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‘Call Me Lucky’ Review: Bobcat’s Dynamite Doc

Philip Brown — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 17:00:31 +0000

Over the last decade or so, squealing 1980s comedy icon Bobcat Goldthwait has unexpectedly become one of the most intriguing and even daring filmmakers of his generation. Through his bleakly comedic and emotionally sincere directorial efforts like ‘World’s Greatest Dad’ and ‘God Bless America’, Goldthwait has turned into a mature and accomplished artist with a...

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‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Review: Good Sequel, But Not Perfect

Philip Brown — Fri, 15 May 2015 15:00:50 +0000

‘Pitch Perfect’ was a little comedy that could. It arrived with no expectations, performed better than anticipated, and then gradually built up a cult audience of fans who couldn’t believe they were watching the movie in the first place. The sequel is a bit shaggier and far less focused, but it’s almost as funny. In...

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‘Obvious Child’ Review: Can’t Deny Star’s Obvious Talent

Philip Brown — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:00:23 +0000

The almost unfairly adorable and talented comedienne Jenny Slate finally gets a project worthy of her talents. Typical of the unpredictable performer, it’s a romantic comedy about abortion that works almost exclusively thanks to her remarkable comic performance tinged with flickers of harsh drama. Slate stars as a struggling stand-up comedian named Donna inching towards...

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Now Playing: Hello, ‘Darlings’

Bryan Kluger — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 20:00:44 +0000

Over the past few years, the Beat Generation that spawned writers and poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac has returned to cinema screens in documentaries (‘William S. Burroughs: A Man Within’), bio-pics (‘Howl’) and adaptations of their work (‘On the Road’). However, none has covered the time period where all of these writers...

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‘Arrested Development’ Season 4 Recap: “Daddy Needs to Get His Rocks Off”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:00:35 +0000

Seven years after being canceled by Fox, ‘Arrested Development’ returns with 15 brand-new episodes (currently) available only on Netflix. Like it has done with its other exclusive series, Netflix has made the entire season available all at once, which allows fans to binge on the Bluths or take their time to savor each and every...

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Now Playing: ‘Chipwrecked’ Is a Trainwreck

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:00:21 +0000

With the previous two ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ movies, I was fortunate enough to miss those screenings. Sadly, as much I tried finding a way to avoid ‘Chipwrecked’, I just couldn’t get out of it. Here it is, folks. I took a bullet for you. Enjoy, because I sure didn’t. Canceled television stars Jason Lee...

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‘Modern Family’ 3.05 Recap: “I Want to Be the One to Push You Off the Cliff”

Dick Ward — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:00:33 +0000

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it never does. Season 2 of ‘Modern Family’ was really hit and miss for me, but we’re five episodes into the third and, while there have been some underwhelming episodes, there’s nothing that I’d consider even close to bad. ‘Hit and Run’ is a really...

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‘Modern Family’ 3.04 Recap: “This Is Our Double Rainbow!”

Dick Ward — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:00:25 +0000

It’s been a great season for ‘Modern Family’ so far, and ‘Door to Door’ continues the trend. Folks get paired up nicely, storylines play out well and there aren’t any of those ambiguous non-morals from Season 2. The biggest piece of the story to me is that between Jay and Manny. Manny is going door...

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The Netflix Stream: Week of April 10th, 2011

Dick Ward — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:00:42 +0000

Brace yourselves. We’re losing far more from the Netflix stream this week than we’re gaining. While there are no huge titles leaving the stream, the only movie we’re getting that I even recognize is a low-budget zombie flick. And I’ve only heard of that one because I have a roommate who loves low-budget zombie flicks....

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Leaving The Stream: Week of January 31st, 2011

Dick Ward — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:00:45 +0000

There’s almost nothing leaving the Netflix stream this week. I’ll call that an even trade considering the complete lack of videogame releases. We don’t get new games, but at least we don’t lose much from our Netflix. Still, there are a couple of movies that are well worth checking out before they disappear. A League...

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Now Playing: ‘Megamind’ Proves That ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Was a Fluke

Drew Taylor — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:00:54 +0000

DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon‘, released this past spring, remains one of the year’s very best movies. Directed by the ‘Lilo & Stitch’ team of Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, the film had heart and guts. In its titular dragon, Toothless, it also had one of the better dragon designs in recent memory....

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Leaving the Stream: Week of October 3rd, 2010

Dick Ward — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:00:47 +0000

At first I was happy that not much is ending its Netflix stay this week. Then I read the list and realized that while the quantity may be low, the quality is higher than usual. We’re losing some good stuff this week, so get on it! Oldboy (10/6) This is the second part of the...

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