Movie Reviews
New On Netflix: Killing Bono
Neil McCormick (Ben Barnes) stands by helplessly as U2 takes the fame and fortune that was rightfully his in this wickedly funny dark comedy.
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April 3, 2012CommentNew On Netflix: Tom Waits: Big Time
Tom Waits does his one-of-a-kind thing in this bizarre, circus-like musical theatre experience masquerading as a concert film.
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April 2, 2012Goon Movie Review
Seann William Scott delivers his most likable performance to date as a violence-prone hockey player in director Michael Dowse’s gloriously profane sports comedy.
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March 30, 2012New On Netflix: The Rules of Attraction
Director Roger Avary captures the anarchic spirit of one of Bret Easton Ellis’ better novels in this skewed look at decadent New England college life.
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March 30, 2012What’s New In Movies: Wrath of the Titans, Goon, Bully
This weekend: First they clashed, now feel the Wrath of the Titans, have a brawl and get pucky with Goon, take a stand with buzzy documentary Bully and keep th…
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March 30, 2012New On Netflix: Skateland
Life is a roller rink in this pleasant homage to the late, great John Hughes starring Shiloh Fernandez and Twilight beauty Ashley Greene.
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March 29, 2012New On Netflix: Metropolitan
Whit Stillman’s enjoyable comedy of manners follows high society’s college freshman as they make the rounds of various Manhattan debutante balls over Christmas break.
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March 27, 2012New On Netflix: New York, I Love You
This mixed bag of shorts films exploring various romantic entanglements in the City That Never Sleeps makes for a wildly uneven viewing experience.
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March 26, 2012Best Of Netflix: ’90s Animation
The ’90s gave us some of the best (and two of the longest-running) animated series of all time. Go back to the decade when cartoons started to become a little more grown-up. . . an…
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March 26, 2012The Hunger Games Movie Review
Gary Ross’ entertaining but ultimately somewhat empty adaptation only skims the surface of Suzanne Collins’ passionate, ferocious and deeply disturbing novel.
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March 23, 2012New On Netflix: Slacker
Richard Linklater’s unique look at a day in the lives of the various bohemians and misfits of Austin, Texas gave rise to the independent film movement of the early ’90s.
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March 23, 2012What’s New In Movies: The Hunger Games, 4:44 Last Day on Earth
Pledge yourself to The Hunger Games, kick and punch your way through The Raid: Redemption, have an affair with The Deep Blue Sea and await the end of the world…
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March 23, 2012New On Netflix: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Jim Jarmusch’s terrific urban fable features a completely convincing performance by Forest Whitaker as a Mafia hitman and a great soundtrack courtesy of RZA.
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March 22, 2012New On Netflix: The Man Who Fell to Earth
David Bowie is perfectly cast as a space alien corrupted by television, alcohol and sex in Nicolas Roeg’s trippy science fiction film.
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March 20, 2012Best Of Netflix: Blaxploitation Classics
You’re not likely to find a more sweet and badasssss collection of films anywhere else. Get reacquainted with an all but long-lost genre on Netflix — damn right!
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March 19, 2012