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Movie Review: The Dictator
December 30, 2024What differentiates Sacha Baron Cohen from the vast majority of his contemporaries is his willingness to...
Movie Review: Men in Black III
December 28, 2024Smith, in his first role in four years, appears refreshed and re-energized as an actor. His...
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather: Part III, #75
December 27, 2024The problem with Godfather III is that . . . it’s not Godfather I or Godfather...
Movie Review: Chernobyl Diaries
December 27, 2024What it is, though, is a robust specimen of a very particular kind of movie. It...
Trailer Watch: Les Misérables
December 25, 2024This is, in showbiz terms, the textbook definition of "a big deal." After all this anticipation,...
Movie Review: Snow White and the Huntsman
December 25, 2024After a kiss reawakens Snow White (though it may not be the kiss you’re expecting, which...
The Last Victorian: John Buchan and the Hannay Quartet
December 25, 2024But, even more importantly, he also struck the first modern note in the evolution of the...
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Roaring Twenties, #74
December 24, 2024Warner Brothers owned the franchise for gangster films in the 1930s. The studio capped the decade...
Movie Review: Moonrise Kingdom
December 24, 2024These off-realities of Wes Anderson's movies also enable him to create gorgeous works, and Moonrise Kingdom...