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J. Edgar
Early in Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar,” we learn that there’s history, and then there’s history as told by J. Edgar Hoover. As played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Hoover is a man whose obsession with fact and truth ends when the subject … Continue reading
Cowboys & Aliens
In “Cowboys & Aliens,” Daniel Craig wakes up in the desert bruised, bloodied and wearing a strange bracelet that he soon discovers is an alien weapon. Later, he learns he can control the weapon by clearing his mind and not … Continue reading
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The eighth and final film of the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” has the heavy task of providing three different endings. First, it wraps up the adventures Harry and his companions began in the … Continue reading
Horrible Bosses
There have been plenty of R-rated comedies during the 2011 summer movie season and plenty more are on the way. It’s not a renaissance so much as a deluge, and the highest praise that can be heaped upon “Horrible Bosses” … Continue reading
Daybreakers
Is it possible for a vampire movie to fly too close to the sun? “Daybreakers” does just that—it’s a stylish, ambitious melding of sci-fi and horror. When it succeeds, it does so gracefully, but when it stumbles, it nearly collapses. … Continue reading
Sherlock Holmes
Director Guy Ritchie doesn’t do anything new with Sherlock Holmes, but that’s OK. Innovation is nearly impossible to come by when you’re dealing with a 120-year-old character. As Holmes says in the novel “The Sign of the Four,” when you’ve … Continue reading
Paranormal Activity
It took two years for “Paranormal Activity” to reach a wide audience, and in that time, the film attracted a fantastic amount of hype online. Filmed in a week in 2006 with a budget of only a few thousand dollars, … Continue reading
Inglourious Basterds
In Philip K. Dick’s novel “The Man in the High Castle,” a chronicle of an alternate history of World War II in which the Axis won the war and Germany and Japan conquered America, there’s a great moment in which … Continue reading
Drag Me To Hell
“Drag Me To Hell” may just be the movie Sam Raimi has been waiting his whole career to make. Raimi is one of those directors who has vision to spare, with an off-kilter visual aesthetic and an expert understanding of … Continue reading
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Since he joined the X-Men in the mid-1970s, the clawed Canadian mutant brawler Wolverine has always claimed to be “the best there is at what I do, but what I do isn’t very nice.” And for most of Wolverine’s comic … Continue reading
