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Wednesday, May 4 2011

Summer Movie Preview: July 2011

If automatons are battling genetically altered soldiers, talking animals, extraterrestrials, and cowpokes for box office supremacy, it must be July.


Thursday, September 11 2008

Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.


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Monday, October 17 2011

'Horrible Bosses' Is Too Tame to Be a Black Comedy and Too Dark to Be a Lark

Horrible Bosses offers some delicious tidbits of comedy, but disappoints as the black comedy it could have been.


Friday, July 8 2011

'Horrible Bosses' Is a Horrible Choice for Jennifer Aniston

Horrible Bosses treats women, and especially Jennifer Aniston's character, in familiar ways -- either ignored or openly maligned.


Wednesday, April 6 2011

'Breaking In': Office Work

There's plenty of comedy potential in a show about weekly heists. But the first two episodes of only manage to elicit the occasional chuckle.


Wednesday, November 26 2008

Four Christmases

Motherhood, Four Christmases submits, is all Kate needs to be happy. The husband, he's incidental.


Wednesday, February 20 2008

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

If Steve Wiebe vs. Billy Mitchell is Good vs. Evil, Steve's relationship with his family touches on the price that good must pay to vanquish that evil.


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Wednesday, November 26 2008

Four Christmases

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Wednesday, August 22 2007

He's the 'King of Kong,' and a real-life movie star

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