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'What If' and 'Land Ho!': A Rom-Com Gem and a Charming Indie Road Trip Aug. 08, 2014

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Romantic comedies can be so dismally predictable — the implausible characters, the dopey situa... Read More

'Guardians of the Galaxy' and 'Get on Up': A Spaced-out Blockbuster and a Problematic Tribute to the Great James Brown Aug. 01, 2014

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"Guardians of the Galaxy" is what happens when you hire a graduate of the merry Troma schlock factor... Read More

'Magic in the Moonlight' and 'Lucy': Good Woody and Girl Powers Jul. 25, 2014

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Woody Allen's "Magic in the Moonlight" returns us to the toddling times of his Oscar-winning "Midnig... Read More

'Boyhood' and 'I Origins': Richard Linklater Delivers a Long-Form Masterwork, Michael Pitt and Brit Marling Get Lost in a Sci-Fi Muddle Jul. 18, 2014

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Richard Linklater has proved himself a master of capturing on film something that seems very much li... Read More

'22 Jump Street' and 'The Rover': Top-Drawer Laughs, Bottom-Shelf Dystopia Jun. 13, 2014

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Very cute. "22 Jump Street" isn't just an improbable sequel to the smash hit "21 Jump Street" of two... Read More

'The Fault in Our Stars' and 'Edge of Tomorrow': Teenage Tears and Blockbusting Terrors Jun. 06, 2014

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"The Fault in Our Stars" arrives on a flood tide of tears already shed by the 10 million readers of ... Read More

'A Million Ways to Die in the West' and 'Maleficent': Seth MacFarlane's Not Quite Ready for the Big Screen, but Angelina Jolie Rules Over a 'Sleeping Beauty' Spinoff May. 30, 2014

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Seth MacFarlane finally appears in the flesh in "A Million Ways to Die in the West." Unfortunately, ... Read More

'X-Men: Days of Future Past' and 'Cold in July': Hugh Jackman in a Time-tripping Blockbuster, Michael C. Hall and Don Johnson in a Nasty Little Noir May. 23, 2014

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It wouldn't hurt to have a Marvel Comics scholar gobbling popcorn by your side as the plot of "X-Men... Read More

'Chef,' 'Neighbors' and 'Palo Alto': Foodies, Frat Boys and Teenage Wasteland Revisited May. 09, 2014

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Jon Favreau's new comedy, a sort of food-porn road trip, is as light as a soufflé but solid as ... Read More

'Blood Glacier' and 'Zombeavers': Screaming Death Birds and Undead Aqua-Rodents May. 02, 2014

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Grumpy film critics often dismiss this or that new movie as "crap," as if that were always a bad thi... Read More

Disability Reviews Mar. 19, 2014

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Q: After a long process, I started getting disability benefits about a year ago. And now, out of the... Read More

'Veronica Mars' and 'Grand Piano': Kristen Bell Back on the Case and Elijah Wood Playing for His Life Mar. 14, 2014

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Having napped through her three seasons on TV, I came to "Veronica Mars" the movie as something of a... Read More

Sink Your Teeth into 'Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2' Feb. 28, 2014

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DEVELOPER: Mercury Steam PUBLISHER: Konami SYSTEM: Microsoft Xbox 360 (PS3) PRICE: $59.99 ESRB RATIN... Read More

'Pompeii' and 'Maladies': Kit Harington vs. The Volcano, James Franco at Low Ebb Feb. 21, 2014

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In a nutshell: Mount Vesuvius, a volcano in southern Italy, erupted in A.D. 79, obliterating the nea... Read More

'Labor Day' and 'Tim's Vermeer': Kate Winslet in a Slushy Romance, Penn and Teller on the Trail of an Artistic Mystery Jan. 31, 2014

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The world has changed even more than you might have been aware since the 1950s, when Dinah Shore sco... Read More

'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' and 'Big Bad Wolves': Chris Pine in a Franchise Reboot and a Startling Creep-fest From Israel Jan. 17, 2014

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"Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" is a "Bourne" movie without the showpiece action sce... Read More

'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,' 'American Hustle' and 'Saving Mr. Banks': Dragons and Dirtbags and Disney Revisited Dec. 13, 2013

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Part Two: In which we rejoin Bilbo and Gandalf on their way to Erebor in company with the questing d... Read More

'Inside Llewyn Davis' and 'Out of the Furnace': The Coen Brothers Unplugged, Woody Harrelson Unchained Dec. 06, 2013

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"Inside Llewyn Davis" is a ramblin' kind of movie with several things to commend it. The ramblin' is... Read More

'Nebraska' and 'Charlie Countryman': A Road Trip With Bruce Dern and Will Forte, A Romanian Holiday With Shia LaBeouf Nov. 15, 2013

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Bruce Dern gives a brave and unfaltering performance in "Nebraska," the new movie by Alexa... Read More