Movie Review: Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange could have been another story about love triumphing in the most magical place in the world: New York City. By repackaging a familiar story …
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Movie Review: Million Dollar Arm
Disney is hoping for people to write as many positive baseball puns as it can about Million Dollar Arm. This family film, when focused on …
Movie Review: Heaven Is For Real
I’m glad Heaven Is For Real exists. For one, the religious right has long been underserved by message-pushing films with minimal complexity. Also, Heaven Is …
Movie Review: Muppets Most Wanted
Jason Segel and Amy Adams held more sway than I thought. Muppets Most Wanted brings back Kermit/Piggy et al for a caper/heist film. While parts …
Movie Review: August: Osage County
I want no part of living in Osage County, Oklahoma. August: Osage County is Tracy Letts’s adaptation of her own play. Though highly vicious to the …
Movie Review: The Past
Asghar Farhadi is one of the best directors out there that can inject suspense out of an everyday problem that people have to deal with. …
Movie Review: Frozen
Frozen is delightfully old school. The latest production from Disney is based on an old fairy tale, features a couple of cute creatures, has some …
Movie Review: Frankenweenie
Tim Burton must have really loved his dog. Frankenweenie is clearly right in Tim Burton’s wheelhouse: a combination of a lonely boy-lovable dog relationship coupled …
Movie Review: The Place Beyond the Pines
Schenectady (NY) translates to the Place Beyond the Pines. Using the gritty rural setting as the movie’s backdrop, director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) weaves a …
Movie Review: Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 is Pixar’s piece de resistance. Coupling the originality of the first Toy Story with the pathos of the second one, Toy Story …