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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
Pre-teenage wasteland
Meh-widge. Meh-widge is what bwings us togevah today. (Focus) Moonrise Kingdom (A) Starring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Edward Norton Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola Directed by Wes Anderson It’s 1965. Two kids are missing. Most parents would be … Continue reading
Back in time, back to basics
K, Griff and J relive the Miracle Mets’ World Series victory. (Sony) Men in Black III (B) Starring Will Smith, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement Screenplay by Etan Cohen Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld It’s been nearly four years since Will Smith … Continue reading
Better Late than Never: ‘The Avengers’ review
The Avengers (A) Starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Gwyneth Paltrow Screen story by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon Screenplay by Joss … Continue reading
Second Chance Cinema: Back to the Future, Part II (1989)
Last time I saw it: Despite my initial fascination with it in my youth, I had begun to think of Part II as the worst part of the trilogy. It was dark, bizarre and kind of mean. But man, those … Continue reading
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Second Chance Cinema: Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Last time I watched it: One of the few movies I’ve never finished, I saw Lars and the Real Girl one evening with my folks. We made it about 20 minutes in before we gave up on it for being … Continue reading
An adrenaline rush that never quits
Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. (Paramount) Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (A) Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton Screenplay by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec Directed by Brad Bird In one of … Continue reading
A portrait of a prisoner to pleasure
Brandon (Michael Fassbender) suffers from sex addiction in Steve McQueen’s Shame. (Fox Searchlight) Shame (A-) Starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale Written by Steve McQueen and Abi Morgan Directed by Steve McQueen Despite outstanding cinematography and the upscale … Continue reading
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The Weekender: For ‘Shame’
IN THEATERS: New Year’s Eve (PG-13) Starring Katherine Heigl, Chris Bridges, Ashton Kutcher Written by Katherine Fugate Directed by Garry Marshall Only Garry Marshall could make so many feel-good movies seem so unappealing. In this thematic sequel to Valentine’s Day, … Continue reading
The Weekender: Someone please think of the children
IN THEATERS: Arthur Christmas (PG) Starring the voices of James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy Written by Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith Directed by Sarah Smith Aardman Animation has worked wonders in the past (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of … Continue reading
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