Category Archives: Reviews

Movie Review: ‘Broken City’

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Nat Almirall

Broken City is no Chinatown. It takes many of the 1974 Polanski classic’s basic elements – both protagonists are private eyes who used to be cops and specialize in extramarital affairs. Both get involved in schemes to bilk to poor … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Gangster Squad’

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Nat Almirall

Gangster Squad! doesn’t actually include an exclamation point in its title, but it should. It really, really should. When you open your film with a guy being gorily drawn and quartered and then savaged by wolves, you’ve earned some punctuation. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Nat Almirall

On May 2, 2011, special forces from the United States stormed Osama bin Laden’s compound at Abbottabad, Pakistan. That I had to look up the precise dates and location and confirm that they were our own special forces (and not, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Django Unchained’

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Nat Almirall

About 15 minutes in I decided I wanted some popcorn, and upon looking at my phone, it appeared that an hour and a half had passed. From what I understand, that hasn’t been the standard reaction across the Internet, but … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Promised Land’

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Nat Almirall

So far as I’ve seen, the kerfuffle surrounding the funding and production of Promised Land has received more attention than the film itself. So in case you haven’t heard, the film portrays the process of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘LEGO The Lord of the Rings’ for XBox 360

Posted on December 26, 2012 by John Carle

Epic franchises have been doing crossovers for years. It was only a matter of time before the team behind The Lord of the Rings movie franchise took notice of the success of other film blockbusters like Star Wars, Harry Potter … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘This Is 40’

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Nat Almirall

It’s a sort of sequel to 2007’s Knocked Up in the sense that it focuses on the supporting characters Debbie (director Judd Apatow’s real-life wife Leslie Mann) and Pete (Paul Rudd), both turning 40 the same week and juggling a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Les Misérables’

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Nat Almirall

I’ve read a lot of novels, and I’ve heard that Les Misérables is the best. I hadn’t read it, and I didn’t believe it. After seeing Les Misérables, I’m starting to. The film is based on the musical, but its … Continue reading →

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