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‘Chipmunks’ sequel should’ve been roadkill

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"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel" is a kids...

When the system fails

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The first 15 minutes of Kirby Dick’s new documentary, The Invisible War, contain a staggering opening salvo...

A live-action Looney Tunes cartoon

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Wes Anderson’s cinematic style did not appear fully formed. It took a few movies over five years before Anderson locked in on formal compositions,...

These pictures of you

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Hank has given up. Marooned on a deserted island in the Pacific, he has run out of food, water and reasons to live. All...

Sherlock Holmes minus the mystery

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While I enjoyed the 2009 Guy Ritchie reinvention of the fabled detective in Sherlock Holmes, applying the same formula in this newer film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows proved more a boring, tedious exercise in special effects and self-conscious filmmaking and ...

Not this again

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Disney’s effort to turn Kristen Bell into America’s Sweetheart reaches its tipping point with You Again, a flat romantic comedy that packages her in a funny setup and surrounds her with funny people...

Original sin

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Every April, tiny flowers spread like confetti across the blackjack hills of Oklahoma. This is Osage Territory — land carved out and granted to...

Frightful remake

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Plenty gory, but graced by a jovial sense of humor and an enjoyably guts-centric use of 3-D, director Craig Gillespie’s remake of the 1985 vampire film Fright Night may not tickle the fancies of those who have a close personal friendship with the older version. I ...

Keeping up with the Joneses?

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We seem to be talking about the American dream a lot these days. And not just how to get it, but what is it,...

Next-best thing

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Operatic characters are larger than life. Especially when projected on a 20-foot tall movie screen...

Bon appétit

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It all starts so innocently: the invitation to a sleepover. The invited wants to go, but her father won’t let her. Not in a...

Might be more fun

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In the first 10 minutes of Power Rangers, an alien Bryan Cranston kills all the dinosaurs and a high-school kid performs bestiality. Things get...