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April 2013

April 02, 2013

Remembering Grandad and Peleliu

A United States Marine told the battlefield story that earned him a Bronze Star.

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Review: ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Just Feels Good

When America is attacked, America fights back. Youbetcha.

March 18, 2013

Coincidence? ‘The Bible’s’ Devil Looks Remarkably like President Obama

The History Channel's Bible miniseries may have made a hell of a mess by casting...

March 08, 2013

Review: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ Blows Away Cynicism

Blowing away cynicism like a mighty tornado of sincerity. And that's a wonderful thing.

February 2013

February 15, 2013

Review: It’s Not You, It’s ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’

"A Good Day to Die Hard" will drive you to self-analysis. And not in a...

January 2013

January 11, 2013

‘Zero Dark Thirty’ is Very Gripping and Very Demanding

In the hunt to find Osama bin Laden, there are no small clues. A review.

January 04, 2013

Fifteen 2012 Movies I’d Still Recommend Five Years from Now

Do you hear the people sing?

December 2012

December 18, 2012

This Season’s Must See Movie: Les Miserables

I don't know if we can be friends if you don't see this movie.

November 2012

November 08, 2012

Review: Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ Timely Portrait of Politics in its Unsavory Glory

The man who saved the Union still speaks to us today.

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Review: Time Traveling ‘Looper’ is Well Worth the Trip

A hitman travels from the future future to the past future to kill future criminals....

September 28, 2012

Review: Lackluster ‘Hotel Transylvania’ is Parable for the Crusaders of Tolerance

In which we overthink a kids' movie to challenge the new tolerance-first morality being taught...

September 21, 2012

Review: ‘The Master’ is 137 Minutes of Excellently Executed Boredom

It seems to me one basic criteria of a good movie is that there is...

September 11, 2012

Precious ‘Hobbit’ iPad App Yields Treasure Trove of New Images – A Must for Fans of Middle Earth

Lots of hobbiteses, dwarfeses, and maybe even a Gollum.

September 07, 2012

‘The Words’ Stutters

There was a kernel of something good here, but is it worth the flaws?

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Leaving Caribbean Paradise: 5 Signs You’ve Had A Good Vacation

Surf and sand: Pushing the reset button on our brains.

August 02, 2012

Review: ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days’ More than Just Laughs

School's out and the living is...humiliating.

July 2012

July 18, 2012

Breaking Bad Recap: Is Redemption Possible for Walt White?

As Walter gets cocky, you just know he's getting set up for a fall.

July 17, 2012

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Review: Who Will Save us from the Coming Storm?

So you say you want a Revolution?

July 11, 2012

First Look: Aronofsky Builds his Ark for ‘Noah’

A look at the ship that saved humanity.

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Review: ‘To Rome with Love’ Worse than Being Trapped on a Tour Bus with Ugly Americans

'Midnight in Paris' made the viewer a Parisian for a few hours. 'To Rome with...

June 21, 2012

Review: Surprising ‘Brave’ Tells Sweet Tale of Family Love

It's not a typical princess movie. And that's a good thing.

June 21, 2012

Review of ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World:’ It’s the End and We Feel Fine

What do we want out of life? What if the future was taken of the...

June 14, 2012

Interview: Benh Zeitlin on ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ Falling in Love with Louisiana, and Prehistoric Monsters

A conversation with the director about freedom, independence, and how a child sees the world.

June 07, 2012

Magical Clip from ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’

Watch a lovely clip from the Sundance Festival winner here.

June 07, 2012

Trailer: ‘Django Unchained’ exacts Vengeance for Slavery

Tarantino applies the 'Inglorious Basterds' treatment to American slavery. Watch the trailer here.

June 01, 2012

Review: Quirky, Charming Young Love in ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

Wes Anderson's carefully crafted details create a hilarious and warm universe in which these characters...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

New images from ‘Les Miserables’

It is the music of a people who will NOT be slaves again.

May 23, 2012

Trailer: ‘The Great Gatsby’ and restlessness that approaches hysteria

Leonardo DiCaprio is F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby. Watch the trailer here.

May 22, 2012

Review: ‘Battleship’ is true-blue at heart

Breathe. It's not as bad as they say.

May 22, 2012

Forget Rihanna – Battleship’s True Star? Real-Life Wounded Iraq Veteran Greg Gadson

He lost his legs in Iraq and takes on aliens in "Battleship."