Film
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Magic Tricks
Possibly you've seen the tiny synopsis for Magic Mike and you have groaned. One stripper, Mike (Channing Tatum), takes newbie Adam (Alex Pettyfer) under his...
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Crock Rock
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who think hair metal is good, and those who realize it isn't. If you're allied...
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Pro-meh-theus
Prometheus is an Alien prequel that officially isn't. Director Ridley Scott has adamantly (and repeatedly) denied this movie's ties to his 1979 genre-shaping classic, but...
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Black Out
Men in Black III shouldn't have happened. That's not to say that it was a particularly bad idea – it doesn't even approach the terrible...
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Bull's Eye
Let's get one thing out of the way: Bernie is about much more than a real-life murder. ''What you're fixin' to see is a true...
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Black Comedy
Even Jack Black isn't sure if his newest film, Bernie (see review, page 54) is a comedy or a tragedy -- but don't hold that...
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The Hole Truth
You often hear about pop artists and bands partying hard, being reckless with life and drugs. But you rarely see it. ''I didn't really want...
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Blood Sucking
Stop me if any of this seems familiar: Johnny Depp wears makeup and an odd costume to play a quirky man with an accent. Tim...
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Avenging Marvels
Take a minute to consider how incredible it is that The Avengers exists. This movie, after all, is more than seven years in the making....
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Cylindrical Cinema
Kerry Brougher doesn't think architect Gordon Bunshaft or other developers of the Hirshhorn Museum anticipated that the circular, donut-shaped building, completed in 1974, would one...
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Bully for 'Bully'
There's no such thing as an honest documentary. Any one, told in any way, will be twisted and tacked into place by a filmmaker's intentions....
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Cabin Fever
Don't watch the trailer, don't ask your friends, and above all else, don't read about it online. (Except, um, here.) The Cabin in the Woods...
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Comic Culture
Fandom has reached something akin to a roaring pitch on the fringes of today's pop culture. For every hit television show or movie, dozens of...
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Death Match
The first thing worth mentioning about The Hunger Games is the silence. Few characters say much, and those that do don't repeat themselves. Their thoughts,...
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Fixer Uppers
Jeff, Who Lives At Home is a funny sort of movie. Not funny ha-ha, as its trailer so deceptively suggests, but funny like a warm...
