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  • Film Review: ‘Cedar Rapids’

    This little comedy  features a terrific ensemble cast anchored by the ever more endearing Ed Helms.  After his break-out performance in The Hangover, and a regular role on television’s The Office,…

  • Film Review: ‘Barney’s Version’

    Every once in a while, you connect so deeply with a movie that it shakes you to your core. Thus was the case with Barney’s Version, a remarkable story about an…

  • Box Office: Liam is King With ‘Unknown’

    Liam Neeson continues to enjoy his new status as an action star as his new film Unknown won the box office this weekend. It was just over a year that Taken…

  • Film Review: ‘I Am Number Four’

    The best way I can describe I Am Number 4 is a sort of contemporary update of Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) for the Twilight set. If that sounds appealing, you’ll like…

  • SXFantastic and SXSW Midnight Movies Announced

    Lots of exciting news is coming out of Austin as the town braces for the SXSW Film, Interactive, and Music festivals.  The official midnight movies have been announced, and they are…

  • Film Review: ‘Enter the Void’

    Thanks to Netflix Watch Instantly, a lot of us are getting to catch some movies that didn’t make it to our cineplexes the first time around. Last week I had the…

  • Film Review: ‘Blue Valentine’

    The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference.–Elie Wiesel The true meaning of that quote is fully realized in this haunting anti-love story. Blue Valentine is a stark, quiet film…

  • Box Office: ‘The Rite’ Stakes a Claim

    Despite some pretty scathing reviews, the exorcism film The Rite won the weekend box office with $15 M. Although the film won, that is a pretty disappointing total for a weekend…