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STAFF BLOG OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! The Good, the Bad and the Abysmally, Painfully Awful
Apparently, the movie Battleship is about as bad as you would have expected it to be. I have a hard time believing any movie could be as bad as Transformers was, but apparently this hits that low mark...
Posted on 5/23/12 at 1:26 PM
REEL QUICKIES What to Expect
What to Expect When You're Expectingis another movie in the line of movies trying to be like Love Actually, which was one of the first movies to successfully use the concept of a collection of charact...
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:46 PM
SLOWINGTHERACINGMIND Hunger Games: More Thoughts from Others
As one Facebook friend stated yesterday, there is a hunger for some knowledge, information, and common sense when it comes to The Hunger Games. In that spirit, I would like to share links to two othe...
Posted on 3/27/12 at 10:40 AM
MIDDLE AGED PLAGUE The Grown-Up World of Make Believe
Movies arent real. While ostensibly, most grownups agree on this, we frequently dont act as if we do. Its not so much that we look over our shoulders for zombies or vampires as that we gaze at our ba...
Posted on 2/23/12 at 3:52 PM
IN THE BLACK Kids Film Series
The Kids Dream Film Series begins this weekend, February 4 and 5. The tickets for the movies are $2 each, on Saturday the shows start 10 am and Sunday they start at 11 am. The series runs from Febru...
Posted on 2/2/12 at 8:34 PM
‘Avengers’ is rousing movie; ‘Engagement’ uses vulgarity 
One of the main questions about The Avengers is whether or not it would live up to the previous movies (Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, etc.) and if it would live up to its own hype. I would say the answer to both parts of that question is a resounding yes.
By By Laurel Woiwode , May 09, 2012
Review: In murder tale, 'Bernie' an ode to Texas
The real stars of Richard Linklater's "Bernie" are, unquestionably, the townspeople of Carthage, Texas.
By Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer , April 26, 2012
‘The Cabin in the Woods’ mocks horror stereotypes
I enjoy watching horror movies occasionally, but not for the reasons most people like watching them. I usually find them funny. There are so many stereotypes about horror movies that there are spin-offs using the stereotypes.
By Laurel Woiwode, Reel Quickies , April 17, 2012
'Hunger Games' earns $21.5M to slap down 'Stooges'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie fans have chosen real violence over the slapstick variety as "The Hunger Games" held off "The Three Stooges" to remain the No. 1 weekend movie.
By David Germain, AP Movie Writer , April 16, 2012
Smart Spending: 8 ways to save at the movies
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood wants your money.
By Joseph Pisani, AP Business Writer , April 12, 2012
'Battleship' leads attack of game-based movies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Battleship" steams into movie theaters overseas this week, giving international audiences the first chance to decide whether a board game-based movie is sea-worthy.
By Ryan Nakashima, AP Business Writer , April 12, 2012
Moe Stooges? Farrellys resurrect the knuckleheads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Resurrect Curly, Larry and Moe? As any Three Stooges fan might say, that's soitenly sacrilege.
By David Germain, AP Movie Writer , April 10, 2012
‘Hunger Games’ gets people talking about rough issues
Suzanne Collins’ book The Hunger Games is wildly popular, and now fans can watch the movie adaptation. Along with its popularity has come a discussion of whether or not it’s too violent, since a large part of the plot deals with children being forced to kill each other in a dystopian world.
By By Laurel Woiwode , April 04, 2012
‘21 Jump’ relies on vulgarity; ‘Artist’ delivers
The movie 21 Jump Street is based on the TV show from the ’80s (perhaps made famous because it helped make Johnny Depp famous). I’ve never watched the TV show, so I don’t know how similar the movie was to the show.
By By Laurel Woiwode , March 27, 2012
London arts scene: 'Chariots of Fire' is back
LONDON (AP) — Sea, sand and "Jerusalem" — once again in Britain.
By Danica Kirka, Associated Press , March 23, 2012
'21 Jump Street' leaps to No. 1 with $35M debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Audiences headed back to school for the TV update "21 Jump Street," which opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $35 million.
By David Germain, AP Movie Writer , March 19, 2012
Streep as Clinton? Tribute gets people talking
NEW YORK (AP) — Meryl Streep is fresh off her Oscar win for playing Margaret Thatcher. But she had an entire theater at Lincoln Center wondering if an even better role for her would be a political icon closer to home: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
By Jocelyn Noveck, AP National Writer , March 13, 2012
Rare movie posters found in Pa. attic are for sale
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A rowdy band of bloodsuckers, gunslingers, wily wise guys, jaded private eyes, hardboiled reporters and good girls gone bad, stuck in an attic together for 80 years, is going its separate ways.
By Joann Loviglio, Associated Press , March 12, 2012
‘Valor’ delivers action; ‘War’ offers comedy
Every movie has something “special” about it that is used to market it. For Act of Valor it is the fact that “real” Navy SEALs are in the movie, instead of actors pretending to be SEALs. The question is whether or not the movie can stand on its own, or if the military men were just a gimmick to sell tickets.
By By Laurel Woiwode , March 08, 2012
Everything old was new again at the Oscars
Justin Bieber wasn't mincing words. "I'm here to bring you the 18 to 24-year-old demographic," the teen pop star told Billy Crystal in the opening Oscar montage. "So, how long do you want me to stay here for?"
By Jocelyn Noveck, AP National Writer , February 27, 2012
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