THE MECHANIC
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 92 minutes |
In the end, it’s Statham’s performance as the droll, emotionless workaholic that powers the film forward, probably enough that a sequel wouldn’t be out of the question…
Posted on January 29, 2011 by Elias Savada
NO STRINGS ATTACHED
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 103 minutes |
We don’t have a great film here, but it is certainly an enjoyable one. Frisky, well timed, and sweet to the edge of socially acceptable cuteness…
Posted on January 23, 2011 by Elias Savada
THE GREEN HORNET
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 119 minutes |
All the buzz in the world is not going to make the latest incarnation of the beloved 75-year-old radio/serial/comic book legend a fond memory for many viewers this month…
Posted on January 16, 2011 by Elias Savada
THE DILEMMA
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 112 minutes |
The only mark of inventive direction here are a half-dozen visual tricks that embellish a character’s lies as representational truth…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by Elias Savada
COUNTRY STRONG
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 112 minutes |
At its best, “Country Strong” is country music served up on a lukewarm platter this wintry season. Wait for the rental; hopefully the DVD will have more music, too…
Posted on January 8, 2011 by Elias Savada
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (2010)
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 93 minutes |
The pitch to remake this 18th century literary classic was probably four words: “Gulliver’s Travels” Jack Black. No adjectives, no adverbs, and, most of all, no imagination…
Posted on December 25, 2010 by Elias Savada
CASINO JACK
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 108 minutes |
“Casino Jack” is another in a parade of breezy cautionary tales, a flippant exposé of politics gone bad…
Posted on December 23, 2010 by Elias Savada
THE FIGHTER
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 114 minutes |
It doesn’t take long before you get into the mesmerizing ebb and flow of “The Fighter,” a blue collar tour-de-force featuring incredibly rhythmic performances, a riveting narrative, and taut direction…
Posted on December 20, 2010 by Elias Savada
TRON: LEGACY
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 126 minutes |
For all its visual snap, there’s no crackle to the story or pop to the characters…
Posted on December 17, 2010 by Elias Savada
A FILM UNFINISHED
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 89 minutes |
“A Film Unfinished,” is a very powerful documentary and first feature by Yael Hersonski, an editor who worked on the original Israeli versions of “In Therapy,” later adapted into the U.S. series starring Gabriel Byrne, telecast on HBO.
Posted on December 13, 2010 by Elias Savada
NOTHING PERSONAL
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
It’s a nice debut film, deliberately crafted, placidly powerful, and sensibly touching, with a dash of stubborn frivolity tossed in for effective measure…
Posted on December 12, 2010 by Elias Savada
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 112 minutes |
Unfortunately for this latest episode of Narnian lore, just and valiant don’t seem to cut it if you’re sitting there in the audience, although fans of the books and the movies may not be as bothered as an old fart like myself…
Posted on December 10, 2010 by Elias Savada
CONVICTION
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 107 minutes |
“Conviction” has its world-shattering (and predictable) moments, but audiences love small victories like this one…
Posted on October 22, 2010 by Elias Savada
THE 2010 SPOOKY MOVIE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES PROGRAM
Now in its fifth year, the spooks that normally populate the streets of Washington D.C. —those who hail mainly from the CIA’s headquarters in suburban Langley, Virginia—give way at the end of October to the Halloween variety, particularly with the arrival of the brief, spunky, and easily digestible “Spooky Movie 2010″…
Posted on October 19, 2010 by Elias Savada
JACKASS 3D
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 90 minutes |
Prudish? Don’t go. Curious? Go. It’s chock full of material that will set your funny bone shaking and your teeth rattling….
Posted on October 15, 2010 by Elias Savada