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(Dark) Future Perfect
What’s in your wardrobe: pastels, earth tones, or maybe stripes? What about black?
Yes, black — and not just the ubiquitous dress of a certain small size. In 2013, black — that much-maligned...
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‘Some Girl(s)’: A Provocative Look at a Soulless Man
Willfully chit-chatting with a slew of scorned exes would hardly be a top priority for most people, but then again, the unnamed protagonist (or antagonist, depending on how you perceive him) in Some Girl(s) isn’t...
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‘Before You Know It’: A Peculiar, Fascinating Glimpse at the Aged Gay Experience
P.J. Raval’s new film, Before You Know It, is an exercise in acute, undiluted emotion. It drops you into the lives of three disparate men who all happen to be gay seniors (a subset of the population most viewers...
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‘The Lone Ranger’ Misses the Shot by a Mile
About midway through The Lone Ranger, a bombastic western from Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, there is a slapstick bit that perfectly encapsulates the entire film with that brand of sly irony that...
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‘White House Down:’ Effective, ‘Trigger-Happy’ Nonsense
If achievement in grandiose cinematic destruction were a category at the Academy Awards, director Roland Emmerich would be swimming in Oscar gold. With films like Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012... -
Bullock and McCarthy Can Handle ‘The Heat’
Cloaked in the retro-stylistic graphics that defined the crime-fighting films of the ’70s and ’80s, the opening credits of The Heat are clearly meant to evoke the prestige of the infamous buddy-cop...
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‘The Kings of Summer’ Live Up To Their Name
In the thick of adolescence, wanting to escape the clutches of parental oppression is about as innately human as that post-puberty awkward phase we all strive to expunge from our memory. It’s a time when many of us...
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‘Maniac’s’ Jan Broberg Talks about How She Turns Tragedy into Triumph
As spectators watching a film or a stage production, it is sometimes lost on us that everyone on screen or center stage has a story of their own; a story that may lie hidden behind their performance or is worn proudly... -
‘Breaking Bad’ DVD Provides Fix before Series’ Final Episodes
As any seasoned drug addict knows, sometimes you have to pace yourself to get the most out of each individual high. The DVD release of Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season displays that good things come to junkies who...
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‘The Bling Ring’: Lifestyles of the Rich and Those Who Rob Them
Pop open any one of the designer handbags displayed proudly on the hips of The Bling Ring and the only thing that won’t come tumbling out is a functioning moral compass. Their story is a true crime ripped from the...
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