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Film

  • Camp Celluloid

    By on July 14, 2010

    ''The first time I ever went out in drag was as Patty Duke. So I have this thing.'' That ''thing'' is why Valley of the...

  • Monster Trash

    By on June 29, 2010

    To say that the third installment in the Twilight Saga is the best one is like saying the Korean War was the best war, or...

  • Unsaintly Actions

    By on June 17, 2010

    When Proposition 8 was passed in California during the 2008 elections, not only did it put a stop to marriages for same-sex couples in the...

  • True Stories

    By on June 17, 2010

    When truth can be stranger than fiction, documentaries can eclipse feature films in their ability to enthrall, entertain and educate. Now in its eighth year,...

  • Spiritual Cinema

    By on June 17, 2010

    Lately, all the buzz about Buddha in the District of Columbia has belonged to Buddha Bar, the überhip restaurant/lounge chain of the jetseteratti, welcoming Washington...

  • Money Girl

    By on June 9, 2010

    Several years ago, when Joan Rivers starred in a GEICO commercial where the whole concept centered on her plastic surgery, it seemed like a wonderful...

  • Greek Comedy

    By on June 3, 2010

    Two years ago, Forgetting Sarah Marshall was a hit not just because of Jason Segel's full frontal shot, but because it was a highly entertaining,...

  • Fluff for Fans

    By on May 27, 2010

    Dear Sex and the City fans: Cheers! Everything you could have possibly wanted in a sequel to the first film, as a continuation of the...

  • Big-Screen Crime

    By on May 14, 2010

    Robin Hood and Little John walkin' through the forest … oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly what a bore! A great deal of nostalgia will be felt for...

  • Iron Fortified

    By on May 5, 2010

    When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) takes the stage at an Expo at the beginning of Iron Man 2, he does so in a manner...

  • Death Match

    By on April 21, 2010

    Can a British black comedy about a family successfully translate to an American comedy about a black family? Bloody hell, yeah! In 2007, the Frank...

  • Heroic Deeds

    By on April 15, 2010

    The least offensive thing about Kick-Ass is its title. The most offensive? That's way too hard to pinpoint. Kick-Ass is flat-out, balls-to-the-wall funny. Now, if...

  • Jett Lag

    By on April 7, 2010

    In a very odd way, it's almost as if Kristen Stewart was born to play rocker Joan Jett. The slightly stoned look of ambivalence and...

  • Gods Forsaken

    By on March 31, 2010

    ''Just accept it.'' That's the advice given to Perseus when he discovers a sword from the gods in the forest. There's no good explanation for...

  • Son Dance

    By on March 10, 2010

    Sometimes things don't turn out the way you expect. Sometimes the high school quarterback grows up and transitions into a woman. Sometimes an orphan discovers...