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A Simple Favor Review: Favorably Framed

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:00:05 +0000

A Simple Favor may seem, at first glance, to be director Paul Feig’s first foray into more serious filmmaking. Feig has carved a niche as a director of female-centric comedies such as Bridesmaids, Spy, and The Heat. While A Simple Favor deals with disappearances, murder, and bad money management, it’s still a Feig comedy at...

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‘Cafe Society’ Review: Another Year, Another Woody Allen Movie

Philip Brown — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:00:53 +0000

The presence of a new Woody Allen movie is a way of confirming the passage of time more reliable than your hair and/or waistline. They come annually, whether we like it or not. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if Woody Allen himself likes it or not. It seems like a compulsion at this point, like...

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‘The Shallows’ Review: It Sure Ain’t Deep

Philip Brown — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:00:14 +0000

Tis the season of sun and stupidity at the movies, so ‘The Shallows’ is here to serve up buckets full of both and disappear before tedium sets in. The premise couldn’t be simpler and the style couldn’t be more overblown. It’s a CGI shark vs. a Hollywood starlet and nothing else, certainly not logic. You’ll...

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‘The Age of Adaline’ Review: Preposterously Romantic

Philip Brown — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:00:41 +0000

‘The Age of Adaline’ is a thoroughly ludicrous fantasy romance that should be impossible to take seriously. Yet the filmmakers somehow commit to the premise with enough full-hearted sincerity to make it strangely palatable. It’s no masterpiece, but for those in the mood for a weepy ode to impossible love, it’ll scratch an itch. Blake...

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Now Playing: It’s Not Easy Being ‘Green Lantern’

Luke Hickman — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:00:07 +0000

Making superhero comic books into live action movies is a difficult task. ‘Thor’ graciously and successfully pulled it off. ‘Green Lantern’ simply doesn’t. Always charming and usually funny Ryan Reynolds plays the fearless fighter pilot Hal Jordan. Chosen by the emerald energy of will power to become an intergalactic peacekeeper known as a “Green Lantern,”...

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