Movies

Aliens-vs.-humans thriller ‘District 9’ lives up to the hype (Movie review)

“District 9,” which immediately earns a spot among modern sci-fi classics, started off as a “Halo” video game adaptation. When that fell through, the filmmakers decided

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The ugly truth: Hollywood’s marketing strategy lets us down (Movie commentary)

I have the day off. Here are my movie-going options. I can drive an hour to see “(500) Days of Summer,” which I really want to see.

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Don’t you forget about John Hughes, whose influence is still being felt (Movie and TV commentary)

Here’s how influential John Hughes was: I’m writing a blog post about the late writer-director (he died on Thursday of a heart attack at age 59) and

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‘Funny People’ focuses more on ‘people’ than ‘funny’ (Movie review)

If you saw any of Comedy Central’s advance coverage of “Funny People,” you’ve seen most of the funny bits of the new Judd Apatow movie. But one

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Spike should be on the 20 greatest vampires list (TV and movie commentary)

As a “Buffy/Angel” fan, I eagerly opened my Entertainment Weekly today to find out where Angel and Spike ranked among their 20 greatest vampires — and to see if

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5 random things on my mind (Commentary)

1. In the new “Star Trek” movie, why doesn’t Spock, who has mastered time travel, go back in time to prevent the destruction of his home planet?

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Who’s your favorite Anakin? (Movie and TV commentary)

Jake Lloyd is now 10 years older than he was in “Star Wars: Episode I,” so he’s the same age Anakin Skywalker was in “Episode II,”

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Is it just me, or is Comic-Con one giant commercial? (Commentary)

Entertainment Weekly, Zap2It, G4 and all the major entertainment news sources have jumped on the Comic-Con bandwagon in recent years — even the gossip-themed “Chelsea Lately” mentioned Comic-Con in a

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15 all-time great movies that I hate (Commentary)

You’re welcome to post comments on why these movies are great, but please don’t bother to call me names. You can’t make me feel worse

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5 random odds and ends (Commentary)

1. In “Return of the Jedi,” when the Ewok (I believe it’s Paploo, but I can’t check it because I don’t have my “Star Wars”

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