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October 2017

October 20, 2017

Review: ‘Killing Gunther’ Bungles the Execution

"Killing Gunther" might not be the worst movie of the year — I haven't forgotten about...

April 2017

April 11, 2017

Crashing: Christian in the wild

HBO's new series "Crashing" finished its first season on Sunday. As with many of the...

February 2017

February 10, 2017

Review: The LEGO Batman Movie

See, Zach Snyder? Batman can be fun. Since Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" plunged...

July 2016

July 15, 2016

Review: “Ghostbusters”

"Ghostbusters" is what happens when originality clashes with lucrative intellectual property. Truthfully, Paul Feig's remake...

July 08, 2016

Review: The Secret Life of Pets

Dear parents: It's inevitable — you're going to see "The Secret Life of Pets." Your kids, who...

June 2016

June 03, 2016

“Popstar” brings the jokes, lacks the bite

At the end of the day, the only thing that matters about some comedies is...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Why I hope the new ‘Ghostbusters’ is great

Two months before the release of "Ghostbusters," I have to wonder if Paul Feig's answer...

May 12, 2016

The rainbow disconnection: Goodbye, “Muppets”

You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger Muppet fan than me. As soon as my...

March 2016

March 03, 2016

New ‘Ghostbusters’ trailer brings something strange to your neighborhood

One of the highlights of 2015 for me (with the exception of my daughter's birth,...

February 2016

February 02, 2016

“Groundhog Day,” Ecclesiastes and the many faces of Bill Murray

As I alluded to earlier, I had some minor outpatient surgery yesterday, and I've spent...