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Review: Overstuffed ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ fails to justify its existence

Trying to appease all types of fans and regular moviegoers, the new “Ghostbusters” film, subtitled “Frozen Empire,” introduces a half-dozen decent ideas and fails to deliver on any of them. Without divulging spoilers, “Frozen Empire” assembles 12 different characters for a finale in which only two of them have anything to do. Everyone else just […]

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Clueless 1995

Clueless – ep 51 – 1995

Would “Clueless” be as good without the star-making performance of Alicia Silverstone? As if! Amy Heckerling’s teen comedy classic covers all the hard-hitting problems facing rich teenagers in the mid-90s: Big hats, suck-and-blow, adult-size overalls and freeway driving. It’s a real Baldwin of a script, obviously, but Silverstone delivers one of the great comedic performances

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Great directors make good movies – ‘Django’ and ‘This is 40’

Both Quentin Tarantino and Judd Apatow serve as important voices in the modern cinema landscape. Nobody makes movies quite like they do, so any new release, however flawed or overlong, is worthy of attention. “Django Unchained” may be Tarantino’s most structurally conventional movie of his career. Aside from a few flashbacks and abrupt shifts in

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Fall 2011 Movie Preview

After a summer of sequels and 3D adventures, fall is finally here and moviegoers will be treated to… more sequels and 3D adventures. Continuing franchises include “Sherlock Holmes,” “Mission: Impossible” and yet another “Alvin and the Chipmunks” nightmare, and everybody and their dog is experimenting with 3D technology, including directing greats like Martin Scorsese (“Hugo”)

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Best Movies of 2009

With two lingering wars and the economy in the tank, the nation didn’t exactly have a very happy 2009. Fitting that many of the year’s best movies were fantasies, comedies and cartoons. Apparently, there’s nothing like a good distraction to help ease the pain of tough times. 1. Up While this Pixar masterpiece boasts several

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