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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, February 14,2013
The Bard meets the undead in Warm Bodies
By now, one would think that the whole zombie thing had been played out. However, Jonathan Levine delivers something quite unique with his adaptation of Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies, a zombie love
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 7,2013
Stallone glowers toward grace in old-school Bullet
At first glance, Walter Hill’s Bullet to the Head seems to be a standard exercise in action, a film loaded with mayhem but short on plot. Sporting a stripped down story that’s constructed
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 7,2013
Hansel & Gretel a bloody mess
The pedigree behind Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is an odd one and speaks to the disjointed nature of the movie. Produced by Will Ferrell’s company, one wouldn’t
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 7,2013
Side Effects effective on two fronts
Though it is difficult to get a solid number, it is estimated that over 10 million Americans are currently being treated for depression through the use of prescription drugs. Counseling and exercise p
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 31,2013
Effective Mama undone by lazy storytelling
On the basis of a 2 1/2 minute short, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) decided to produce director Andres Muschietti’s debut feature Mama. Based on the movie of the
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 31,2013
A more mellow Arnold in Stand
What’s one to make of the fact that Arnold Schwarzenegger is the best thing in his comeback film The Last Stand? Well, that the actor has learned a few things while being away for eight years an
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 24,2013
Squad a pretender in the gangster genre
While director Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad lets us know that it’s “inspired by a true story,” it becomes clear early on that it’s much more interested in the artific
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 24,2013
Linings Cooper, Lawrence shine
Pat Jr. (Bradley Cooper) has a lot on his mind. His mother Delores (Jacki Weaver) has just sprung him from a mental institution after an eight-month stay. Seems, at home he had walked in on his wife N
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 17,2013
Acts of kindness buoy a harrowing Impossible
Director Juan Antonio Bayona puts us through the wringer with The Impossible, a harrowing film recounting one family’s improbable survival of the 2004 tsunami that occurred in the Indian Ocean.
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 10,2013
Zero’s cold, efficient look at hunt for bin Laden
Very rarely is a film able to capture current events in the way Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty does. Chronicling the United States’ efforts to capture Osama bin Laden, the project was
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