When Super 8 came out in June, it was as if it left a portal open behind it: every few weeks, it seemed, a new movie would be enthusiastically described as the kind of throwback adventure movie Steven Spielberg would have directed, or at least produced, back in the ‘80s.
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(Eric Spiegel) If you can’t stand 3D movies, you can usually see the film at a 2D showing and save yourself the surcharge. But occasionally, social and temporal mandates may force you into the theater for a 3D show. To prepare for such an occasion, you can tinker with
Read more Last fall, my esteemed and wordy colleague Darren Franich posted an essay entitled “Stop hating George Lucas, and stop loving Star Wars so much: Why it’s time to grow up.” It was in reaction to the uproar surrounding Lucas’ decision to make Darth Vader say “Nooooo!” at the climax
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So much for jolly. Most of the movies this holiday season are anything but. Of course this is the time when Hollywood rolls out its serious stuff. But this year’s offerings seem particularly dark, with titles like “Melacholia,” “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and “The Darkest Hour,” which
Read more Adam Sandler — on some subconscious, primordial level — wants to do good work, judging by the fact that he has, on intermittent occasions, collaborated with respected directors on respectable movies (“Punch Drunk Love,” “Funny People,” maybe “Spanglish”). That might be helpful for his sanity, and our collective good
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