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Bond, Brooks Brothers Bond
Escapism. It’s such an important part of the movie-going experience. There’s a lot of reasons people venture to the cinemas to deal with large crowds, overpriced snacks and the sound of old people...
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An Aching Bore
What went wrong? That’s usually the first question I ask myself when I start searching through the On Demand catalog of movies and see two massive stars on the thumbnail of the poster. The world of On...
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An Imitation Game
“Chappie” is a painful look at our unfortunate filmmaking future: a mashup of everything that is currently wrong in Hollywood. It’s a Frankensteinian playbook on imitation and an almost frightening...
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Hues of Hughes
Much like the popular jock who has a soft spot for the cute nerdy girl, I have secret, hidden feelings about teen comedies. I still love them despite being long-removed from my teenage years. They are...
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ABREAST WITH LAVISHNESS
Sometimes going to the movies can be a chore. This might surprise some of you (or none of you), but as much as I love the movies, there isn’t always something out there I’m just dying to see. Though...
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Getting Soft
Sometimes we fall out of love with our favorite stars. You love their work for a long time, but, eventually, they either grow out of the roles you loved them in or don’t grow at all. You become...
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Empty Calories
With record-breaking box-office returns, critical praise and a groundswell of support for a well-liked actor making his last big-screen appearance, “Furious 7” has become a massive blockbuster. It is...
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No Heart in This Home: ‘Home’ fails to be anything but a quick-paced,...
It feels like no one is trying to raise the bar anymore. Envelopes aren’t being pushed. Paradigms aren’t shifting. Everyone seems perfectly content with the same shiny product of hyperactive,...
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Tales of Obsession: On Demand’s ‘Black Sea’ and ‘Art and Craft’ deliver
Obsession: It makes for a great story. It allows the director to dive into the motivations of what drives men to such depths. This week I chose top movies On Demand to see what digital downloads were...
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LAX MACHINA: HIGH-CONCEPT SCI-FI FAILS TO INTRIGUE
I hate to appear unsympathetic to fictional characters, but, at this point in our collective culture, if someone sets out to create a super-intelligent robot with artificial intelligence, they deserve...
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