Movie Reviews & Stories
Everybody loves a good mystery. Mystery is the spice of life, as they say. Or is that variety? Anyway, everybody loves a good mystery, and here we have a cracking good one: The Case of the Runaway Hit ...
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Movie Reviews & Stories
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the movie’s title: Kick-Ass. Get used to this cynical riff on caped crusaders past. You won’t believe a man can fly, ...
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Movie Reviews & Stories
You don’t have to be a fan of The X-Files to appreciate the walking innuendo that is David Duchovny. He begins his new movie with the announcement, “Looks like I’ll be gettin’ ...
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Movie Reviews & Stories
Akira Kurosawa’s Ran (1985), set during Japan’s medieval period of revolt or “RAHN,” is not the work of a contented old man. It begins with an elderly warlord looking to retire ...
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Movie Reviews & Stories
It is the eve of World War I. Ida Dalser owns a beauty parlor in Milan. She hears a commotion, looks into the street, and sees the man of her dreams. He emerges theatrically from behind a corner, firs ...
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Movie Reviews & Stories
I know, I know. That title. It’s a terrible title for what is probably the best American film of the year so far. It sounds like more Southern comfort from the pen of Nicholas Sparks, and it is ...
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Sharon Stone crosses her legs. A murdered policeman is resurrected as a robot. A Vegas showgirl gives of her flesh. Arnold Schwarzenegger repopulates Mars. This is the cinema of director Paul Verhoeve ...
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Movie Reviews & Stories
A Romanian cop named Cristi gathers evidence on some poor kid for smoking a little hash. See Cristi follow the kid to school. See Cristi pick up a joint. See Cristi eat lunch. See Cristi pick up anoth ...
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