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Number Four: Three Stars
Hollywood now faces the same problem that faced the young-adult publishing industry a few years ago. With the Harry Potter and Twilight film series...
Three Films and Change: Mother, Chloe, The Last Song
Fittingly, the main character of the volatile, uproarious, and deeply disturbing Mother has no proper name, so she’s pretty much defined by her role...
Film Shorts // November 29 – December 5, 2023
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Animal (NR) Ranbir Kapoor stars in this Indian action thriller as a rebellious son who vows violent revenge after his corporate mogul father (Anil...
Death on the Wheel
I can’t get enough of Shakespeare’s so-called “problem plays” like Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale, and Cymbeline, and I’m always eager to see...
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...
Mean Girls: It Roars
Dear God, has it really been 20 years since the original Mean Girls came out? (Not quite, but it will be in a few...
Film Shorts
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Page One: Inside the New York Times (R) Andrew Rossi (Eat This New York) directs this documentary that follows journalists on the famed newspaper’s...
The Top 10
I’m in pain while I compile this. It’s true that every year, I find worthy movies that fail to make even the honorable mention...
The Top 10
Every time I log on to a movie-related website, some joker writing in all caps is ranting about how the movies in 2008 sucked....
Film Shorts
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Assassination Nation (R) This satirical high-school movie is about a group of girls (Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, and Abra) who are blamed...
