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'Inside Out' and 'Soaked in Bleach': Pixar Animation Back in Top Form, and the Kurt Cobain Case Continues to Fester Jun. 19, 2015

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A little girl is born; her parents name her Riley. Bending down over her bassinet, Mom and Dad gaze ... Read More

Integrity Triumphs Over Greed Jun. 09, 2015

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The godfather of Paso Robles wine is back. Gary Eberle, who was ousted as general manager of Eberle ... Read More

'Spy' and 'Love & Mercy': Melissa McCarthy Goes 007, and Paul Dano and John Cusack Take On Two Sides of Brian Wilson Jun. 05, 2015

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"Spy" is an old-school James Bond movie with Melissa McCarthy in the middle of it. This works —... Read More

'Tomorrowland' and 'The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)': Into the Future With George Clooney, Into the Dumper With Tom Six's Last Trash-fest May. 22, 2015

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"Tomorrowland" has so much going for it that you wonder, as you watch it stretch past the two-hour m... Read More

'Maggie' and 'The D Train': Unexpected Oddities May. 08, 2015

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In the nearly 50 years since George Romero launched the modern zombie movie with "Night of the Livin... Read More

Nirvana Roars Again in 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,' and 'MST3K' Vets Lower the Boom on 'The Room' Apr. 24, 2015

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How many people can there be, Nirvana fans or not, who don't know at least a part of the Kurt Cobain... Read More

'Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief' and 'The Wrecking Crew': Strange Tales From the Church of Xenu and the Secret Weapon of '60s Rock Mar. 13, 2015

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By now, open mockery of the Church of Scientology is an international pastime. YouTube abounds with ... Read More

'Focus' and 'Maps to the Stars': Will Smith Outshone by Margot Robbie, David Cronenberg in Hollywood Hell Feb. 27, 2015

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"Focus" is a double-cross comedy that doesn't quite work. Will Smith plays Nicky, a third-generation... Read More

'Fifty Shades of Grey' and 'Kingsman: The Secret Service': Dakota Johnson in (Very Light) Bondage and Colin Firth on the Neo-Bond Spy Beat Feb. 13, 2015

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So E.L. James' hot-trash novel makes it to the screen, and the surprise is ... well, it's a chick fl... Read More

'Still Alice' and 'Wild Card': Julianne Moore at a New Peak and Jason Statham in Search of Action Jan. 30, 2015

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Julianne Moore has already won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for her performance in "S... Read More

'American Sniper' and 'Blackhat': Bradley Cooper Commandeers Clint Eastwood's Powerful War Movie, and Chris Hemsworth Withers in Michael Mann's Cybercrime Misfire Jan. 16, 2015

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Whatever Clint Eastwood's exact politics may be — kind of libertarian? sort of conservative? &... Read More

'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1' and 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night': Jennifer Lawrence in a Disappointing Half-Movie and A Vampire in the Iranian Wild West Nov. 21, 2014

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The new "Hunger Games" film might have been a pretty good war movie, if there were an actual war in ... Read More

'Nightcrawler' and 'Horns': Jake Gyllenhaal Brings the Creepy, and Daniel Radcliffe Gets Lost in a Failed Fright Flick Oct. 31, 2014

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"Nightcrawler" is a steely LA noir that trains a searchlight on the TV news business and flushes out... Read More

'Birdman' and 'Fury': Michael Keaton at His High-Flying Best, Brad Pitt Bogged Down in the Mud of War Oct. 17, 2014

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Comebacks are hard. Twenty years ago, Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) was an international movie ico... Read More

'Whiplash' and 'The Judge': J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller Jazz It Up, and Downey and Duvall Go to Court Oct. 10, 2014

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One of the several interesting things about Damien Chazelle's "Whiplash," along with its combustible... Read More

'The Equalizer' and 'Jimi: All Is by My Side': Denzel Washington Kick-starts a Franchise, and Andre Benjamin Illuminates a Hendrix Biopic Sep. 26, 2014

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You know you're in for some stylish mayhem when Robert McCall, the deceptively mild-mannered hero of... Read More

'The Maze Runner' and 'A Walk Among the Tombstones': More Teen Dystopia and Some Middling Liam Neeson Crime Action Sep. 19, 2014

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Have we reached dystopia overload yet? In a year that's already provided us with "Divergent" and "Th... Read More

'The Skeleton Twins' and 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them': Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig Get Serious, and Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy Sail the Sea of Heartbreak Sep. 12, 2014

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In "The Skeleton Twins," Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader draw on their many years of professional togeth... Read More

'The November Man' and 'Life of Crime': Pierce Brosnan Gets Back in the Spy Game, and Jennifer Aniston Takes On Elmore Leonard Aug. 29, 2014

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One of the subsidiary pleasures of an old-school spy movie is vicarious globe-trotting. We don't wan... Read More

'Frank' and 'The Giver': Michael Fassbender Gets a Big Head, and Jeff Bridges Mutters Through Yet Another Post-Apocalyptic Franchise Attempt Aug. 15, 2014

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"Frank" is a strange and wonderful new movie drawn from an even stranger and not quite so wonderful ... Read More