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Thursday, December 16 2010

‘Shrek: The Whole Story’: Imagine What We Would Have Missed If We Just Left Him Alone

Several ogres. Four films. One Oscar. A few notable misfires mixed in just for good measure. At the end of the day, a visit to Far Far Away is far funnier (and far more emotional) than you might expect ...


Friday, January 8 2010

Everything in its Right Place: The Best Female Acting Performances of 2009

Mazur checks out the year's best female acting and offers up a mostly alternative opinion to the boring Oscar-begging consensus picks including some you might not have heard about, yet.


Tuesday, April 28 2009

Summer of Same: June 2009

This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.


Thursday, March 26 2009

Part 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)

Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries.


Thursday, October 16 2008

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3

Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.


Friday, August 29 2008

What Happens in Vegas

As the saying (sort of) goes, what happens in Vegas should stay in Vegas -- so, too with this film.


Friday, May 9 2008

What Happens in Vegas

In What Happens in Vegas, Joy and Jack are fated to fall in lazy-movie-love.


Monday, April 28 2008

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008

In the first act of this four-part production, Tinsel Town decides to do some unbelievable front loading. Will there be room for independent offerings, or former HBO carnal comedy divas? Who knows? Without a doubt, it's an interesting way to start the season.


Friday, July 6 2007

Shrek the Third

Is there a rule that decrees all movie-based games be mediocre?


Friday, May 18 2007

Acting legend Julie Andrews returns in Shrek the Third


Shrek the Third (2007) (Reviews) [18.May.07]
Monkey Business (Part 1: May) (Features) [1.May.07]
The Holiday (2006) (Reviews) [19.Mar.07]
The Holiday (2006) (Reviews) [8.Dec.06]
In Her Shoes (2005) (Reviews) [9.Oct.05]
Trippin’ (Reviews) [11.Apr.05]
Shrek 2 (2004) (Reviews) [20.May.04]
Charlie’s Angels (2000) (Reviews) [9.Jun.03]
Gangs of New York (2002) (Reviews) [19.Dec.02]
The Sweetest Thing (2002) (Reviews) [11.Apr.02]
Vanilla Sky (2001) (Reviews) [13.Dec.01]
Being John Malkovich (Reviews) [29.Oct.99]
Shrek (2001) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
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Charlie’s Angels (2000) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
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Any Given Sunday (1999) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
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