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The Last Stand

Early in The Last Stand, the small-town sheriff played by Arnold Schwarzenegger says, "It's my day off. Should be a quiet weekend." That's the new way of saying, "I've got one week to retirement," because it signals — with flashing neon and everything — that life is going to royally upend those plans.
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Texas Chainsaw

One of the most inconsistent franchises in movie history is the one beget by Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. How does one follow all those less-than-beloved sequels? Lionsgate's latest in the series — the seventh — has a solution: Ignore 'em.
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Captain America: Collector’s Edition

Not long after Batman changed Hollywood in the summer of 1989, every studio wanted to have the next comics-based blockbuster. I remember visiting Penn Square Mall’s multiplex (as I did often back then) and seeing a poster for Captain America. The one-sheet was comprised of little more than a close-up of Cap’s iconic shield and a promise to arrive next summer.
05/16/2013 | Comments 0

Dark Circles

With the Broken Lizard comedy troupe becoming increasingly broken, member Paul Soter has branched off to write and direct something about as far away as one can get from the likes of Super Troopers and Beerfest: a horror film. Now that I've seen it, I'm thinking maybe he should stay on his own.
05/16/2013 | Comments 0

Die! Die! My Darling!

File 1965's Die! Die! My Darling! under that now-dead subgenre dubbed "Grande Dame Guignol." The Hammer Films production may lack the dueling duo of two twilight-era titans of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and the others, but truth be told, Tallulah Bankhead is fierce enough to provide all the fire it needs.
05/14/2013 | Comments 0
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li


None March 5th, 2009

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It's kind of sad to see once-promising actors reduced to performing in C-grade tripe. It's sad because it often smacks of desperation to keep a career moving, regardless of how crappy the movie is.

At the same time, you have to give some actors credit for making the best of things. And sometimes the bet pays off. By continuing to work and staying in the public eye, an actor can sometimes attract better parts and stop making everyone feel embarrassed.

"Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" features several actors who once showed promise, including Michael Clarke Duncan ("Kung Fu Panda"), Neal McDonough ("88 Minutes") and Kristin Kreuk (TV's "Smallville"). However, the most embarrassing, "hey, look at me!" performance is turned in by Chris Klein ("Just Friends"). Klein, who made a name for himself playing the Lovable Dumb Guy in "Election" and the "American Pie" series, tries to throw off that persona in his role as Nash, who is (supposed to be) a dashing, globe-trotting Interpol agent who has spent the last several years trying to crack the fa

 
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