Archive for: movies

The Miserables

Les Miserables, for better and worse.

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Twihard

I watched Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 of my own free will.

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More Superheroes, More Ideology

Dark Knight, Spider-Man, and Avengers

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Superficial

The result is oddly hollow and disjointed; the actors move like sleepwalkers from one overdetermined tableau to another.

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I For One Welcome Our New Superhero Overlords

The Avengers is the crack cocaine of superhero movies. It will stimulate the comics fan into a near-fatal geekasm.

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Dystopian Fashion

Gattaca, Hunger Games, and how to be well-dressed for the coming totalitarian nightmare

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Lost and Found Horror

It would be a disappointment if the “real” haunted house experience lacked the requisite tension and cheap thrills. After all, what’s the point of being haunted by a demon if he doesn’t even do it right?

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