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The Wolfman
Much like a full moon, consider the frustratingly slow 10-minute load time of “The Wolfman’s” Blu-ray disc a warning that bad juju is afoot. Further bogging down Universal discs’ notoriously pokey...
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Heroes of the Zeroes: The Matrix Reloaded / The Matrix Revolutions
Heroes of the Zeroes is Nick Rogers’ daily, alphabetical look back at the 365 best films of 2000-2009. Today’s entry counts as two films. “The Matrix Reloaded” / “The Matrix Revolutions” Rated R 2003...
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
I think Michael Bay said it best in his 2007 Verizon Wireless commercial, “I’m Michael Bay and I like things AWESOME!” Boy, does he ever. This week, Bay’s conclusion to the Transformers trilogy,...
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Captain America: The First Avenger
“Captain America: The First Avenger” surprised me by not being awful — fitfully entertaining in spurts, even. Coming off a summer of superhero flicks that ranged from awful (“Green Lantern”) to pretty...
View ArticleHugo
“Hugo” is an often-delightful movie that always kept me guessing. It’s got a lot of Charles Dickens mixed with a little steampunk fantasy, layered with a rich frosting of tribute to early 20th-century...
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Cloud Atlas
Having not read the novel by David Mitchell, my guess is that “Cloud Atlas” is one of those books that was considered untranslatable to the big screen. The Wachowski siblings, the creative team behind...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Let me say right up front that I quite enjoyed “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” but I don’t expect most other people will. At unless they’re hardcore Tolkienites like myself. Director Peter...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Too much or too little? When it comes to Tolkien screen adaptations, there seems to be little agreement in how much material to stuff into these movies. The choice by director Peter Jackson and his...
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Cloud Atlas
A grand, brave, often mesmerizing but just as often puzzling cinematic experience, “Cloud Atlas” takes a book generally thought to be unfilmable and delivers something rather astonishing. The...
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The Matrix (1999)
“Science-fiction not only shows us the future, it shows us ourselves.” — James Pinkerton With its tale of a world in which people are at the mercy of machines, 1999’s “The Matrix” pulsates with Y2K...
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As Above/So Below
The found-footage supernatural thriller is a popular genre these days, having really exploded into the mainstream with 2009’s “Paranormal Activity.” The format works well for these types of stories...
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Indy Style — August 29
On this week’s show, Chris looks at “The November Man,” “Rich Hill,” “The Trip to Italy,” “As Above, So Below” and “The Walking Dead” on video.
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Summer goes out with a whimper
TW Title (click to view) Weekend Gross Average Total Gross 1 Guardians of the Galaxy $16,313,000 $4,712 $274,610,000 2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) $11,750,000 $3,316 $162,406,000 3 If I Stay...
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Gandhi (1982)
“Gandhi” may just be the most resented Best Picture Oscar winner of all time. Which is ironic for a biopic about the iconic advocate of peaceful resistance to oppression. The “little brown man in a...
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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
With the upcoming Blu-ray release of the latest incarnation of Godzilla, I thought it only fitting to bring “The King of the Monsters” into the Schlock Vault. I could have gone for easy prey by...
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Ida
What if everything you thought you knew about yourself turned out not to be true? That’s the premise of “Ida,” a spare Polish drama set in 1960. Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) is a prim young woman about...
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The Last of Robin Hood
More than 20 years ago Kevin Kline had a lovely performance in “Chaplin” as an aging movie star playing out his last hand as a wastrel playboy. He was so good as Douglas Fairbanks that when it came...
View ArticleNew movie trailers: The Pyramid, Rosewater, Monsters
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View Article2014 Summer Yappies Nominees
Hello again Yappers! The 2014 Summer movie season has come and gone, and it’s time to start the annual debate! The Summer Yappies are upon us. This year, we defined the summer movie season as beginning...
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Summer Yappies 2014
Joe Shearer, Nick Rogers and Christopher Lloyd reveal and debate the winners of the 2014 Summer Yappies Awards!
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