Columns
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‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Season Finale: Men vs. Women, Old vs. New
Do creation and pain go hand-in-hand?
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Eli Wallach and Paul Mazursky: Summer Trips with the Screen Greats (Guest Blog)
Summertime and the “livin’ is easy.” My recent rail trip from Brittany to Paris allowed me the opportunity to reflect on the joy of traveling with the actor Eli Wallach and director Paul Mazursky, two greats that the film community has just lost
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‘Hercules’ Review: Dwayne Johnson in an Epic That Never Feels Epic
The mythological hero may be half-man and half-god, but Brett Ratner turns him into half-superhero, half-dullard
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‘And So It Goes’ Review: Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton Shine as Rob Reiner Channels Nancy Meyers
It’s pure trifle, but the seasoned stars will win you over as next-door enemies who embark on a romance in their twilight years
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‘Magic in the Moonlight’ Review: Woody Allen’s Ugly Vision of Love
Emma Stone couldn’t be more charming, but her on-screen romance with Colin Firth couldn’t be more contrived or ickiliy age-inappropriate
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‘The Purge: Anarchy’ Review: Horror Sequel Looks Dumb by Trying to Appear Smart
Returning director James DeMonaco flirts with messages about politics, society, and inequality, but they’re all dazzle camouflage for a silly and squalid shoot-em-up
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Charlie Sheen ‘Hammered’ Taco Bell Video Not So Funny Considering His History
Sheen’s drug- and alcohol-fueled troubles cost him TV’s best-paying role in 2010
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‘Sex Tape’ Review: Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel Go the Distance, but the Script Can’t
The foreplay in this internet-age farce is promising, but the comedy deflates by the disappointing climax; Rob Lowe proves his comedic staying power with another scene-stealing, supporting bit
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‘Wish I Was Here’ Review: Zach Braff’s Passion Project Features Big Moments and Empty Characters
If you’re still listening to the “Garden State” soundtrack in your car, you may well be carried away by Braff’s latest; non-believers are more likely to find the proceedings self-indulgent and unconvincing
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‘Deliver Us From Evil’ Review: Eric Bana, Joel McHale, Olivia Munn and Cast Wasted on Just Another Exorcism Movie
Terrific performances and spooky atmospherics only stave off the predictable conclusion of a priest yelling at a guy who’s bleeding out of every orifice
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‘Penny Dreadful’ Season Finale: Why the Werewolf Is Kind of Special
One character makes a major transformation
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‘Snowpiercer’ Review: Chris Evans Thriller Embraces and Rejects Blockbuster Conventions
“The Host” and “Mother” director Bong Joon-Ho pours on the action but misses the heart — even with an eminently watchable Tilda Swinton — in this problematic adventure
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‘Venus in Fur’ Review: Actress and Director Tussle for Sexual Power in Roman Polanski’s Latest
The stage is the world for mind games between Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric’s characters, in another play-on-film from the émigré filmmaker
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‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ Review: Something Gets Lost in the Leap from Romp to Epic
Gorgeous visuals and the addition of a strong new character (voiced by Cate Blanchett) don’t make up for a lackluster villain or the dumbing-down of the flying dragons
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Syfy Exec by Day, Playwright by Night: From ‘Sharknado’ to an Ayn Rand Orgy
Syfy executive Gary Morgenstein talks about his sci-fi musical in the latest edition of TheWrap’s Writers’ Room series
