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‘Storks’ Review: Missed Delivery

Philip Brown — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:00:25 +0000

Boy, there sure are a lot of talking animal cartoon movies these days, huh? Barely a month passes between these things anymore, and unless Pixar or Illumination is involved, they tend to run the gamut from mediocre to miserable with little variation. The new addition to this endless genre is ‘Storks’. It’s about those storks...

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Weekend Roundtable: Humble Beginnings

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:00:23 +0000

Everyone has to start somewhere. Before she lit up the box office headlining the ‘Divergent’ series, Shailene Woodley began her career as a child actor who made occasional appearances in TV shows like ‘The O.C.’ and ‘Crossing Jordan’. In this week’s Roundtable, we take a look at the humble beginnings for other actors who would...

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‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Review: An Almost Equal Sequel

Philip Brown — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:00:32 +0000

The Muppets had fallen on hard times by the time Disney picked them up and hired Jason Segel and Nick Stoller (based primarily on a single joke in ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’) to revive their felty ways. Yet, thanks to assigning folks who genuinely loved the source material, the Muppets’ charming comeback vehicle proved to be...

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Now Playing: Jay Ward’s Excellent Adventure

Philip Brown — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:00:57 +0000

For anyone who grew up giggling at the cartoons of Jay Ward, sitting through the cinematic adaptations of his work can feel like particularly cruel torture. His simple, hand-drawn surrealism has been turned into bloated turkeys like ‘The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle’ and ‘Dudley Do-Right’, both of which seemed to be made by people...

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Sundance Journal: ‘Goats’

Luke Hickman — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:27 +0000

While the film isn’t terrible, the one thing that I walked away with after seeing ‘Goats’ was the desire to never watch another coming-of-age tale again. The things that work in the film are the characters. What doesn’t work is the generic, by-the-book, seen-it-one-hundred-times-before story. Ellis seems like a fairly normal kid, which is the...

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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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TIFF Journal: ‘Butter’

Josh Zyber — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:00:04 +0000

Have you ever wondered what might have happened to spunky, borderline-psychotic go-getter Tracy Flick from Alexander Payne’s 1999 comedy ‘Election‘ after she grew up? Screenwriter Jason A. Micallef and director Jim Field Smith clearly have. Their new Midwestern satire ‘Butter’ plays like an unofficial sequel, this time substituting student government politics with the cutthroat world...

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‘Modern Family’ 2.09 Recap: “What Do Smart Girls Get?”

Dick Ward — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:00:57 +0000

“Dumb guys go for dumb girls, and smart guys go for dumb girls? What do smart girls get?” This is Alex’s question when she finds out that Haley may be moving on to a new boy – her math tutor. Phil’s response, nearly under his breath, is “They get cats, mostly.” If there’s one word...

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