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Review: “The World’s End” 23 Aug 2013 | 10:13 pm
“Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” were cleverly referential, skillfully made comedies, but the final installment in Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost’s […]
Critic Speak Podcast: Episode 13 23 Aug 2013 | 04:58 am
This week on the Critic Speak Podcast, James and I tear into the narrative incomprehensibility and clunky leftism of Neil Blomkamp and Matt Damon’s “Elysium,” […]
Review: “We’re the Millers” 16 Aug 2013 | 03:36 am
“We’re the Millers” might be one of the best comedies of the year. I don’t write that as an endorsement of the film, but as […]
Review: “The Act of Killing” 15 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing” may be the most shocking documentary I’ve ever seen, in the way that it asks the viewer to confront […]
Sponsored Video: What Would You Do for a Klondike Bar? 15 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
If you’ve listened to the Critic Speak Podcast in recent months, you know that James and Danny have been pretty disappointed in this year’s crop […]
Review: “2 Guns” 14 Aug 2013 | 02:02 am
In “2 Guns,” a pair of mismatched lawmen find themselves trading bullets with bad guys and banter with each other, moving methodically towards a climax […]
Critic Speak Podcast: Episode 12 10 Aug 2013 | 06:37 am
Not a week after James got back from vacation in Mississippi and we laid down our return podcast, I got word that an apartment I […]
Review: “Fruitvale Station” 5 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
Given the media storm surrounding Ryan Coogler’s “Fruitvale Station,” which has linked the events depicted in the film to those of the recent Trayvon Martin […]
Review: “Blue Jasmine” 2 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
“Blue Jasmine” is a type of Woody Allen film that Allen hasn’t made in over a decade: a dramedy that’s more drama than comedy, but […]
Review: “Blackfish” 27 Jul 2013 | 12:24 am
“Blackfish” is the latest addition to the recent wave of activist documentaries that exist exclusively to promote awareness of and involvement in their cause. You [...]
