative claptrap. Of course, it actually refers to the NFL scandal from a few years back...

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‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Review: Tired Spy Games

Philip Brown — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:00:22 +0000

It’s bizarre to think that Tom Cruise managed to will an old TV series into a film franchise that’s kept trucking for 19 years and counting. Yet here we are with a fifth ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie that’s really starting to show some franchise fatigue. Thus far, the series has thrived on hiring distinct directors like...

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Weekend Roundtable: Movie and Home Theater Podcasts

Josh Zyber — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 19:00:30 +0000

If you’re reading this page, then you already know that High-Def Digest is the best site on the internet to read about movies and home theater. Sadly, we don’t have a podcast yet. Do you listen to any of those, and what are your favorites? Shannon Nutt I listen to a number of movie related...

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‘Live from New York!’ Review: Yet Another ‘SNL’ Doc

Philip Brown — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:00:47 +0000

No other television series has spawned more retrospective documentaries than ‘Saturday Night Live’. To be fair, no other show in the history of television has a comparable legacy of launching generations of comedy stars and somehow remaining culturally relevant for 40 years. The trouble is that, as time goes on and more docs get made,...

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‘Aloha’ Review: Cameron Crowe’s Current Catastrophe

Philip Brown — Fri, 29 May 2015 13:00:47 +0000

A strange thing has happened over the last few years. The romantic comedy, once a lynchpin of Hollywood’s desire to profit off date nights, has slowly disappeared after a few too many Katherine Heigl crap-heaps soured anyone’s interest. Presumably, Sony hoped that giving former rom-com champ Cameron Crowe a crack at the bat might help...

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‘Still Alice’ Review: A Movie-of-the-Week with a Little Moore

Philip Brown — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:00:57 +0000

It happens every year. A movie comes along that’s completely mediocre and undeserving of much thought beyond the fact that it features a strong performance from a beloved actor or actress. That’s all it takes to a get unwarranted mountains of praise and attention. This year, that movie is ‘Still Alice’, a capably dull made-for-TV...

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Now Playing: Sweet Smell of ‘Jasmine’

Bryan Kluger — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:00:47 +0000

Woody Allen is one of the most prolific filmmakers of the last 100 years. Despite his age, he continues to push out an original film each and every year. His latest, called ‘Blue Jasmine’, fares better than some of his recent efforts and will leave a lasting impression. Assisted by one hell of cast, Allen’s...

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Blu-ray Highlights for June 3rd, 2013 – I’m on Vacation!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:00:08 +0000

For some reason, 2013 has turned out to be a particularly bad year for franchise sequels. Unfortunately, one of the worst to them leads off our major Blu-ray releases this week. New Releases We’ve just about hit the halfway point for the year, and I think it’s already safe to say that ‘A Good Day...

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