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Portrait of the artist as an early retiree
James Murphy, during his last night fronting one of the most important bands of the last decade. (Oscilloscope) Shut Up and Play the Hits (A-) Directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern One of my biggest regrets will be never … Continue reading
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The Best of 2012… So Far – Film
This year is on pace to set a personal record: the most movies I’ve ever seen in one year. That’s thanks to the more frequent review opportunities afforded me by Pegasus News (now owned by The Dallas Morning News) and … Continue reading
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The Weekender: ‘Drift’ away
IN THEATERS: Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Starring the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo Screenplay by Michael Berg and Jay Fuchs Directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier Unless you have a kid under the age of … Continue reading
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The Weekender: The ‘Me’ Generation
IN THEATERS: Savages (R) Starring Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively Written for the screen by Shane Salerno & Don Winslow & Oliver Stone Directed by Oliver Stone Every year, and sometimes more than once a year, a movie comes … Continue reading
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Thunder buddies for life!
“We’d just be idiots spouting nonsense.” And thus no line of dialogue has ever summed up its movie quite so well. (Universal) Ted (B+) Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, the voice of Seth MacFarlane Story by Seth MacFarlane Screenplay by Seth … Continue reading
A superhero movie that lives up to its adjective
Talk about your hunger games. (Sony) The Amazing Spider-Man (B+) Starring James Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans Screen story by James Vanderbilt Screenplay by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves Directed by Marc Webb The Amazing Spider-Man is … Continue reading
The Weekender: It’s a kind of ‘Magic’
IN THEATERS: Ted (R) Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, the voice of Seth MacFarlane Story by Seth MacFarlane Screenplay by Seth MacFarlane and Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild Directed by Seth MacFarlane A foul-mouthed talking bear that’s best friends with … Continue reading
Bizarre love triangle
Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt are whole-hearted half-sisters. (IFC Films) Your Sister’s Sister (B-) Starring Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt Written and directed by Lynn Shelton Movies can be malleable, but you can only take stretch thin material so … Continue reading
The Weekender: ‘Hunter’ always gets captured by the game
IN THEATERS: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (R) Starring Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper Written for the screen by Seth Grahame-Smith Directed by Timur Bekmambetov Grahame-Smith’s follow-up to Pride & Prejudice & Zombies (the movie version of which has been … Continue reading
My Life in Movies: 1992
Read what this is all about here. Best Picture winner: Unforgiven (dir. Clint Eastwood) Box office champion: Aladdin ($217.4 million – actual, $415.3 – adjusted) BEST OF THE BEST Reservoir Dogs (dir. Quentin Tarantino) Could it be that Tarantino’s first film is his greatest? That’s certainly … Continue reading
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