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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'Magic Mike' makes male stripping out to be more than eye candy
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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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'Anna Karenina' puts pretty dresses on uninspired staging
When it comes time to announce the Academy Award nominations, nothing pads out lighter categories like a new adaptation of a classic work of literature, even if that classic work of literature has been torn asunder by having its artifice...
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'Flight' is a film with an identity crisis
Among friends, I find it amusing to compare actors, actresses, and filmmakers to similar counterparts via the use of the ‘poor man’s’ comparison. For example, look at a picture of Harrison Ford next to Dennis Quaid...
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'Amour' is simple, heartbreaking, and beautiful
Before anything can be said about Amour relating to its quality, it is important to note the effect that this weekend's Academy Awards will have on it; Amour will win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and there...
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Predictions for the 85th Academy Awards (Photos)
The 85th Academy Awards pre-show starts in less than 24 hours, meaning the drama over red carpet fashion, controversial speeches, and the winners will all be over soon. There's plenty of open categories, a few sure-fire...
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85th Academy Award prediction results
The 85th Academy Awards has come and gone, and as usual there were a few surprises including the sixth-ever tie at the ceremony. Like so many prognosticating pundits, I made my picks and couldn't...
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'Hyde Park on Hudson' is a perfect example of how not to make a biopic
The art of the making a film about a historical, political, or pop culture figure is not a subtle one, and thus it does not do well to cater to derivations. Present the character simply, warmly, and sort of accurately...
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'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' goes where the series had gone before
The run of Star Trek’s original series did not become the stuff of legends until some rather uncompromising fans refused to stay quiet about it, and after Star Wars made the movie-going public crazy for sci-fi...
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'Stoker' is a simple thriller that is high on style
For most of the film-going public, the name Park Chan-wook does not carry any particular caché. For anyone who gets a thrill out of showing their friends apparently seldom seen independent and foreign films, however, his name can...
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Movie Reviews: 'World War Z'
There are probably worse movies this year. Movie 43 is high on the list of candidates. Rest assured, however, that a few mildly entertaining action sequences shouldn’t be enough to invite the possibility of your head caving in...
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