Big Stars. Huge Budgets. Disastrous Results. In a tough economic climate, Hollywood still managed to waste colossal amounts of time and money in the hopes of suckering the American public. Save yourself the headache and avoid these 10 awful titles released in the last 12 months. The Bounty Hunter Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler star […]
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Nobody can deny that most animated movies are made for kids. As adults, we’re supposed to ignore “Looney Tunes” and engage in more “intellectual” fare. For most of Americans, that means “CSI: Miami” and “Dancing with the Stars.” Pretend those social norms don’t exist for a minute. Because when it comes to truly memorable onscreen
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You’ve already burned through multiple viewings of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and “Ernest Saves Christmas” still sits with a “very long wait” in your Netflix queue. Luckily, the bandwidth-sucking empire also offers several holiday streaming options to tide us all over until Dec. 25. Get these yuletide offerings in your Instant Queue today. Movies A
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Former laughing stock Ben Affleck is receiving some of the best reviews of his career for the leading role in this week’s crime drama, “The Town.” Affleck also co-wrote and directed the film, a follow-up to his stellar directorial debut, “Gone Baby Gone.” While his reputation behind-the-scenes remains perfect (he also won an Oscar for
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Labor Day’s gone, the nights are chilly and football has regained its inexplicable hold on the general public. It also means a worthy bunch of quality films will be trickling into local theaters soon. Based on early reviews and overall buzz, here are 10 movies worth getting excited about: The Town (Sept. 17) Ben Affleck’s
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Thanks to the recent resurgence of a certain third dimension, going to the movies this summer will be costlier than ever. Ticket prices are up, and 3D presentations will take a few extra dollars out of your wallet. Say hello to the Budget-Friendly 2010 Summer Movie Preview, featuring a quick rundown of the season’s biggest
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Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” is widely considered to be the Best Batman Incarnation of All Time. Now, nearly two years after its blockbuster release, it’s time to look at the debate with fresh eyes. If you take away the fanboy fervor, can “Dark Knight” still stack up against previous incarnations of the Caped Crusader?
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While basketball fans have plenty to be excited about this weekend, movie buffs rarely get the chance to make educated guesses about arbitrary bracket rankings. Not anymore! In celebration of the theatrical release of Dreamworks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon,” I’ve concocted “The Sweet 16 of (Non-Pixar) Computer Animation.”
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Another perspective on the best movies of 2009 from contributing writer Josh Miller. This is not an objective list; rather than choosing films that are the best films of the year because of simple filmmaking aesthetic, I chose the ten films that I had some sort of resonance with personally. This list could potentially be
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The best of the best. Check out numbers 11-51 in part one of this Best Movies of the 2000s list. By now you’ve read a thousand of these articles. At least mine originally published on Christmas Day, so it’s not like I’m that late to the party. And yes, this Top 10 contains 13 movies.
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