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‘Tag’ Review: The “It” Factor

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:00:25 +0000

The mantra repeated in ‘Tag’ might as well be the overall tagline for the film: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” The film never stops playing, and the gags never get old. Based on an almost unbelievable true story, ‘Tag’ is about a playground game that...

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‘Nocturnal Animals’ Review: Meta Tragedy

Philip Brown — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 20:00:50 +0000

Weaving stories within stories within pretty pictures, Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ is an immaculately constructed cinematic contraption that just might be a little empty inside. Like the fashion designer-turned-director’s previous feature, ‘A Single Man‘, the aesthetic qualities of the film are designed down to the tiniest detail, but emotions run cold and humanity remains distant....

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‘Keeping Up with the Joneses’ Review: Not Much to Keep Up With

Philip Brown — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 19:00:37 +0000

‘Keeping Up with the Joneses’ is cute. If you’ve seen the trailer or even know the premise, the story doesn’t offer much in the way of surprises. It’s pretty standard suburbanite lameness humor with a little bit of spy hijinks tossed in to flavor with explosions and mild sexiness. What makes the movie rise just...

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‘The Brothers Grimsby’ Review: Gleefully Offensive Fluff

Philip Brown — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:00:16 +0000

If nothing else, you’ve got to admire Sacha Baron Cohen’s balls. Beyond being a comedic genius, the guy is fearless. The way he risked his personal safety to create a new form of confrontational cinematic comedy in ‘Borat’ and ‘Bruno’ was insane and unprecedented. Generally, when comedies are as popular and culturally defining as ‘Borat’,...

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‘Life of Crime’ Review: Within Sight, Not Quite Out of It

Philip Brown — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:00:46 +0000

Over the years, quite a few filmmakers have taken cracks at nailing Elmore Leonard adaptations on the big screen, but very few have been successful (three to be exact: ‘Get Shorty’, ‘Jackie Brown’ and ‘Out of Sight’). ‘Life of Crime’ is the latest attempt to make a proper Leonard movie, and the good news is...

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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: ‘See’ Worthy

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:00:07 +0000

Mixing parts of ‘The Illusionist’, ‘The Prestige’ and a healthy dose of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, director Louis Leterrier’s ‘Now You See Me’ is a heist movie involving four magicians. The illusions in the film are over-the-top but incredible, and despite the film’s flaws, its super fast pace helps its problems vanish from memory. With an all-star...

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Now Playing: ‘Gatsby’, Actually Pretty Great

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:00:05 +0000

Director Baz Luhrmann has created a grand opus filled with shiny costumes, modern music, magical camera tricks and classical early Hollywood filmmaking to once again bring to life F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved and iconic novel ‘The Great Gatsby’. The film is over-the-top, lavish and a bit flawed, but so is the title character, after all....

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Weekend Movies: Sucktember Is Upon Us

Luke Hickman — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:00:34 +0000

Although the month of September will be peppered with some promising new movie releases, this week isn’t. Only two films open wide. I saw one at Sundance. The other, despite starring several very familiar faces, is completely unknown to me. I suppose that this is a good time to get caught up on our Blu-ray...

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