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More than a cartoon, Up is a life lessonHolidays at the moviesHow Henry Selick brings Coraline to lifeKick-Ass is only half rightThe Last Airbender is a disasterSex 2: Narcissism cont.Understanding Potter’s magical spell as it comes to an endSteve an unmitigated disaster Believe the hype: Paranormal a true bone-rattlerStory of a used toy store
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, September 8,2011
Duvall doesn’t lay up in predictable Utopia
Sometime a single actor can make a predictable script seem fresh and such is the case where Robert Duvall and Seven Days in Utopia is concerned. This Christian sports parable casts the actor as a bene
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, September 8,2011
Intensity in Warrior doesn’t obscure cliches
If there were one word I would use to describe Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior it would be “intense.” The characters are intense, the emotions they’re burdened with are intense
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, September 1,2011
Dark Undone by Sub-Par Pixies
A steady buzz has been building around Don’t be Afraid of the Dark, the latest creature feature from the mind of Guillermo del Toro, whose overrated Pan’s Labyrinth put him on the map as f
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, September 1,2011
Saldana’s impassioned turn almost saves Colombiana
You have to give French filmmaker Luc Besson credit – he has no problem displaying his preference where women are concerned on the big screen. With La Femme Nikita, The Fifth Element, and The Me
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, August 25,2011
Night as fun as it is frightening
Hollywood has never been shy about plundering its past in order to remake properties that have proven successful. Now referred to as “reboots,” as slightly modern spins are put on these do
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, August 25,2011
Conan delivers bloody fun
Vicious, violent and vividly realized, director Marcus Nispel’s Conan the Barbarian is the film fans of Robert E. Howard’s pulp hero have been waiting for. Far better than John Milius&rsqu
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, August 18,2011
30 Minutes goes nowhere fast
If there’s one thing Jesse Eisenberg needs to do right now, it’s fire his agent. The actor’s followup to widely praised The Social Network, ends up being a comedy with few laughs spo
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, August 18,2011
The Help gets help from good acting
If nothing else, Tate Taylor’s film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller The Help is full of good intentions. The director is intent on displaying the injustice of racism in the Dee
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, August 11,2011
The intriguing and ponderous Tree of Life
Brilliant yet maddening, skillful yet pretentious, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is a polemic work if ever there was one. At once an examination of a Texas family during the 1950s, the film
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, August 11,2011
A worthy addition to Planet of the Apes
Putting the Tim Burton reboot debacle firmly behind them, 20th Century-Fox has produced a worthy prequel to their Planet of the Apes franchise with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Spending virtually n
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