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Movie review: 'The Lady'

If "The Lady" is any indication, Luc Besson, the Paris-born filmmaker behind such testosterone-fueled thrillers as "Taken," "Transporter 2" and "The Fifth Element," is having a tough time getting in [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

NY1 Movie Review: "Shame"

Despite a lot of media attention, the controversial new film “Shame” is an empty bore. NY1’s Neil Rosen filed the following review. There's been a lot of buzz surrounding the new, controversial film “Shame,&rdq [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Arthur Christmas

Despite an uninspired title, Arthur Christmas is one of the best -- perhaps even the best -- Christmas movie to be released in theaters in years. Funny, intelligent and imaginative for both adults and kids, the animated film is a cla [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: The Muppets is the perfect combination of nost...

Witty, charming and timelessly enjoyable, The Muppets (2011) was no less then what was expected from these loveable characters. They managed to bring up old emotions for long-time fans and please the more unfamiliar generations with their [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

MOVIE REVIEW: MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (Watch Video)

Arriving at England’s Shepperton Studios in the summer of 1956, Marilyn Monroe is at the height of her star power and notorious for her unreliable nature on film sets. She is there to play an unchallenging, bubbly role for the great [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Reviews: 'Hugo' and 'The Muppets'

Hugo, which doubles as Martin Scorsese's first family film and his first project in 3D, is a beautiful picture in just about every way. It's lovingly designed and photographed and tells an engaging and wonderful story, while also [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Hugo

Blaming Home Alone for the past two decades of truly terrible family-friendly movies is probably unfair, though not entirely off base. During the 1980s, kids movies like Return to Oz, Labyrinth, and even The Goonies (not the biggest fan o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie review: 'My Week With Marilyn'

"My Week With Marilyn," starring Michelle Williams as the blond bombshell, is as mercurial a film as its subject, Marilyn Monroe, was a star. It's lush and vibrant when Williams is onscreen, mostly fussy British discontent w [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (Wat...

What do you think of when you think of Twilight? You think of screaming teenage girls; you envision the crazies sitting outside in the rain for 2 days before the L.A. premiere, the 40-something women who gasp at the site of a teenage boy& [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: 'Happy Feet Two' taps penguin magic again

The penguins are as adorable as ever in "Happy Feet Two."Yet a couple of shrimp-like krill at the bottom of the food chain almost steal the show in this animated sequel that sticks to the formula of the original while adding eno [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Rainbow connects to new hit

It's time to play the music . . . it's time to light the lights . . . it's time to meet the Muppets after . . . well, more than a decade. The Muppets, starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams, doesn't open until January 12 but A [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: George Clooney's The Descendants Ascends

Review in a Hurry: George Clooney explores death and infidelity with just the right amount of hilarity in writer-director Alexander Payne's follow-up to his Oscar-nominated Sideways. Sort of a Terms of Endearment for dudes, Matt King [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: The Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn Part 1

t long last, “The Twilight Saga” sinks utterly into camp with “Breaking Dawn: Part 1.”When you’re not giggling at the jokes — and this is the first film in this absurdly self-serious series to take itse [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: ‘Tintin’

Take a bow Steven Spielberg. You have proved once again that you are the best in the business of movie making. Spielberg’s latest offering ‘Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn’ is one of the best 3D film in recent times, Z [...]