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Life after college hasn’t been good to Jesse (How I Met Your Mother’s Josh Radnor), who’s barely making things work in New York where he has a desk job in college admissions. He has so little going on, in fact, that when his co...
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Although a relatively high demand download, it’s hard to believe that’s going to translate to big audience demand for 'Bachelorette" at the box office. This ill-conceived film bears more than a passing resemblance to 2011’s 'Br...
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We’ll be the first to admit that Robot & Frank, the new movie starring Frank Langella as an aging, crusty ex-con who’s losing his memory, appeals mostly to an older audience. The blue-hair crowd was in full force when we sa...
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The couple after which the film Celeste & Jesse Forever takes its name, Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) seem so well-suited to each other that they practically finish each other’s sentences. They have all s...
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A psychological thriller that ups the ante as it progresses, 'Compliance' makes you wonder why people behave the way the do.
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Australian director John Hillcoat is particularly adept at handling dark, violent source material. He explored themes of revenge and redemption in 2005’s The Proposition and 2009’s The Road. He’s at it again in Lawless, a perio...
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It isn’t just the violence in William Friedkin’s Killer Joe that’ll make your stomach turn. It’s the sex, too. That combination – which results in several twisted scenes of sexual deviance – is so creepy, it suggests the NC-17 ...
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Surprisingly sweet and ultimately more chick flick than action movie, 'Hit & Run' just doesn't deliver many laughs. A plodding plot and dull chase scenes keep the film from becoming the wild ride it promised to be.
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We didn’t expect much from this late-summer action flick, but by setting the action in real time, director and co-writer David Koepp keeps the action coming fast and furious in 'Premium Rush.'
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'The Queen of Versailles' begins as an examination of the new American dream, but what starts as a 'Real Housewives' look at how the other half lives quickly turns into a “riches to rags” story. It’s a train wreck you can’t hel...