Youth In Revolt

Watching Cera Be Superbad In “Youth In Revolt,” is Supergood.

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It Might Get Loud – Antithesis to Guitar Hero Culture

Jimmy Page, Jack White, and the Edge are the stars of It Might Get Loud. They are three completely different legends from three rather different eras, collaborating on something incredible. But the film is not about them. It’s about the instrument and the art itself—the art of guitar playing as explained and performed by the genius war orphan, the brutish young prodigy, and the regal prince of innovation.

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A Knee-Jerk Review To “ZombieBland.” (That’s Not a Typo).

I’m going to cut to the chase with this one. Usually, I like to give some sort of clever introduction about how I ended up going to see a movie, or how excited I was, or some sort of salutary nonsense like that. Not this time. I want to write everything while it’s still fresh in my mind.

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500 Days of Summer is 90 Minutes of Joy

Let it be known that I hate romantic movies. Romantic comedies, romantic dramas…whichever. I loathe them. I find them trite, predictable, and insulting. The fact that I’m incurably single has nothing to do with it.

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A Perfect Getaway, Indeed.

David Twohy shows how to deliver the perfect escapist thriller movie.

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Taking of Pelham 123

For Walter Garber (Denzel Washington), it’s supposed to be just another day at the office.

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Phèdre at the movies

It’s almost a typical good news/bad news story.

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Many Laughs to be Found in "Land of the Lost."

[Disclaimer: I think Will Ferrell is really funny.]

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Terminator: Salvation (2009)

Is McG’s effort the Salvation of the Terminator Franchise?

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"Drag Me to Hell" Takes Me to Heaven

…Gory, Disgusting, Hilarious, Heaven.

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