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  • “Inside Llewyn Davis” Review

    Spoiler Warning: I don’t consider Inside Llewyn Davis to be a movie one can spoil in any grand way, it doesn’t rely on plot all too much, be warned, I discuss much of the film with little regard to whether or not you’ve seen it. Full confession: I know next to nothing about the folk-revival…

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  • Oblivion in Brief

    How did Oblivion open? I was going to start this review with a quick summary of some of the images from the opening. I think they were pretty to look at, but I cannot recall what they were. I’m pretty sure Tom Cruise spoke to us over those images, filling us in on what we…

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  • “John Carter” Review

    It is sort of a shame that so few people are going to see John Carter, because it is actually pretty good in a fun, goofily earnest sort of way. Adapted from the 1917 novel A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter feels a lot like most sci-fi fare that we’ve already…

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  • “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” Review

      I feel guilty saying this as someone who considers himself to be a “true fan” of Sherlock Holmes, but A Game of Shadows is pretty great. While it still falls short of what a real adaptation of Conan Doyle’s stories should be, it is as excellent as can be for an action comedy romp.…

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