‘The Equalizer’ (FILM Review)

‘The Equalizer’ (FILM Review)

Despite the film’s simplistic plot and overall predictability, Fuqua and Washington have once again struck cinema gold.

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‘Nymphomaniac: Volume II’ Review

‘Nymphomaniac: Volume II’ Review

If Volume I of Lars Von Trier’s erotic opus was too much, Volume II is a kitchen sink’s worth of misguided excess.

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‘Under the Skin’ Review

‘Under the Skin’ Review

‘Under the Skin’ tells an oblique and stylized story with a lot of nudity.

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‘Nymphomaniac: Volume 1’ Review

‘Nymphomaniac: Volume 1’ Review

‘Nymphomaniac Volume 1,’ one-half of a four-hour X-rated opus, finds Lars Von Trier up to his old tricks.

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‘Veronica Mars’ Review

‘Veronica Mars’ Review

The Kickstarter that launched a thousand Kickstarters is now in theaters: The ‘Veronica Mars’ movie continues the ongoing saga that is the life of Veronica Mars.

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Critical Coin Toss: American Hustled? A Discussion About David O. Russell’s Hot Mess of Con Artists

Critical Coin Toss: American Hustled? A Discussion About David O. Russell’s Hot Mess of Con Artists

Leading into the glitzy Oscar season, John Keith and Brice Ezell take a look at one of the most acclaimed films of 2013, ‘American Hustle.’ Don’t let the Metascore fool you: not everyone is in love with David O. Russell’s take on the mysterious ABSCAM scandal.

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Re-Reviews (Christmas / Pizza Edition): ‘Home Alone’

Re-Reviews (Christmas / Pizza Edition): ‘Home Alone’

Our relationship with art changes over time. In our instantaneous iPhone age, we don’t live with albums or movies or TV shows or books like we used to. With Re-Reviews, we re-explore our relationship with a piece of pop culture — and how that relationship evolves over time. We dismiss some art unfairly — or […]

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Scraping the Barrel: #93, ‘Battlefield Earth’

Scraping the Barrel: #93, ‘Battlefield Earth’

If you are in a position to egregiously waste 118 minutes of your existence, then I invite you to view ‘Battlefield Earth.’

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Scraping the Barrel: #94: ‘3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain’

Scraping the Barrel: #94: ‘3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain’

You might get a little kick out of the slapsticky ‘Home Alone’-type ninja action, but the lousy dialogue, ridiculous premise, and forgettable performances deserved to kill the ‘3 Ninjas’ franchise.

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Back Off, Jerk: In Defense of ‘The Mexican’

Stephen Mills explores this action-adventure comedy, which subverted audience and critic expectations, avoiding the obvious Brad Pitt-Julia Roberts romance in favor of a more unusual plot.

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