Movie Review: “American Hustle” keeps you watching
The people in “American Hustle” want things. They want possessions, they want respect, and they want someone who will still care about them after…
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Movie Review: “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” manages to mostly work
Your average young adult cash-in, this is not. The sequel to the first “Hunger Games” film (based on the incredibly popular trilogy of dystopian…
Movie Review: ‘Don Jon’ proves Joseph Gordon-Levitt is too talented for his own good
With “Don Jon,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt proves not only can he direct and write, but he can make a movie about a porn addict really funny.
Movie Review: ‘You’re Next’ has twists and some surprising laughs
A family gets together for the weekend and a group of masked murderers invade their home. Have you seen that movie before? Not quite…
Movie Review: ‘The World’s End’ is a moving and wise character study
Edgar Wright’s “Cornetto trilogy”—genre riffs that are, at their core, poignant observations of male relationships—comes to a close with “The World’s End,” and it…
Movie Review: ‘Oblivion’ a star vehicle of spare parts
Machines are typically a main enemy in science fiction narratives, often stand-ins for the mechanical processes of fascism or bureaucracy . This is true…
Movie Review: ‘Temptation’ perpetuates victim-blaming culture
It’s difficult not to feel uneasy after watching Tyler Perry’s “Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.” There are so many things about the movie,…
Movie Review: ‘The Croods’ overcomes prehistoric clichés
Audiences expecting “The Croods” to be another overdone, recycled, family-fun, cliché kind of movie are slightly right. There are many clichés in the film…
Movie Review: ‘Spring Breakers’ is real March Madness
We are almost a fourth of the way done with this year and the movie industry hasn’t provided audiences with any real surprises. Well,…
Movie review: ‘Les Miserables’ exceptional screen adaptation
“Les Miserables” roared into theaters to much anticipation on Christmas. The big name stars including Helena Bonham Carter, Russel Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman…