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Prey: Thunderbird
Hallelujah, praise the Lord! At long last, somebody did something creative with the Predator series! It took only 35 years after the release of the...
Arabesque
The Kingdom is the fourth movie directed by Peter Berg, and it’s obviously his bid to join that elite club of filmmakers whose action...
Why I Won’t Watch A Ghost Story
When I learned of the latest feature-length effort from local filmmakers David Lowery, James Johnston, and Toby Halbrooks, my excitement curdled about as soon...
The Karate Kid: Kung Fu Shuffle
All right, this is bugging me: Why is this movie entitled The Karate Kid? I understand why the filmmakers would want to keep the...
Despicable We
The first thing you’ll see in The Hateful Eight is an overture. It’s a title card shown over several minutes’ worth of mood-setting music...
Film Shorts
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I Love You Phillip Morris (R) Screenwriters Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Bad Santa) make their directing debut with this comedy about a real-life...
Ma Rainey: Levee Sings the Blues
When Chadwick Boseman died this past summer, we heard that he had one performance left in the can, a starring role in a film...
Pitch Perfect: College Notes
Between Glee, YouTube, and TV’s various singing competition shows, our pop culture is awash in cover songs like never before. That’s why the spectacle...
Fire on Celluloid
I try to take movies on their own terms. That's not the easiest thing to do when it comes to Quentin Tarantino. If you...
R.I.P., Jonathan Demme
Like everyone else, I was saddened to hear about the death of Jonathan Demme, who passed away last night at age 73. I thought...
