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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 2 of 40
Have you ever spent Thanksgiving at your significant other's house, where you realize that while you like his or her mom, the pumpkin pie or stuffing isn't nearly as good as your mom's? Sure, you're satisfied. You're about to fall asleep from being so jam-packed with stuff, but you're missing a little bit of that childhood no... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Prestige: 5 of 29
The Prestige opens on a strange sight of a forest floor covered in regal black top hats and a voice-over from Michael Caine warning the viewer to "watch closely." Caine then goes on to explain the three acts of a magic trick: The Pledge, something ordinary the magician shows his audience, The Turn, where the magician does som... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Spider-man 3 (2007): 5 of 26
A lot of superhero trilogies tend to start out strong with their first two films and then waver significantly on the third one (ahem X-Men), usually due to some part of the creative team getting frustrated and leaving the franchise in a huff. With Spider-Man 3, however, the unity and cohesiveness of Sam Raimi and his creative... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Heartbreak Kid: 2 of 10
A retooling of the 1972 version that dealt with issues of Jewish assimilation and merging of class differences, the Farrelly brother's The Heartbreak Kid transports the original's political message into a vulgar monstrosity of misogynistic schlock.Eddie (Ben Stiller in his usual over-the-top-why-can't-I-be-Jim-Carrey schtick)... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Little Children: 2 of 8
While centering on dark humor topics such as the ridiculousness of life in suburbia, snobby housewives, and the search for privacy amongst raising kids, Little Children is not light-hearted. Desperate Housewives this is not. The film is intense, touching on topics such as adultery, pedophilia, Internet pornography, self-mutil... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Black Dahlia: 2 of 8
The eternal question is usually about a chicken and an egg, but in regards to The Black Dahlia, the true question is: style or substance? It is fairly essential to have a little bit of both, but in the case of The Black Dahlia too much style and far too little substance are the big downfall. What started off as highly promisi... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Sex and the City: The Movie: 10 of 35
Men, do not let your girlfriends drag you to Sex and the City. While, typically, there is some knowledge of the "fairer sex" to be gained from the usual chick flick fare, there is nothing for you here. Go play some football or see Iron Man for the third time because this movie will feel like torture for you. For women (and th... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Science Of Sleep: 2 of 7
Sometimes it can be difficult to qualify and deconstruct a film. There are movies that have incredibly odd and in-depth plots (i.e. I Heart Huckabees) that defy categorization. And sometimes there is a director whose collection of films are all so comparable to one another that it's hard to separate them. The Science of Sleep... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Departed: 14 of 48
When Martin Scorsese is mentioned in passing, it's usually in reference to how he's always Oscar's bridesmaid and never the bride. Or sometimes it's about one of his recent movies: The Aviator or Gangs of New York. But mostly the chatter is constrained to the topic of how his latest movies have frankly paled in comparison to ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Marie Antoinette: 5 of 16
It's the stereotypical story. Girl moves to new place. Girl meets boy. Girl has makeover. Girl and boy fall in love. Cue dance scenes and shopping montages set to New Order songs. Nope, it's not a Molly Ringwald movie, although this film does feature a lot of pink clothes the film in question is actually Sofia Coppola's newes... More..