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The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview: The Scale
Here’s the complete scale, starting at the most tolerable down to the least tolerable: MOST TOLERABLE Super 8 Tree of Life Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II Hesher X-Men: First Class The Beaver Cowboys & Aliens Captain America: … Continue reading
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The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview: The Exciting
After suffering two rounds of mostly terrible flicks, finally I present to you the movies for which you can probably get your hopes up. Green Lantern (17 June) Comic book geeks will likely have a hissy-fit when they see studly, … Continue reading
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The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview: The Somewhat Tolerable
We’ve already covered the movies you shouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole here. Now, walking around the bush, we continue on our way to Patu San. Uh, anyway… these are the movies that have a more legitimate shot of not … Continue reading
The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview: The Awful
Every summer it seems the bad far outweighs the good, and this season’s offerings look more egregious than ever. And they’re almost all in 3-D! So here’s the first of three parts of my film preview. We’ll start at the … Continue reading
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No Weekender column the next two weeks
Sorry about missing out last week, but it was my birthday and all, so I feel that’s a fair excuse. Alas, I won’t be posting a column again today. I’m thinking of ways to revamp this column so it doesn’t … Continue reading
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The Weekender: In which we’re all April fools
Source Code Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga Written by Ben Ripley Directed by Duncan Jones No disrespect to Jones, whose Moon is one of the best movies you’ve never seen, but I can’t help but get horrible flashbacks … Continue reading
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The Weekender: There’s a ‘Sucker’ born every minute
IN THEATERS: Sucker Punch Starring Emily Browning, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino Story by Zach Snyder Screenplay by Zack Snyder & Steve Shibuya Directed by Zack Snyder The slogan warns “you will be unprepared,” but you should be prepared for a … Continue reading
Fantastic voyage
Pegg and Frost sparkle in the laugh-a-minute sci-fi comedy Paul. (Universal) Paul (B) Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, the voice of Seth Rogen Written by Pegg & Frost Directed by Greg Mottola Much has already been made about how Paul … Continue reading
The Weekender: Not so alien
IN THEATERS: Paul Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kristen Wiig Written by Pegg & Frost Directed by Greg Mottola Sci-fi nerds rejoice! This is the wish-fulfillment comedy you’ve been waiting for. The two funniest men on the planet play British … Continue reading
The Weekender: Tales from the ‘Hood’
IN THEATERS: Red Riding Hood Starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Lukas Haas Written for the screen by David Johnson Directed by Catherine Hardwicke I once thought Catherine Hardwicke had promise, but that was before the franchise-launching disaster known as Twilight. … Continue reading