PG-13
For everything that Bryan Singer and Brandon Routh did wrong in 2006, Zach Snyder and Henry Cavill did right in 2013 as Man of Steel overshadows its predecessors, ultimately creating a dark, fun, and highly entertaining gem that holds up to the crazy expectations and buzz that has surrounded the project for the better part of the last year.The...
R
This is the End is a movie divided against itself. For every aspect I could praise, there's another I'd have to knock it down for. As you may have feared, this is a self-indulgent comedy, a $25 million vacation for the cast to hang out and drink and smoke under the guise of making a film. What separates it from Adam Sandler's last few films, which...
NR
In what might be one of the most selfless displays of cinema I've seen recently, Rocky Braat sold all of his possessions to move to India to live in an AIDs hostel for women and children as a sort of live-in volunteer. He functions as a father figure/big brother to the children there who treat them with the sort of deep abiding love you'd expect...
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There's a special place in my heart for movies about political upheaval in Spanish-speaking countries. Part of that is because I learned a lot about these films in my favorite classes in college. The other part is because it's a window into a world that's different from my own. As recently as a few years ago, there were military coups and...
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If you want the dirt on someone, don't talk to the person, talk to their secretary. Good Ol' Freda is a documentary all about Freda Kelly, The Beatles' secretary. Though sadly, there isn't a whole lot of information given here that can't be found from other sources. And as often as her point of view is interesting because it offers a different...
