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Mustang — The First 50 Years
By the time I was old enough to start appreciating cars, the original generation of Ford Mustangs — 1965-73 — were already considered old cars. The restoration craze hadn’t quite taken off yet, so a...
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Words and Pictures
Maybe it’s because of Robin Williams’ recent passing, but “Words and Pictures” reminds me a lot of “Dead Poets Society.” Though instead of featuring one brilliant, kooky and passionate teacher, we get...
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Hey there Yappers! Enter here for free passes to see the thriller “No Good Deed,” starring Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson, Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 pm on Indy’s northeast side! 1) Go to...
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Slooooooowwwww start to September
TW Title (click to view) Weekend Gross Average Total Gross 1 Guardians of the Galaxy $10,160,000 $3,154 $294,567,000 2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) $6,500,000 $1,986 $174,647,000 3 If I Stay...
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Theirs Is the Glory (1946)
I’ve long been a vocal advocate for “A Bridge Too Far,” one of the last of the big-budget World War II spectacles and, in my mind, one of the most underrated. It didn’t make much of an impact in the...
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Cerina Vincent, “MoniKa”
Actress Cerina Vincent is probably best known for her role as Marcy, the young woman who has a shaving accident in Eli Roth’s “Cabin Fever,” or maybe as Areola in the spoof film “Not Another Teen...
View ArticleINDIANAPOLIS! Win Passes to “The Drop”!
Hey there Yappers! Enter here for free passes to see the thriller “The Drop,” Tues., Sept 9 at 7:00 pm on Indy’s northeast side! 1) Go to www.thefilmyap.com (or The Film Yap’s Facebook page) 2) Share...
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Upcoming Films to Watch Out For
We all love a good flick, and now that it’s apparent that the summer months are well and truly over, it’s the perfect time to cast off the guilt that comes with going to the cinema on a perfectly sunny...
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Fall Film Preview 2014
Spaceships! Sequels! Hobbits! Kiddie cartoons! If that movie lineup sounds familiar, that’s because it looks a lot like the one from fall of last year — or even this past summer. It seems Hollywood...
View ArticleINDIANAPOLIS!! Win Passes to “The Maze Runner”!
Hey there Yappers! Enter here for free passes to see the thriller “The Maze Runner,” Thursday, Sept. 18 on Indy’s northeast side! 1) Go to www.thefilmyap.com (or The Film Yap’s Facebook page) 2) Share...
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Dolphin Tale 2
My experience with “Dolphin Tale 2″ can best be summed up like this: My kids loved the first one. We’ve watched it together on Blu-ray many times. But I remember very little of it beyond the basic...
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The Drop
“The Drop” is an intriguing, atypical movie. It starts out with a lot of disparate characters and story elements, some of them related, much of it not. Over time they gradually float towards each...
View ArticleINDIANAPOLIS!! Win Passes to “A Walk Among the Tombstones”!
Hey there Yappers! Enter here for free passes to see the thriller “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” starring Liam Neeson, Tuesday, Sept. 16 on Indy’s northeast side! 1) Go to www.thefilmyap.com (or The...
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Indy Style — Sept. 12
In this week’s show, Chris offers his picks for the most promising fall films!
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Godzilla
It’s only been four months since the (latest) remake of “Godzilla” hit theaters, but already the movie has recessed into the dim fog of memory one keeps for so-so flicks. This was one-half of a...
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“No Good Deed” on top
TW Title (click to view) Weekend Gross Average Total Gross 1 No Good Deed (2014) $24,500,000 $11,264 $24,500,000 2 Dolphin Tale 2 $16,550,000 $4,527 $16,550,000 3 Guardians of the Galaxy $8,041,000...
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
“Crimes and Misdemeanors” is perhaps Woody Allen’s most ambitious film, and not his most successful. Though it was a substantial critical and popular hit, I found it rather dreary and ineffectual....
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My Old Lady
Kevin Kline is in fine, fine form in “My Old Lady,” a movie that is not about his character’s wife. In it he plays Mathias Gold, a middle-aged man with a squandered life who finds that the incredibly...
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This Is Where I Leave You
I’m not sure if “This Is Where I Leave You” is the most original film ever made, but what it lacks in freshness it makes up for with delectable actors and snappy scenes. The Altmans are borderline...
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Diabolique International Film Festival Reviews, Part I
For the past eight years, tucked away in Bloomington, Indiana, the Dark Carnival Film Festival has showcased the work of independent horror filmmakers. This year, the festival has expanded, taking...
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