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Fresh out of a mental institution where he was sent after an over-the-top jealous outburst, Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) moves back into to his family home. While his parents welcome him back, their son’s return to everyday li...
It’s often the case that film festival favorites don’t live up to the hype. A case in point is James Ponsoldt’s Smashed, a movie that won the “U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing” at th...
There’s no need to recount the plot of Paranormal Activity 4, the latest sequel in the horror film franchise that launched in 2007. Nothing really happens in the slow-moving film. The movie is such a bore, it suggests the serie...
The true story behind Argo, the new Ben Affleck film about six hostages who somehow manage to escape Iran in the midst of the U.S. hostage crisis, is almost unbelievable. A larger-than-life CIA-driven extrication plan that invo...
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...
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...