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A struggling, alcoholic writer, Marty (Colin Firth) can’t get past the title page of his screenplay, “Seven Psychopaths.” Friend Billy (Sam Rockwell) , a struggling actor and a dog “borrower” who nabs neighborhood pups so his a...
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Horror movies generally require a suspension of disbelief but Sinister, the new movie starring Ethan Hawke as a true crime writer who stumbles upon a serial killer of sorts, rushed for an explanation and an ending that pushed t...
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Over the past 15 years, director Dick Carruthers has filmed a variety of different rock acts. He’s the guy who lensed Portishead’s PNYC: Portishead – Roseland and The Killers Live from Royal Albert Hall. He’s also worked ...
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Writer-director Tim Burton has a way of making us sympathize with monsters. Whether it’s Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands, Burton makes freaks and geeks into lovable, misunderstood creatures. He tries to work that magic...
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When the thriller Taken came out four years ago, star Liam Neeson wasn’t quite believable as Bryan Miller, an ex-CIA operative who still kicks some serious ass. Now 60, Neeson struggles even more in Taken 2, a sequel that finds...
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While Jim Field Smith’s previous film, She’s Out of My League, didn’t get rave critical reviews, we loved it anyway. So we were excited to see the Smith’s latest effort, Butter. While the film is loosely based on real butter ca...
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Coming at the end of a summer that delivered a deluge of dystopic films about the future, the new sci-fi flick Looper didn’t quite deliver the smart vision we thought (hoped) it would. Set in the year 2044, the film centers on ...
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Look, we’re just as surprised as you. A teen musical is not very 40-something hipster and we went into it convinced the whole show choir thing was as tired of a premise as vampires. And, it’s a pretty predictable young love sto...
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Comedic actor Adam Sandler used to be box office gold. His films that came out during the ’90s and early ’00s were huge hits. And he even successfully tried his hand at drama with 2002’s Punch Drunk Love. But somehow he lost hi...
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The young adrenaline-junkie LAPD officers in End of Watch are as fool-hardy as they are unlucky. The partners are put on a new beat in South Central Los Angeles after being cleared of a shooting. While on the lookout for guns, ...