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December 2011

December 15, 2011

Come Quickly, Watson, Sherlock Holmes has Need of You

This impostor relies more on his brawn than his intelligence and on quick one liners...

December 15, 2011

Betrayal Among Spies in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

“The Cold War is a backdrop to the story about these very lonely, very damaged...

December 15, 2011

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is Cliched but Fun

Whether Hunt is fighting a group of fellow prisoners as he’s trying to escape or...

December 14, 2011

Is Stieg Larsson’s World Uninhabitable?: A “Dragon Tattoo” Review

As rigid and unyielding in her moral code as the Calvinist preachers of Sweden’s past,...

December 09, 2011

New Year’s Eve

In other theaters, other people are having fun in other movies. I wish I was...

November 2011

November 22, 2011

“The Muppets,” The Dreamers, and Me

The film throws down the gauntlet at cynical programming that appeals to our worst nature....

November 22, 2011

Hugo: Deeply Gorgeous

One of the richest, most beautiful, most moving children's films ever made for adults.

November 18, 2011

Review: Happy Feet Two

This movie is all about the music. If you approach it like a rock opera...

November 18, 2011

Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

A relationship that requires a girl to cut off friends, lie to parents, remove herself...

November 11, 2011

Immortals

Grade: C - Who Should See It: Adults and some teens whose parents are comfortable...

November 11, 2011

The Greening of Whitney Brown

Grade: B Who Should See It: Tween girls and the people who love them. Rating:...

October 2011

October 27, 2011

Occupy Hollywood!

If time really is money, then the Justin Timberlake vehicle “In Time” is an Occupy...

October 21, 2011

The Mighty Macs

Let the boys have their Sandlots, Ducks, and Bad News Bears. The new G-rated family...

October 06, 2011

Ides of March

Had enough campaigning yet? Apparently, actor and activist George Clooney thinks you need more because...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Muscular Christianity: The Machine Gun Preacher

Sam Childers, the subject of the new movie “Machine Gun Preacher,” doesn’t exactly fit in...

September 23, 2011

Dolphin Tale: Making of “A True Movie”

When Charles Martin Smith was hired as director of the new movie “Dolphin Tale,” he...

September 16, 2011

I Don’t Know How She Does It

Sadly, this movie focuses Kate on her adult concerns and misses the magic of the...

September 16, 2011

I Don’t Know How She Does It

The story of a workaholic who suffers a crisis at home only to realize the...

September 09, 2011

‘Contagion’ is Icky but Fun

Do you have your plan for When It All Goes Down? Whatever the scenario –...

August 2011

August 08, 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

It all adds up to an excellent movie, one that deserves the moniker “epic.”

July 2011

July 14, 2011

We’re Just Wild about ‘Harry Potter’

Epic. Simply Epic.

July 09, 2011

Super 8: Nostalgia and Fun

The best part, though, is the feeling "Super 8" creates, part awe, part tenderness.

June 2011

June 24, 2011

‘Bad Teacher:’Cynics of the World, Unite!

Pop Quiz: You’re at work and the boss declares a team building day. He’ll take...

June 24, 2011

Cars 2 Misfires

Maybe this is a good time to talk about expectations. Pixar, the company of swollen-brain...

April 2011

April 29, 2011

‘Fast Five:’ Petal to the Metal Fun

You don’t have to be a genius to figure out this calculus equation. Fast cars...

March 2011

March 11, 2011

Battle: Los Angeles

Besides the occasional “ooh-rah,” the boys of the United States Marine Corps called to defend...