Tim Burton’s attempts to homage, revamp, and satirize his latest remake Dark Shadows are ambitious, but fruitless. As he tries to entertain, wow, scare, and captivate the audience, he takes what could have been a tongue-in-cheek revival of the cult classic and instead makes a film that lacks cohesiveness with no clear tone or...
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting has been the go-to pregnancy “bible” for almost thirty years. You would be hard pressed to find a nursery without the book on the shelves. Now Lionsgate films has adapted the book into an ensemble movie. This time, the men share the spotlight with their expectant wives as...
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It’s time for us to offer up our favorite non-nose-related picks! In fact, to avoid any confusion, let’s change that right now from “picks” to “selections.” We’ll add more contributors’ selections as they come in. Grace’s Selections: Picture: The Artist. Moneyball is a good movie but doesn’t transcend well-made Hollywood biopic. Descendants is my least favorite...
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Sometimes a movie is unafraid to just move at its own pace. In a generation of films that consistently insist on wowing the moviegoer for every frame with booms, bangs and pops, The Secret World of Arrietty is tastefully understated and unafraid of it’s own delicate pace. That is not to say that the film...
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There is something very interesting about our perception of space and our relationship with it when viewing art. Large-scale paintings push the viewer back away from them – to better get an overall view, while smaller works tend to bring the viewer in very close to better take in the little details. Maria Calderon’s...
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Note: If you have any interest at all in seeing this film, I firmly advise that you go in completely cold and don’t read this until after you’ve seen it. I don’t know if Chronicle is the first found-footage superhero film, but I’m certain it’s the best—and will remain so for a very long...
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Happy News Years Eve, everyone. In honor of the day, we are posting this super cute video that Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon Levitt made together. It’s stinkin’ adorable. The two have been friends for quite some time, and starred in 500 Days of Summer a few years ago. The song is entitled “What...
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So what did you think of Katy’s hosting gig last night on SNL? I thought she did an admirable job, but I didn’t think the episode as a whole was very strong. Precious few “highlights”, but here are some of my favorite skits from last night. BTW, I can’t decide whether Robyn (the musical...
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So, I saw a screening of David Fincher’s highly anticipated Christmas release The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo last night, but I am contractually bound to not breathe a word about it for a while. However, a twitter friend tipped me off to this Funny or Die spoof called The Girl With a Tramp...
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AKA “the craziest crap you will see today”. I don’t even know who these guys are, but I was immediately obsessed with them after watching this (very NSFW) trailer for their upcoming 2012 movie. It is chock-full of inappropriate stuff: Hacked off appendages Wolves in a foodcourt Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Will Forte, Jeff...
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