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[Review] 30 Minutes or Less

Mean-spirited comedies are not the most appealing comedies. It's a love it-or-hate it style that will gain as many fans as it will lose. If you're a fan of ...

[Review] Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is, without question, the most ambitious and clever blockbuster of the summer. Like X-Men: First ClassĀ and Batman Begins, thi...

[Review] The Change-Up

It may be overly derisive to say, especially from a guy who watched Like Father Like Son and Vice Versa religiously during the late-80s, but The Change-Up h...

[Review] The Devil’s Double

There's a potentially fantastic film in The Devil's Double, possibilities that are mostly squandered or confused. What could have been an immensely interest...

[Review] Bellflower

Bellflower is a tough film to describe, which might exactly be its raison d'ĆŖtre. Nothing about it is expected. Take the premise, for example: Woodrow (writ...

[Review] Another Earth

Another Earth is a film that works better the more time a viewer is willing to give it. At first impression, it's an admirable experiment with some strong p...

[Review] The Smurfs

I think Grouchy says it best during goodbyes with his human counterparts in The Smurfs. ā€œI hated it so much … less than expected.ā€ He then caps it off with,...

[Review] The Interrupters

Chicago is plagued with a violence epidemic, a corrosive force infecting its inhabitants. Murder rates grow while a generation of young people disappears. C...

[Review] Cowboys & Aliens

It is telling that there are five credited screenwriters on Jon Favreau's latest blockbuster, Cowboys & Aliens. Based on Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's comi...