This month marks the 30th birthday of “Howard the Duck,” that infamous anti-masterpiece vomited out into the world by George Lucas on August 1st, 1986. This monstrosity of a film documents the inspirational story of ...
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30 Years Later, “Howard The Duck” Still Sucks
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“Suicide” Blitz: Did David Ayer Save DC Movies?
Well, a LOT of us saw “Suicide Squad” this weekend. And a LOT of us didn’t like it all that much. Alex Kirschenbaum, Armani Barron and TJ Morrison break down why. Alex: My rating: ** ...
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Scrumptious Zappa Chatter
Review, “Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words” — *** 1/2 stars (out of ****) Released June 24th, 2016 Directed by Thorston Schutte Starring Frank Zappa Running Time: 90 minutes Box Office (in ...
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“Apocalypse” Now: Has The “X-Men” Series Reached A Point Of No Return?
“X-Men: Apocalypse,” the ninth “X-Men” movie, opened in theaters last weekend with something between a bang and a thud: its domestic three-day weekend haul of $65.7 million, a steep drop from the $90 million three-day ...
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Backwoods Nazis Must Die In “Green Room”
Review, “Green Room” — *** stars (out of ****) Released April 15, 2016 (expanding nationwide today) Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Cinematography by Sean Porter Starring Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat ...
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“Adult World:” A Subtle, But Thoughtful, Allusion to Adulthood
Review, “Adult World” Overall Rating: *** stars (out of ****) Released February 14, 2014 Directed by Scott Coffey Writeny by Andrew Cochran Cinematography by James Laxton Starring Emma Roberts, John Cusack, Cloris Leachman, Evan Peters ...
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Apatow, Jacobs and Co. Preach Self-“Love” In Affecting New Series
TV Core-ner Review, “Love” – First Season (10 Episodes) Overall Rating: *** 1/2 stars (out of ****) Released February 19, 2016 Created by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Paul Rust Written by Apatow, Arfin, Rust, Brent ...
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If You Liked “Mad Max,” You’re Wrong (and Other Unpopular Movie Opinions): Alex’s 2015 Power Rankings
Let’s just jump right in. 53. “Anomalisa” (Directors: Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson) – 0 stars – Who in the world liked this? A guy with an all-encompassing, metaphorical prosopagnosia (although his condition also extends to ...
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Filmcore’s Coast-to-Coast Thoughts on “Knight of Cups,” a.k.a. “Christian Bale Goes To The Beach”
Last week, Filmcore’s Alex Kirschenbaum and Chris McKee saw the latest Terry Malick tone poem so you don’t have to. And both Filmcore scribes agree, “Knight of Cups” was a meandering mess of a movie ...
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It Was No 2014, But It’ll Do: Chris’s 2015 Movie Power Rankings
All in all, 2015 was a pretty decent year for film. It didn’t quite reach the heights of 2014, which I think had three American cinematic masterpieces (“Birdman,” “Boyhood,” and “Whiplash”). I’m not sure there was ...