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Now Streaming: The Highwaymen

Deirdre Crimmins — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:00:22 +0000

Thanks to Arthur Penn in 1967, Bonnie and Clyde will always have a place in cinema’s hall of legends. It’s understandable that others would want to take on the outlaws’ story and put their own twist on the real-life tale. Sadly, The Highwaymen somehow turns this true and exciting story into a drawn-out, sleepy road...

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‘Hidden Figures’ Review: Soft Sell Inspiration

Philip Brown — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 18:00:42 +0000

‘Hidden Figures’ is a nice movie, a sweet movie, an inspiring movie, an Oscar movie. It’s destined to make people in mall movie theaters across the land smile. It will be shown in history classes on days when teachers are behind in lesson planning. It will get nominated for awards. It will be discussed fondly....

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movie & TV Fake Accents

Josh Zyber — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 19:00:07 +0000

I haven’t watched ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ in years and don’t remember it clearly. Was Renée Zellweger’s fake British accent in that one as awful as it sounds in the trailers for this week’s belated sequel, or is she just woefully out of practice? With that as our first example, let’s look at some other embarrassing...

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‘Criminal’ Review: No Defense Possible

Philip Brown — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:00:38 +0000

Poor Kevin Costner. Once one of the most ridiculously powerful and privileged stars in Hollywood, it’s hard to imagine the guy could sink any lower. Aside from his sad-eyed cameos in Zack Snyder’s superverse, the actor now almost exclusively works in trash. Specifically, he’s started headlining bargain basement action movies with scripts that he would...

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Weekend Roundtable: Have You Ever Met a Celebrity?

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 20:00:44 +0000

Celebrities may seem so unapproachable when you see them all glammed up in their fancy dresses and tuxedos on the Oscar red carpet, but they’re ultimately real people and have lives to live like any of us. You may have even run into one in person, whether at a public publicity event or by strange...

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‘McFarland, USA’ Review: Going Nowhere Fast

Philip Brown — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:00:08 +0000

Movies like ‘McFarland, USA’ are tough to review. On the one hand, they’re painfully predictable and offer no surprises for anyone who has seen an inspirational underdog sports drama. On the other hand, that’s exactly what the movie’s target audience wants. The flick is competently made and hits all the expected beats in all the...

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‘Black or White’ Review: Could Have Used Some Gray

Philip Brown — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:00:02 +0000

‘Black or White’ takes on the messy issue of contemporary race relations in America. The filmmakers so desperately want this to be a Big Important Movie about Big Important Things that they forget to bother with more simple concerns like credibility or coherency. It’s a whale of a melodrama filled with raging performances, and tries...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 31st, 2014 – Anybody Else Feel a Draft in Here??

Josh Zyber — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:00:18 +0000

With the long holiday weekend now sadly over, it’s time to get back to laboring. However, it seems that the home video studios prefer to ease back into the work cycle slowly. This week’s new Blu-ray releases offer mostly slim pickings. New Releases ‘Draft Day‘ – Kevin Costner keeps struggling to get his career comeback...

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‘Draft Day’ Review: More of a Draft Bust

Philip Brown — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:00:38 +0000

Ivan Reitman is one of those filmmakers I always root for despite knowing better. Anyone whose last few movies include the likes of ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’ and ‘No Strings Attached’ should be approached with a certain amount of trepidation. At the same time, the guy made ‘Ghostbusters’ (I repeat, ‘Ghostbusters’), so you can never entirely...

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Now Playing: Dog ‘Days’

Philip Brown — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:00:18 +0000

Whether you’ll get any enjoyment out of ‘3 Days to Kill’ will come down entirely to your tolerance for the brand of Eurotrash action that producer Luc Besson has cranked out for over a decade. Ever since he essentially gave up directing for reasons best known to himself (sure, he helms projects like ‘The Family’...

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The Trailer Park: The Super Bowl Spots

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:00:12 +0000

Arguably, the best part about the Super Bowl is the commercials. Every year, movie studios love to join the fun with half-minute sneak peeks at their upcoming releases. For this week’s selection of previews, we’ll look at one teaser spot and two official trailers. ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ So much for Michael Bay’s claim that...

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Now Playing: Footloose and Clancy Free

Philip Brown — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:00:16 +0000

Despite what Hollywood believes, not all successful film franchises need to be rebooted. Sometimes the success of a certain series has as much to do with the time of release as anything else. Case in point would be ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’. The Kenneth Branagh-helmed attempt to bring back Tom Clancy’s superspy isn’t a terrible...

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