‘Blue Moon’ marks a career high for the former child actor, but it’s his work in Andrew Niccol’s 1997 sci-fi/drama that set him up for decades of success as a master of adult roles.
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The hilarious third film in the stoner trilogy is a very good holiday film and a great 3D movie — whether or not you have the technology to view it as intended.
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The imaginative collaboration between director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and writer Joss Whedon got the sci-fi/horror series back on track after a disastrous third installment.
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Frank Marshall’s “thrill-omedy” deftly combines Hitchcockian suspense with campy 1950s creature feature fun, but there’s more to this film than basic B-movie entertainment.
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A quarter century ago, Roland Emmerich’s Revolutionary War blockbuster gave the actor his juiciest film role yet — and he’s been presumed villainous ever since.
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The Farrelly Brothers’ 1996 comedy, ‘The Big Lebowski,’ and ‘Buffalo ’66′ combined for an all-too-brief trend of films that captured the sport’s allure and eccentricities.
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Released at the same time Barack Obama was sweeping the 2008 Democratic primaries, Margaret Brown’s documentary about Mobile, Ala.’s segregated Mardi Gras celebrations is a potent reminder of a time when hope and change were plentiful.
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A film as flawed as its narcissistic protagonist, Cameron Crowe’s second collaboration with Tom Cruise is a master class in depicting toxic relationships.
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“When one townie falls in the forest, can anyone hear it?” — The Hold Steady, “One for the Cutters” Arriving near […]
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Jonathan Levine’s stoner comedy pays homage to Christmas movie forebears and poignantly captures the particular joys and melancholy of old friendships.
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Billy Wilder’s wildest comedy rides a relentless pace, biting Cold War satire, and one of James Cagney’s best performances to cinematic victory.
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A half century after its release, Sidney Lumet’s adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic remains the definitive big-screen take on Hercule Poirot.
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