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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Oct 2012
With several movies still to be released, we don’t have a good grasp yet on how the major players will be received. But we’re still closer than we were in August. So take a look at where the races stand … Continue reading
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The Weekender: ‘Here Comes’ trouble
IN THEATERS: Argo (R) Starring Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman Written for the screen by Chris Terrio Directed by Ben Affleck Sure to be a major player at the Oscars this year, Argo tells crazy-but-true story of the 1980 … Continue reading
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The Weekender: Guns and ‘Butter’
IN THEATERS: Taken 2 (PG-13) Starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace Screenplay by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Directed by Olivier Megaton This revenge-filled sequel to the original surprise hit isn’t bad, just completely unnecessary. Liam Neeson kicks … Continue reading
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Hit to Death in the Future Head
Yeah, this movie’s not all shoot-outs. (TriStar) Looper (A) Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt Written and directed by Rian Johnson Most Bruce Willis action movies require you to check your brain at the door before you enter the … Continue reading
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The Weekender: Less than ‘Perfect’
The 25th Dallas Video Fest kicked off Wednesday night with the full-scale experiment Expanded Cinema at the Omni Hotel. Thursday debuted the fest in earnest with the debut of the entertaining and enlightening documentary Ann Richards’ Texas. Learn more about … Continue reading
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The Weekender: Watch ‘The Master’ work
IN THEATERS: Dredd (R) Starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey Screenplay by Alex Garland Directed by Pete Travis Sometimes a movie comes along and looks so mind-numbingly awful that you have to wonder who thought it was a good … Continue reading
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The Weekender: ‘Retribution’ for the worst weekend in years
IN THEATERS: Resident Evil: Retribution (R) Starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez Screenplay by Paul W.S. Anderson Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson After his disastrous steampunk version of The Three Musketeers flopped, the untalented Paul Anderson (as opposed to … Continue reading
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Fall Movie Preview 2012: So Much Manliness, You’ll Need a Dr Pepper Ten
Sept. 14 The Master (R) Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams Manliness: 6 Perhaps a little too highbrow for some dudes, but those are dudes I don’t want to hang out with. P.T. Anderson’s controversial return to film … Continue reading
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Fall Movie Preview 2012: The Tearjerkers
Sept. 14 Finding Nemo 3D (G) Starring the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe Potential for tears: Medium The undersea adventure returns nine years later in hopes you’ll shell out to see it again in post-conversion 3-D. While … Continue reading
The Weekender: No more ‘Words’
IN THEATERS: The Words (PG-13) Starring Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid Written and directed by Brian Klugman & Lee Sternthal Hard to believe a literary-minded thriller (I stretch the term) is getting such a major release. Cooper stars as … Continue reading