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The “way, way back” refers to the farthest set of seats that used to be in the old station wagons. You know, the ones that offer a back window view of cars coming up behind you. That position describes (literally and figurative...
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You’re 30-something and finally meet a man with potential. You start dating a guy who can see past your idiosyncrasies and the years you’ve wasted under the thumb of a manipulative, judgmental and abusive mum. After a few month...
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In Gore Verbinksi’s re-imagining of The Lone Ranger, by-the-book prosecutor John Reid (Armie Hammer) heads west to dispense justice beside his Texas Ranger brother. Double-crossed by a tracker, Reid’s brother and his team are a...
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When we last saw super villain Gru (Steve Carell), he had just given up his evil ways to pursue a life of tranquility as father to three orphan girls. That’s essentially where 2010’s Despicable Me ended and the new sequel, Desp...
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20 Feet from Stardom is director Morgan Neville’s documentary about talented people who sing in the shadows of superstars like Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John. Neville focuses on the individual stories of several signif...
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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, director Alex Gibney’s (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) documentary about WikiLeaks, begins with a few riffs from one of Julian Assange’s favorite songs — Midnight Oil’s “Blossom ...
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Monsters University is the much-anticipated prequel to the beloved 2001 Pixar buddy comedy, Monsters, Inc. The film shows us how animated odd couple Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sully (John Goodman) first met while studying to purs...
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Given all the turmoil that surrounded the making of World War Z, which reportedly went through several rewrites and a few extra weeks of shooting before the finished product was complete, you’d expect the film to be a train wre...
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Much like he did with its predecessors, 1995’s Before Sunrise and 2004’s Before Sunset, writer-director Richard Linklater emphasizes dialogue over action in Before Midnight. This time around, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Jul...
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Even with the upcoming World War Z, zombies are so 2012. Pop culture has moved beyond the end of life and set its sights on the end of everything with a slew of apocalyptic flicks like Seeking a Friend for the End of the World,...