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More than a cartoon, Up is a life lessonHolidays at the moviesHow Henry Selick brings Coraline to lifeThe Last Airbender is a disasterKick-Ass is only half rightSex 2: Narcissism cont.Understanding Potter’s magical spell as it comes to an end Believe the hype: Paranormal a true bone-rattlerSteve an unmitigated disasterStory of a used toy store
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 2,2012
Actor James Cromwell on The Artist and success
Character actors are made, not born. Often circumstances steer performers towards a career consisting mostly of supporting roles. James Cromwell would agree with this sentiment as he’s fashioned
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 2,2012
Carano an action star to be reckoned with in Haywire
Upon seeing mixed martial arts champion Gina Carano dispatch one of her opponents during a short-lived title match, director Stephen Soderbergh wondered why no one had turned her into an action star.
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 2,2012
The Grey stands apart from the pack
At the age of 59, Liam Neeson has become a bona fide action star, a go-to guy who audiences have willingly embraced in the well-worn genre. There’s a lived-in quality to his characters; these me
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 26,2012
The Artist, a lovingly rendered homage
Along with Hugo and Drive, also 2011 releases, Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist is a film steeped in the history of American cinema. With nods towards A Star is Born, Citizen Kane and Singin&rsqu
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 26,2012
Inspired cast and clever twists elevate Contraband
From the 1930s through the 1950s, double features were common in American cinemas and the film that played on the lower part of the bill was referred to as a B-movie. These were exercises in narrative
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 26,2012
Intelligent Tinker rewards patience
With its labyrinthine plot, shifting narrative threads and myriad characters, Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John le Carre’s classic spy novel, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, may be initially
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 19,2012
Extremely Loud and ridiculous
Some 10 years later, we’re still trying to come to terms with the attacks of 9/11. Perhaps the most important aspect of art is that it allows us to examine tragedies of this sort in an attempt t
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 12,2012
Streep’s steely performance propels Lady
One of the more polarizing political figures of the 20th century, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, still inspires passionate support or derision some 21 years after she reluctantly stepped aw
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 5,2012
Stars shine in My Week with Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe’s personal troubles have been well documented. Plagued by self-doubt, constantly in search of love, in hindsight the actress’s tragic early death was seemingly inevitable, w
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, December 29,2011
In Game of Shadows, Sherlock is better than ever
Briskly executed, genuinely exciting and altogether entertaining, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, manages to outdo its predecessor by keeping all that was right about that film – the chemist
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