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Movie Review: PAIN & GAIN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/28/2013
PAIN AND GAIN movie poster | ©2013 Paramount Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Ed Harris, Bar Paly, Rebel Wilson Writers: Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, based on magazine articles by Peter Collins published in the Miami New Times Director: Michael Bay Distributor: Paramount Release Date: April 26, 201 The movie PAIN & GAIN touts itself as a true story, based on a series of news articles by Peter Collins that originally ran in the Miami New Times 1999-2000, about events that occurred (primarily in Miami) from 1994 through 1996. After reading the articles, one comes to the conclusion that this […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DISCONNECT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/14/2013
DISCONNECT movie poster | ©2013 LG Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgard, Max Theriot, Colin Ford, Jonah Bobo, Aviad Bernstein Writer: Andrew Stern Director: Henry-Alex Rubin Distributor: LG Entertainment Release Date: April 12, 2013 DISCONNECT is a film that will provide a lot of satisfaction – and ammunition – for those afraid to take full advantage of social media on the computer. No one can catalogue everything that might go wrong with talking and trusting people one hasn’t met in person, but writer Andrew Stern and director Henry-Alex Rubin come up with a solid list […]Read On »


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Movie Review: 42

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/13/2013
42 movie poster | ©2013 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Andre Holland, Max Gail, Lucas Black, Hamish Linklater, Ryan Merriman, Brad Beyer, Alan Tudyk, John C. McGinley, James Pickens Jr. Writer: Brian Helgeland Director: Brian Helgeland Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: April 12, 2013 Most sports films have to reach a little if they want to be more than character and/or game studies. Many of them are successful, even inspirational, stories of team spirit or friendship or romance or competitiveness, but even a film like INVICTUS, which wove the World Cup football game into the end of apartheid inSouth […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/07/2013
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP movie poster | ©2013 Sony Pictures Classics

Rating: R Stars: Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie, Sam Elliott, Terrence Howard, Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte, Chris Cooper, Susan Sarandon, Jacqueline Evancho, Stephen Root Writer: Lem Dobbs, based on the novel by Neil Gordon Director: Robert Redford Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics Release Date: April 5, 2013 A movie that has in its cast Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie, Sam Elliott, Terrence Howard, Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte, Chris Cooper, Stephen Root and Susan Sarandon is obviously worth seeing, no matter its content or execution. THE COMPANY YOU […]Read On »


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Movie Review: EVIL DEAD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
EVIL DEAD (2013) movie poster | ©2013 Screen Gems/Film District

Rating: R Stars: Jane Levy, Shiloh Hernandez, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci, Elizabeth Blackmore Writers: Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues, based on characters created by Sam Raimi Director: Fede Alvarez Distributor: TriStar/FilmDistrict The original EVIL DEAD film was made in Michigan in 1981. It launched the careers of its director/writer Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and star Bruce Campbell. The trio reteamed on EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN and the third film in the series, ARMY OF DARKNESS. It’s the latter two that most people remember, with Campbell as the astoundingly dense protagonist Ash smashing plates over his own […]Read On »


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JOHN DIES AT THE END Highlights this week in Blu-ray and DVD Releases

By PETER BROWN 04/06/2013
JOHN DIES AT THE END | (c) 2013 Magnolia Entertainment

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: JOHN DIES AT THE END – Woman exploding into snakes. A meat monster coming to life from a freezer. A zombie looking for the axe that killed him. A flying moustache. A bratwurst phone. A mall of the dead. Ginormous hybrid machine creatures. This is just a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LUCKY BASTARD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/05/2013
LUCKY BASTARD movie poster | ©2013 Vineyard Haven Pictures

Rating: NC-17 Stars: Don McManus, Jay Paulson, Betsy Rue, Chris Wylde, Catherine Annette, Lee Kholafai, Lanny Joon Writers: Robert Nathan & Lukas Kendall Director: Robert Nathan Distributor: Vineyard Haven Pictures Release Date: April 5, 2013 “Found footage” is a popular horror subgenre these days. LUCKY BASTARD applies it to a thriller that is not supernatural and not exactly horror, though it’s right on the border, using the format deftly to draw us into the action right across the room. It’s unnerving and unsettling, because we like most of the readily credible characters and also because of the structure. We’ve seen […]Read On »


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Interview: Composer Alex Heffes investigates the EMPEROR

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 03/30/2013
EMPEROR soundtrack | ©2013 Lakeshore Records

The weight of history can be as dramatic as it is romantic, a counterpoint explored in any number of classical films, and symphonically lush scores that have dealt with the West’s awakening to the war-torn East. Now, that majestic sound has been robustly picked up by British composer Alex Heffes for EMPEROR, the new film from director Peter Webber (“Girl with the Pearl Earing”) that contrasts General MacArthur’s postwar search for the guilt, or innocence of the country’s god-ruler Hirohito with a military investigator’s desperate quest to determine if his Japanese fiancé has survived his nation’s bombing of her motherland […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/29/2013
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES | ©2013 Focus Features

Rating: R Stars: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne, Dane DeHaan, Emory Cohen, Mahershala Ali, Ben Mendelsohn Writers: Derek Cianfrance & Ben Coccio & Darius Marder, story by Derek Cianfrance & Ben Coccio Director: Derek Cianfrance Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: March 29, 2013 There is no lack of ambition in THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, a film that aims for a novelistic sense of scope, drama and resonance. The structure is certainly brave and director Derek Cianfrance, who wrote the screenplay with Ben Coccio and Darius Marder, has a gift for naturalism. Naturalism, however, isn’t the same […]Read On »


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THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Highlights this week in Blu-ray and DVD Releases

By PETER BROWN 03/22/2013
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY | (c) 2013 Warner Home Video

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – Being a huge nerd, I am obviously a huge fan of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. I also have read the entire RINGS books as well as THE HOBBIT and I was a bit concerned about how it would be […]Read On »


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