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Film Review: “Iron Man 3″

With Star Trek Into Darkness, Man of Steel, and Pacific Rim all due it’s a promising summer for sci-fi and superhero spectacles. First out of the gate is Iron Man 3, which, for me, had the air of a...

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Film Review: “The Great Gatsby”

There will be no hating on The Great Gatsby from this corner. The knives have been out since late last year, when it was bumped from a Christmas release to today, always a suspicious, what are they...

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Film Review: “I Am Secretly An Important Man: The Jesse Bernstein Documentary”

I was first introduced to the poetry of Steven Jesse Bernstein back in 1993, through my then-roommate, who owned Bernstein’s Prison CD. It captivated me with its beat-era sound and the deadpan delivery...

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Film Review: “Man of Steel”

I don’t pay a lot of attention to press kit material, but a quote from director Zack Snyder in the Man of Steel notes bears repeating. “We knew the action had to be bigger than big, with...

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Film Review: “We’re the Millers”

For various reasons, I haven’t written about new movies for some time, but I have been seeing them. A few thumbnail impressions: I regret that the superior Pacific Rim got lost in a tangle of...

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Film Review: “Blue Caprice”

The evil twin of Fruitvale Station, Blue Caprice joins that film to rebuke Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which for three weeks topped the boxoffice. A movie that begins with lynchings, a rape, a murder, and...

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Film Review: “Enough Said”

In a world where men still dominate domestic filmmaking, and women are (wrongly) thought by some to be unfunny, it’s a pleasure to report on not one but two fine comedies written and directed by women....

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“The Counselor”

There are plenty of good movies out there right now: All is Lost, Captain Phillips, Enough Said, Gravity, Prisoners, 12 Years a Slave, and Rush among them. Ridley Scott directing a starry cast in The...

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Film Review: “Last Vegas”

Movie comfort food, no more, no less, Last Vegas unites a quartet of Oscar-winning actors who so far as I can tell have never appeared together in any other movie, in any combination. In a different...

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Film Review: “The Wolverine: Extended Cut”

Try as he may, Hugh Jackman can’t escape the role that first propelled him to stardom. Jackman has appeared as the character of Logan/Wolverine in all six of the X-Men films (he only had a cameo in...

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MOVIE REVIEW: “Sample This”

Quality documentary about what could be considered the musical flashpoint to hip-hop’s rhythmic beginnings.  Narrated by Gene Simmons, Sample This is the story of how Michael Viner, a music industry...

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Film Review: “Out of the Furnace”

Pearl Jam’s now classic song, “Release,” opens and closes Scott Cooper’s excellent new film, Out of the Furnace. Taken from their debut album, Ten, this track reflects the band’s early work, music...

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Film Review: “Inside Llewyn Davis”

There’s much to like about Inside Llewyn Davis, the latest from Joel and Ethan Coen. As usual, the production is extraordinarily good–the evocation of a wintry Greenwich Village, circa 1961, is the...

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Film Review: More “Hobbit”

“Two more chances to get it right,” I concluded my review of last year’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Make that one more chance. The good news: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second...

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Film Review: “Trap for Cinderella”

Writer/director Iain Softley’s new film, Trap for Cinderella, is less of the thriller the trailer implies and more of a psychological mystery. In the opening moments, a young woman leaps from the...

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MOVIE REVIEW: “Jobriath A.D.”

A name I’ve heard over time but had never actually listened to, musically. Jobriath (real name Bruce Campbell) was supposed to be a “star” when he signed a $500,000.00 dollar deal with Elektra Records...

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Film Review: “Runner, Runner”

Runner, Runner (available now on Digital Download, and on Blu-ray January 7th) is a slick film that isn’t too original, but it’s worth seeing for the acting of Ben Affleck. Remember when he was the...

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FILM REVIEW: “Upside Down: The Creation Records Story”

This wonderful documentary tells the story of the U.K.-based label which gave the world “indie” music at its defined best and a slew of bands that have now become legendary. One of the things I liked...

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Film Review: “Lucky Bastard”

The found footage fad isn’t going anywhere, so the challenge of filmmakers who choose this method of movie making is coming up with a semi-original idea for the genre. One of the problems I have with...

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Film Review: “Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records”

Initially conceived as an outlet to release the music of the late MC – and friend of label co-founder Chris Manak (Peanut Butter Wolf) – Charizma, Stones Throw Records has grown over the last 18 years...

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