THE AVENGERS ***1/2 A devotee of the Marvel Comics Universe, writer-director Joss Whedon obviously approached his assignment on The Avengers with the proper degree of reverence. And it goes without […]
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The Five-Year Engagement; The Pirates! Band of Misfits
THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT **1/2 It would be both obnoxious and inaccurate to quip that The Five-Year Engagement feels as if it runs as long as the titular length, but there’s […]
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‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN *** Of all the nomination flubs made this past January by the Academy of Harvey Weinstein Arts and Sciences – no Michael Fassbender; only […]
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Reviews: The Three Stooges, Cabin in the Woods
THE THREE STOOGES *1/2 Can anyone who isn’t a Stooge fan possibly enjoy The Three Stooges? More to the point, can anyone who is a Stooge fan possibly find merit […]
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Movie reviews: ‘Titanic 3D,’ ‘American Reunion’
TITANIC 3D ***1/2 In retrospect, it’s easy to be cynical and stuffy about James Cameron’s 1997 Titanic. It surpassed previous champs Star Wars and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial as the top […]
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Mirror Mirror, Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
MIRROR MIRROR *1/2 It’s long been established that the emperor has no clothes, which explains why Tarsem Singh Dhandwar can usually be spotted sporting nothing but a strategically placed fig […]
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The Hunger Games
THE HUNGER GAMES *** So, read any good books lately? As anyone with even the faintest trace of a pulse has heard, The Hunger Games, the eagerly awaited adaptation of […]
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‘A Separation’
When Asghar Farhadi recently collected the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Iranian writer-director of A Separation stated that the name of his country “is spoken here through […]
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21 Jump Street, Friends with Kids, The Lorax
21 JUMP STREET *** Who, aside from maybe Jonah Hill’s agent, saw this coming? In an era in which it frequently seems as if Hollywood can do little else but […]
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John Carter, Rampart
JOHN CARTER **1/2 Released in 2-D, 3-D, IMAX and possibly even a sepia tone version, John Carter arrives on the 100th anniversary of the title character’s first literary appearance, when […]
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Wanderlust, Gone
WANDERLUST ** As scattershot and unfocused as its characters, Wanderlust casts Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as George and Linda, a Manhattan couple who have just purchased their first home […]
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Shame, The Vow, The Innkeepers
SHAME *** Michael Fassbender went all James Brown on us in 2011, as the hardest working man in show business – or at least in film – appeared in leading […]