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TIFF Journal: Dolemite Is My Name

Jason Gorber — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:00:25 +0000

Dolemite Is My Name is a delightful deep dive into the world of indie film production and the Blaxploitation genre. The movie feels like a spiritual sequel to Tim Burton’s Ed Wood (also scripted by screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski). Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow) helms this bio-pic about a tenacious man, his retinue...

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2016 Oscar Winners

Josh Zyber — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:03:10 +0000

Over the course of what I swear felt like 12 grueling hours, this year’s relentlessly dull Academy Awards ceremony stirred to life only briefly with shocking upset victories in two categories, including the big prize of the night. Prior to the very moment he lost, Sylvester Stallone looked like a sure thing for Best Supporting...

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Weekend Movies: Let My Nipple Go!

Luke Hickman — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:00:38 +0000

Twelve days into the lucrative month and we’re just now getting our first December blockbuster. The question is: How will this end-of-year Biblical epic stack up to 2014’s first, Darren Aronofsky’s wild and out there ‘Noah’? Every few years, Ridley Scott – sorry, Sir Ridley Scott – has to put out a grand scale epic...

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‘Top Five’ Review: Chris Rock, Filmmaker at Last

Philip Brown — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:00:56 +0000

Chris Rock has been one of the finest standup comics in the world (possibly even the greatest) for a few decades now. He’s also been a movie star during that period, yet never quite found a film that could come close to matching what he’s capable of on stage. Thankfully, ‘Top Five’ has come along...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Top Five’

Philip Brown — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:00:38 +0000

Chris Rock writes, directs and stars in a movie that finally knows how to use Chris Rock properly. Who could have possibly guessed that he would have to do it himself to get it right? Well, pretty much everyone, I suppose. Still, it’s nice that it finally happened. Rock has of course directed for himself...

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Now Playing: ‘Grown Ups’ Still Groan-Worthy

Luke Hickman — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:00:44 +0000

I would rather be shot in kneecaps than have to watch the first ‘Grown Ups‘ again. What a stupid movie. If memory serves, only a few – and I literally mean “a few,” three at the max – of the supposed jokes actually made me laugh. Much to my surprise, the new sequel does a...

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Weekend Movies: Spies & Politicians vs. Old Folks & Goats

Luke Hickman — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:00:48 +0000

This weekend marks one of the last big pushes for summer. We get another ‘Bourne’ sequel and a Will Ferrell comedy that feels like an endless ‘SNL’ political sketch. I don’t think there’s any doubt as to which of these will draw a bigger audience. In ‘The Bourne Legacy‘, Jeremy Renner plays Aaron Cross, another...

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Now Playing: Lowered Expectations

Luke Hickman — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:22 +0000

I enjoy walking into screenings without knowing anything about the movie I’m about to see, but when I walked into ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ and discovered which actors star in this ensemble comedy, I wished that I’d stayed home to watch ‘The Grey‘ instead. It’s not usually fair to judge a movie by...

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One from the Vault: ‘Osmosis Jones’

Wayne Rowe — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:00:13 +0000

Y’all remember ‘Osmosis Jones’? 2001 wasn’t that long ago. You know: Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Larry Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, William Shatner and Chris Elliott? Not ringing any bells? This expensive animated flick directed by the Farrelly brothers bombed spectacularly that summer. That doesn’t make it a complete failure, though. Yes, the script is riddled...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 8/10/10. Are You Buying Anything?

Josh Zyber — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:00:40 +0000

It’s a slow, slow, sloooooooow week for Blu-ray, folks. Remember how many interesting and potentially worthwhile titles were released last week? Yeah, that’s all over with now. We’re firmly in the dog days of August. There are only two major day-and-date releases, and they’re both thoroughly disinteresting. The catalog slate is also pretty sparse. Let’s...

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Weekend Movies: Growing Up Is Hard to Do

Drew Taylor — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:00:40 +0000

Well, the (potentially) biggest movie of the week, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s goofy fun ‘Knight and Day,’ opened on Wednesday. That leaves this weekend to a bunch of numskulls, and some potentially potent indie films, including a great new movie from one of the masters of French Cinema. Besides that, well… you could always...

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