The American fails to entertain

Matt Muenzberg, Staff writer
October 1, 2010
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Although artsy and interesting, George Clooney’s latest film, “The American,” is not the non-stop action movie that it was built up to be. Instead it is a slow-moving exposé into the mind of an assassin that has flashes of action but never really takes off. The film takes place in the Italian... Read more »

“On The Edge” won’t leave you on the edge of your seat

Logan McMillen
May 25, 2010
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When you download a barely-in-print, fifty minute, documentary by some director with misspelled first and last names you can't go into the experience looking for gloss and glitter. This film is gritty, replete with cheesy font subtitles, shaky camera action, and over twenty minutes total of ugly crying... Read more »

Tina Fey and Steve Carell make for a solid “Date Night”

Devon Fitzgerald
May 10, 2010
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Based on its trailer, any success (besides the punchline for an NBC late night show) for "Date Night" looked bleak; starring the increasingly un-funny Steve Carell ("Evan Almighty," anyone?), an awkward plot about a middle aged-couple's quest for adventure, and several uncomfortable jokes about retainers,... Read more »

Talk about a protective “Mother”

Kathleen Ambre
May 4, 2010
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From dancing lightheartedly in a wheat field, to scouring her village for an alleged killer in order to clear her son's name, director Bong Joon-ho's headstrong matriarch in "Mother" proves to be not only the character for which the film is titled, but a source of unconditional love aside riveting catastrophe. Living... Read more »

“The Runaways” is electrifying

Chandler Clemens
April 22, 2010
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"Hello boys, I'm your wild girl, I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!" Little do people know the back story to The Runaways, the first all female rock-band responsible for this titular anthem. They we're formed during a time primarily dominated by male bands and when it was practically unheard of that... Read more »

“Remember Me”: seen before plot, but supported by a talented cast

Sam Thomas
April 21, 2010
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As the film reached its climax, I was shocked, not from the content of the movie, but in coming to the realization that Robert Pattinson can actually act when supported by the right cast. Allen Coulter's "Remember Me" proves itself to be a simple romance for swooners with an iconic ending whose heartbreak... Read more »

Alice in Lacklusterland

Mickey Caulfield
March 22, 2010
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Never before has a movie been so subservient to the drug culture that popularized it and simultaneously averse to anything approaching psychonautics. Tim Burton's 2010 adaption uses the colorful imagery that made generations of audiences love the original Lewis Carroll book and Disney adaptation, but... Read more »

You may not feel so sane after “Shutter Island”

Chandler Clemens
March 18, 2010
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Martin Scorsese's name is synonymous with some of films greatest masterpieces and like a few of his pieces that don't glorify the criminal activity of mobsters, like "Taxi Driver" and "Cape Fear," "Shutter Island" is a character focused study on a mans descent into madness. Except this time around, it's... Read more »

“The Wolfman” takes a new bite at the original…and fails

Chandler Clemens
March 3, 2010
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When the full moon rises, either take out a life insurance policy or buy a batch of silver bullets because he's coming. That is "The Wolfman." Dunh Dunh Duhhhhhh. Time and time again I question why Hollywood deems it necessary to remake a classic that needn't be tinkered with, yet, they refuse to... Read more »

Jeff Bridges steals the show in “Crazy Heart”

Bernardo Vigil
March 2, 2010
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First time director Thomas Cobb's film, "Crazy Heart," achieves little in terms of originality, plot, or even character. Most of us have seen movies about drunken old men giving their lives a complete 180 and starting anew. What we haven't seen, however, is a film that portrays the process with such... Read more »