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R.I.P., Robin Williams
I was at the advance screening of The Giver last night that featured red-carpet interviews with the film's stars, and Jeff Bridges burst into...
Nanu Nanu, Bye Bye Robin Williams
Robin Williams splashed colorfully -- literally -- into pop culture in 1978 as Mork, wearing a bright red alien suit with a silver upside-down...
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Calvary (R) John Michael McDonagh (The Guard) writes and directs this thriller about an Irish Catholic priest (Brendan Gleeson) who hears in confession that...
Taken
The romantic comedy What If is adapted from T.J. Dawe and Michael Rinaldi’s play Toothpaste and Cigars. I’ve never seen the play, but somehow...
More Than Meets the “I”
In a fresh look at a tired argument, director Mike Cahill adds his flavor to the ongoing evolution-versus-creationism battle with I Origins, and after...
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Child of God (R) James Franco directs, writes, and co-stars in this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel about a man (Scott Haze) who tries...
12 Years a Child
Bless him, Richard Linklater has never been afraid to experiment with the medium of cinema. The revolving protagonists of Slacker, the deliberate formlessness of...
All You Need Is Quill
On the surface of a barren, hostile, alien planet, an Earthman named Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) boogies leisurely across the rocky terrain in his...
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And So It Goes (PG-13) Michael Douglas stars in this comedy as a self-centered man who enlists the help of his neighbor (Diane Keaton)...
Tears in Tinseltown
I hated Garden State when it came out. I detested its cutesy preciousness, its 10-cent spiritual wisdom, its general air of being pleased with...
