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Movie Review: “Inception”
Inventive and imaginative… it’s breathtakingly brilliant! It’s the kind of conception that can only come from a mastermind such as Christopher Nolan. “Inception” lives up to its heightened expectations...
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Movie Review: “The American”
I don’t know what to make of “The American.” It’s not an action spy movie and it’s not a suspense thriller either. If you’re expecting a fast-paced flashy “James Bond,” a gritty “Bourne,” or even an...
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Movie Review: “Unstoppable”
Tony Scott-Denzel Washington’s collaborations (“The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3,” “Deja Vu,” “Man on Fire”) mirror those of superbly recurring director-actor combos: Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio and...
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Movie Review: Black Swan
Shockingly disturbing. Words cannot adequately convey how hauntingly devastating “Black Swan” is. Darren Aronofsky (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Pi”, “The Wrestler”) crafts a visceral masterwork of an...
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Movies Flashback: The Last Decade
As we ring in the new year, I’m looking back to the last decade and putting together a list of memorable movies. These movies are not necessarily the best from professional critics’ standpoint,...
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Movie Review: The Mechanic
Jason Statham (“Transporter, ” “Crank”) is back in killing-machine mode as Arthur Bishop in “The Mechanic,” directed by Simon West (“Con Air,” “Lara Croft: The Tomb Raider”). Living in laid-back...
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Movie Review: The Bourne Legacy
When the Bourne series premiered over a decade ago, it was groundbreaking and made Matt Damon a bona fide action star. It’s a gritty, grounded action film. The actions were realistically audacious....
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Movie Reviews: Premium Rush & Arbitrage
Late summer is an odd time to be for movies. The mega-budget blockbusters are gone and the serious, Oscar-contenders films have yet arrived. Two interesting thrillers are currently playing at the...
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Movie Reviews: “World War Z” and “Now You See Me”
Movie Review: World War Z I’ve never been a fan of zombies, but thought I’d go see this for the big-budget blockbuster factor. Adapted from Max Brooks’ novel, the movie opens almost instantly with...
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Movie Review: Captain Phillips
A day that starts like any other… ends with a story of a lifetime. Director Paul Greengrass (“Bourne” trilogy) and writer Billy Ray retell a ripped-from-the headlines story of a U.S. cargo ship getting...
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Movie Review – Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
If there’s a standout in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” it’s the villain, Viktor Cherevin, played by none other than the director himself, Kenneth Branagh (“Thor”). If stares can kill, he’s got them....
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Movie Review: Oldboy
I knew nothing about Spike Lee’s remake of “Oldboy” before going in. And boy, what a shocker. An alcoholic advertising executive, Joe Doucett (Josh Brolin,“Jonah Hex”), was abducted and put in a...
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