For more than a month Viva Video has been a work in progress, and now that work is about to pay off.When popular movie rental boutique TLA Video closed its Bryn Mawr location in October, longtime employee and film...
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Viva Video: The Last Picture Store grand opening set for Nov. 30 (Photos)
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'21 Jump Street' is the funniest movie of the year
Jonah Hill’s rise in the world of film could hardly be said to be meteoric. Jessica Chastain, who was in The Help, Take Shelter, The Tree of Life, and The Debt among her eight 2011 films could claim...
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'Safety Not Guaranteed' is just the next in a line of unimportant indie comedies
If it hadn’t already been done before, The Kids Are All Right and Little Miss Sunshine permanently entrenched the viability of the quirky, independent comedy, and the stack of similar movies introduced hence is as embarrassing as it...
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'The Devil Inside' provides appropriately soulless horror
From the first trailer showing a young girl contorting and popping her limbs out of their sockets, it was clear that The Devil Inside had nothing to offer to the world of found-footage horror.A young girl filming a...
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2012 IOFCP nominations announced (Photos)
Earlier today, the International Online Film Critics’ Poll announced their nominees for the 3rd edition of their biennial awards.Whereas most film awards occur on an annual basis with awards announced shortly before or after the new year,...
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild' is the most overrated film of the year
Each year, some small independent movie makes its way into the public consciousness as a powerhouse when the buzz surrounding it saps some of the shine off of larger budget critical darlings, culminating in its appearance on lists of the...
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Bill Murray has not agreed to do 'Ghostbusters 3'
If you believe Bill Murray has finally said yes to the long awaited third film in the Ghostbusters series, you've officially been slimed.Reports in several major online trades over the past two days, including Hollywood.com and...
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'Ted' is big on laughs, small on new ideas
Seth MacFarlane knows how to please the masses when it comes to comedy; from his stint writing for Hannah-Barbera to creating Family Guy and American Dad, he’s fostered a specific style of comedy of which he...
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'Ruby Sparks' is undeniably uneven and potentially vexing
Since Little Miss Sunshine, at the very least, the quirky independent comedy has become more homogenized than anyone thought possible. New concepts abound, but stylistically little has been added to the pigeonhole since 500 Days of Summer...
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'Magic Mike' makes male stripping out to be more than eye candy
For all intents and purposes, Magic Mike may just appear to be repellent stab at making a male stripper movie to get female audiences filling the seats so they can ogle Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer...
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'The Bourne Legacy' doesn't live up to its predecessors
As someone who only saw The Bourne Identity years after the fact and has not seen any of the follow ups, it’s easy to watch a film like The Bourne Legacy as just another action film rather...
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'2012' turns doomsday into a first-rate action romp
’Expecting brilliant plotting and refreshing characters from a Roland Emmerich movie is like expecting a special effects sequence from a Bergman film, and any attempts to hold 2012 up to the standards of anything else aside from Emmerich&...
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2012 IOFCP winners announced
Earlier today, the International Online Film Critics’ Poll announced the winners of the 3rd edition of their biennial awards.Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ended up being the big winner, taking home seven wins for Best Film, Top Ten Films...
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'Silver Linings Playbook' is the best romantic comedy in decades
Ever since When Harry Met Sally permanently changed the landscape of romantic comedies, the formula has gone through precious few interesting and fresh permutations. As the brand became more and more homogenized into stories about people who fall...
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'The Hunger Games' is just the latest poor YA adaptation
No review of The Hunger Games, the book or the film, can begin without paying homage to Battle Royale. The novel, written in 1999, and the film, released in 2000, broke the boundaries of epic action by pitting children against...
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'The Grey' is a great survival tale that falls short of expectations
Ever since the death of his wife, Liam Neeson has taken it upon himself to work tirelessly, honing his newly formed on-screen persona as a badass as it was forged with the immaculate action epic Taken. Amidst outstanding supporting...
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'Django Unchained' has Tarantino spinning his wheels and having a blast
There are few events in a year that can galvanize cinephiles like a Tarantino film; the Oscars love him, snobbish film nerds adore him, and the plurality of the testosterone-laden male 18-34 bracket can find common ground...
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85th Academy Award nominees announced (Photos)
After months of speculation, the wait is finally over; the 85th Academy Award nominees have been announced.For those following the race, there were few surprises. Lincoln came out ahead with 12 nominations including Picture, Director, Actor,...
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'Searching for Sugarman' is the documentary to see this year
One of the most unavoidable results of documentary filmmaking is that the filmmakers will use their footage to exert an opinion on the subject, no matter how hard they might try to the contrary; indeed, one reason The War...
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'Zero Dark Thirty' instantly turns history into a Hollywood classic
It’s not unheard of to have an occurrence of historical significance turned into a film; indeed, much of the appeal in movies from Lawrence of Arabia to Tombstone to Argo lies in the dramatic recreation of real events...
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