Film
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Web Head
The giddy anticipation of a movie is sometimes better than the movie itself. You enter more excited than you ultimately exit. Such is frequently the...
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Hot Stuff
Hot Fuzz is a cross between Die Hard and The Full Monty. No, that's not quite right. Maybe it's more like Point Break meets Four...
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Monsters and Mayhem
Wake up, moviegoing America! Right before your eyes last weekend came an original: a witty, exceedingly well-crafted tribute to the exploitation flicks of the '70s,...
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Culture Club
A voice-over narration that condescends to the audience isn't the most auspicious start for a film, particularly for Boy Culture, the story of a Seattle...
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Scene Stealer
I don't want to be premature about this, but it seems Joseph Gordon-Levitt has completely conquered the ''Curse of the T.V. Sitcom Child Actor.'' Many...
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Switch Blades
To steal the tagline from another skating film, Blades of Glory is a movie about a love/skate relationship. What makes this one unique is that...
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Long Life Journey
Five and a half years. Is it still too soon for a 9/11 themed movie? And, in the case of Reign Over Me, is this...
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The Buff Stuff
Lots of hot, sweaty, buff, nearly-naked men. Do you need more convincing to run out and see 300? If so, consider this: It's a visually...
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Snake on a Chain
First off, an important disclaimer about Black Snake Moan. The snakes are metaphorical -- they did not follow Samuel L. Jackson off the plane. In...
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Law Breaking
Breaking and Entering is an adult film with adult themes, an adult pace and adult sensibilities. It's awash in a sea of adultness. And why...
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People Eater
It's a pretty sure bet that if you name your kid Hannibal, he'll grow up to be a serial killer. But what kind of serial...
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Flights of Fantasy
When it comes to new movie releases, January is pretty much the doldrums. In order to find a truly involving motion picture that doesn't include...
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Star Bright
It's all about the song. So potent is its power -- and so much more powerful in the hands of the artist who sings it...
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Uberdull
Sometimes in show business, it's good to have a gimmick to generate interest in your product. The gimmick deployed by Steven Soderbergh for The Good...
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Bling Bang
''In America, it's bling bling. Out here it's bling bang,'' says diamond smuggler Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) to American journalist Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), of...
