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Tuesday, December 13 2011

In 'Fright Night' Jerry Will Seduce You, Snack on You and Rip You Apart

Some mistakes and some serious missteps. But the filmmakers made what should be, but won't be, seen as "the" vampire flick of the year.


Friday, August 19 2011

'Fright Night': He's Handy

As much as boys in Charley's position (fatherless, bullied, not as witty as he'd like to think) might want approval from older guys, Charley's rather surrounded by unsuitable role models.


Thursday, September 30 2010

'My Generation': Series Premiere

The classmates' 28-year-old incarnations are just as one-sided and vacuous as their high school nicknames.


Tuesday, October 16 2007

Lars and the Real Girl

This is the reductive conceit of Lars and the Real Girl, Lars' representative incongruity: he's so unlike everyone else that he becomes their cause and sign of sanity.


Friday, September 14 2007

Mr. Woodcock

You could call Mr. Woodcock the latest version of The Billy Bob Thornton Movie.


Blogs

Thursday, December 22 2011

The Evil Next Door: 'Fright Night' and the Nasty Neighbor

No, in a film like Fright Night (or any number of 'ugly underneath' efforts), it's what you don't know that can hurt - or even kill - you...even though it was a mere few feet from your bedroom window.


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Friday, October 19 2007

Ryan Gosling's latest onscreen love is a real doll

LOS ANGELES -- Having reinvented the drug addict in "Half Nelson" and then parried with Anthony Hopkins in "Fracture," Ryan Gosling arrived on the set…


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