Once The Lone Ranger’s finale finally gets going, it makes the entire endeavor worth the price of admission.
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Movie Review: ‘Monsters University’
The short film that preceded Monsters University, The Blue Umbrella, is a beautiful work of visual poetry, using music and rhythm to progress the narrative, with absolutely no dialogue whatsoever. It’s a story about a blue umbrella that develops an attraction to a red umbrella, which happens to be the …
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Clint Eastwood 40 Film Collection’
This should make the day of most Eastwood fans.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Wiener Dog Nationals’
Kevan Peterson keeps the tone light and never lets his actors get too over-the-top.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘The Life of Oharu’ (Criterion Collection)
The Japanese classic 'Life of Oharu' is newly available from the Criterion Collection.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Safety Last!’ – The Criterion Collection
Yes, it's hard to fathom there was a time in cinematic history wherein performers would risk their necks the way Harold Lloyd did in movies like Safety Last!.
Read More »LA Film Fest – ‘Europa Report’
Europa Report is “hard” sci-fi. That means that its plot cannot be separated from the science involved. Does that mean Europa Report is nerdy or boring? Absolutely not.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Movie 43’
Each segment is made by different people, and they feel like they fall across the spectrum, from the absurdly hilarious, to the confusingly weird, to the just plain gross
Read More »LA Film Fest: ‘The Spectacular Now’
I really didn't want to like The Spectacular Now, but, I did.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Heat’
While Feig may not have the comedic heavyweight writing of Kristen Wiig behind the screenplay, stars Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock make sure The Heat never fizzles.
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