Review: Nowhere Boy
It’s hard to make a film about someone as legendary and iconic as John Lennon. How do you avoid seeming like you’re simply ...
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Review: Hereafter
Here are two facts: 1. Clint Eastwood is a great director. One of the best ever. 2. Matt Damon is an impressive actor. ...
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Review: Case 39
I just killed several people between here and the only theater near Boston showing Case 39. It’s a movie about a little girl ...
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Review: Paranormal Activity 2
Scary movies are the bane of my existence. There, I said it – the first step is to admit I have a problem. ...
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Review: Paranormal Activity 2
There are plenty of people who are hoping Paranormal Activity 2 will be completely separate and unique from the first film, and all ...
Review: Jackass 3D
In the ten years since Jackass (the TV show) premiered on MTV, America has grown to love the increasingly painful antics of the ...
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Review: Secretariat
Secretariat enters the final turn of the Belmont Stakes, a wake of dirt behind him. The thunderous sound of his hooves slamming into ...
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Review: Secretariat
Secretariat. It’s a movie. It’s a movie about a horse. It’s a movie about a horse and it’s not Seabiscuit. Secretariat, starring Diane ...
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Review: It’s Kind of a Funny Story
Some of the most brilliant films succeed largely due to their ability to find the extraordinary in the mundane. That is, they portray ...
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London Film Festival Review: Never Let Me Go
This adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go instilled in me a great desire to pick up the book as soon as ...
Review: Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In is a monster movie, but no more than it is a slow character drama. I feel it supports ...
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Review: Let Me In
Exactly two years after Let the Right One In was unleashed in Sweden, an American version re-titled Let Me In defies all expectation. ...