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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, October 13,2011
This Steel is rusty
I have to admit that upon seeing the trailer for Real Steel, my inner 10-year-old perked up and said, “Wow, that looks cool!” Perhaps my reaction was rooted in the fact that my parents nev
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, October 6,2011
Ides tells familiar tale well
As adapted from the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon, George Clooney’s The Ides of March contains little new in the way of radical social ideas or clever narrative twists. It covers ground t
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, October 6,2011
Dream House offers a poignant look at madness
Walking in to see Jim Sheridan’s Dream House, my expectations were less than high. The film was not screened in advance for critics – never a good sign – and the trailer for the film
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, September 29,2011
Moneyball, a fascinating look at baseball economics
Coming off a successful season in 2001, Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane was faced with a daunting task. Having made it to the playoffs but losing his best players to free agency soon aft
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, September 22,2011
Drive has more than fast cars
A darling at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Nicolas Refn’s Drive comes stateside as a bit of an oddball that its distributor is selling short. On the surface, this appears to be a slick
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, September 15,2011
Sarah’s Key a poignant tribute to
Combining an intriguing mystery with a moving historical account of a forgotten chapter from World War II, Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s Sarah’s Key is an ambitious emotional epic that succeeds
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, September 15,2011
I Don’t Know does it with charm
The promise of the women’s liberation movement was that women everywhere would be able to have it all. Being a mother, wife and having a career would all be within their reach, once male percept
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
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