Movies

‘It’s a Boy Girl Thing’ (2006) tackles the double empathy problem with laughs

“It’s a Boy Girl Thing” (2006) could perhaps be an honorary member of that batch of Shakespeare-inspired teen films from the early 21st century. That

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‘Captain America: Brave New World’: What if a bad president had self-awareness?

“Captain America: Brave New World” kicks off 2025’s three Marvel Cinematic Universe films by re-engaging with the primary storyline after 2024 served up only the

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‘StageFright’ (1987) hits slasher beats right between the eyes

A plot about an insane person in an owl mask slaughtering the entire cast of a musical needs no translation, but Amazon Prime offered only

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‘Falling Down’ (1993) is worth snapping up as a vicarious thrill

I got the DVD of “Falling Down” (1993) from the library and it didn’t work in my DVD player. So I broke the disc in

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‘Walking Tall’ (1973) walks the walk and talks the talk

It’s hard to go wrong with a 1970s car-chase, shoot-out, bar-fight kind of film. “Walking Tall” (1973) has fairly modest ambitions. It wants to tell

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ is very Gunn and very 2025

If someone watched Richard Donner’s “Superman” in 1978 then was time-jumped 47 years to watch James Gunn’s “Superman,” they might be wowed by the advances

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‘Sorority Row’ (2009) lines up worst traits of the Naughties

What horror film is the most Naughties? Not the best or the worst, but the one that most encompasses the formulaic excesses of unoriginality (remaking

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‘Pulp Fiction’ (1994) ingeniously makes the whole film into a maguffin

Considering that Quentin Tarantino isn’t a fan of Alfred Hitchcock (instead preferring filmmakers who took Hitch’s baton), it’s ironic that “Pulp Fiction” (1994) is Tarantino’s

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Despite team-up, ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ is legendarily dull

If “Karate Kid: Legends” was merely a flat sequel to 2010’s “Karate Kid” – about the next kid, Li Fong (Ben Wang), mentored by Jackie

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Giger, Henstridge, weirdly great cast keep ‘Species’ (1995) going

There was only one H.R. Giger (1940-2014) – and his creepily sexual creature-design work will never be confused with anyone else’s – but there was

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