Will Chappie charm audiences?
byNo stranger to making quirky, action-packed spectacles, Neill Blomkamp’s “Chappie” is the highest-profile movie about a robot designed for destructrion who finds its…
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50 Shades of Grey
byYou’d think “50 Shades of Grey” would be the movie that crosses boundaries: for women, it’s the live-action version of the film that perhaps literally…
The Boy Next Door
byPoor JLo: playing a 30-something MILF sexpot in “The Boy Next Door,” she amps up victim-blaming to a whole new level. A high school teacher, she…
Inherent Vice Gets Joaquined
byA strange, trippy detective novel come to life (literally; it’s based on Thoman Pynchon’s book), “Inherent Vice” is more than Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest…
5 Films You May Have Missed in 2014
byThe new year is upon us, which means we get one more chance to look back at the year that was. Of course, time…
The Imitation Game
byThose of you who like your war movies American and full of explosions, give “The Imitation Game” a try as an alternative to the…
Reese Witherspoon gets “Wild”
byI know what you’re thinking: another girl-comes-of-age-by-doing-something-ridiculous flick. And that it stars the Queen of Nice Reese Witherspoon gets your eyes rolling even more….
Star Wars: The Force Awakens to rock the Internet
byEver since the announcements (read: rumors) that the “Star Wars: Episode VII” trailer would only be seen on the big screen in select…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
byBy now, the story is familiar: in the dystopic future, the rich control the poor by separating them into districts, once annually forcing one…
Interstellar
byChristopher Nolan has made a career out of the big-time event movie, mixing epic scope and big issues with personal, character-driven stories. We all…