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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Taken is by no means the best the spy/action genre has to offer — it’s not as smart as Bourne nor as classy as Bond — but it’ll do till something better comes along.

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
The mostly inoffensive but ultimately completely enslaved to formula New in Town is destined to feel like a really bad case of cinematic déjà vu. It’s Doc Hollywood meets Fargo — minus the wood chipper.

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Wendy and Lucy is a slow and meandering film, in no rush to get anywhere, least of all to anywhere important. Tedious and lethargic, this respectable and at times even moving portrait of a life lived on the margins is nonetheless difficult to get excited about. I admire films that don’t feel compelled to create [...]

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I am all for the return of the fantasy film. Between them, The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter jumpstarted a comatose genre that has flared back to life the past several years with mixed, but almost always appealing results. Walden Media made the genre its staple, producing everything from The Chronicles of Narnia [...]

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The Oscar nominations came out today and while most of the nominees were on par with expectations, there were a few surprises. I wish I could say they were all pleasant surprises.

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Edward Zwick used to be a powerful filmmaker. His Glory remains one of the greatest war epics ever made. Even when making soap operas like Legends of the Fall (oh what a soap opera), his vision was [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. This has never been truer than in director Steven Soderbergh’s sprawling, nearly four-and-a-half-hour epic on the life of Che Guevara. Forty years after his execution, Guevara remains a beloved [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Who could have imagined that, mere days into 2009, we’d already have a formidable contender for the worst film of the year — Paul Blart: Mall Cop!?

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I was thrilled with almost all of the results of last night’s Golden Globe awards. While I predicted and was ecstatic to watch Slumdog Millionaire walk away with award after award, I was equally overjoyed with some of the more unexpected, but no less deserved wins, such as Colin Farrell for In Bruges, Mickey Rourke [...]

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Earlier today I “co-hosted” BDK’s Movie Show with my friend, Kevin McCarthy, aka BDK. We discussed the importance of film scores and predicted tonight’s Golden Globes. To listen to the two segments, click here and then click on the two segments beside my name. There will hopefully be many more of these to come in [...]

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