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[NYAFF Review] ‘Storm Warriors’

Storm Warriors can be tentatively labeled a sequel to 1998's The Storm Riders. Wind and Cloud are back with another tale that offers viewers a translucence, video gameesque plot with cardboard cutout characters that are so unerdeveloped you often forget who they are....
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[Review] Grown Ups

While watching Grown Ups, starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider and David Spade, I realized two things. First, I learned about the fallacy of composition - the theory that says just the whole will equal the sum of its parts....
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[NYAFF Review] Ip Man 2

Every year in New York City, the fantastic people at Subway Cinema and Japan Cuts bring film-goers three weeks of unadulterated, uncensored and unbridled fi...
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[Off Stage] Good Dick

Good Dick is a refreshingly original rom-com that successfully reinvents the genre. The film follows an introverted, nameless woman (Marianna Palka) who has...

[Review] Knight and Day

Knight and Day is fun. That's it. There's not much more to it. It runs with the formula we've seen countless times, and does it well enough to be enjoyable. T...
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[Blu-Review] Remember Me

I know what you’re thinking. You’re looking at Remember Me and thinking “oh great, another chick flick starring that dude from Twilight” or “jeez, another sappy romance flick with that chick from Lost”. You may want to think again. Remember Me does star that chick from Lost (Emilie de Ravin) and that dude from Twilight (Robert Pattinson) but it is in no way a chick flick or sappy romance. ...
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[Off Stage] Small Town Saturday Night

It's not surprising a film like Small Town Saturday Night never found theaters. Written and directed by Ryan Craig, this small little indie about the small ...
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[Review] Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

There are few subjects in popular music that merit legit documentary treatment more than the legendary Toronto prog-rock power trio Rush. It’s one of rock’s most flat-out unique stories: three nerdy Canadians struggle on the club circuit for a few years....
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[Review] Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex is the worst kind of bad movie. For one, it's not something you can laugh at it. Everything on paper should have made it gangbusters. Instead, Ghost Rider has never looked better....
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[Review] Toy Story 3

Warning: This review contains spoilers. Toy Story 3 is like the end of a 15-year relationship. It's a good friend you know the ins-and-outs of, and, just...