If that’s your thing — and as a member of the “Jaws” generation, I have no shame in admitting it is — you’re going to have a blast. Where else will you see underwear-clad “American Idol” alum Katharine McPhee getting ripped to shreds? Now on Blu-ray minus the 3-D effects its slim audience had in […]
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Contagion
Propelled by Cliff Martinez’s other terrific score of 2011 (“Drive” being the other), “Contagion” starts there, on day two of a new, highly lethal virus’ outbreak. Why not day one? There’s a valid reason for that. With the skill of a circus veteran, Soderbergh and writer Scott Z. Burns (“The Informant!”) keep many plates spinning, […]
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A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
To send it out in style, Eric decides “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy” is the only proper end to such a long ride. The problem is simply convincing his small circle to join him. Uninhibited and (naturally) obese best bud (Tyler Labine, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes“) is in, but the uptight, BlackBerry-addicted […]
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A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
To send it out in style, Eric decides “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy” is the only proper end to such a long ride. The problem is simply convincing his small circle to join him. Uninhibited and (naturally) obese best bud (Tyler Labine, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes“) is in, but the uptight, BlackBerry-addicted […]
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Gurozuka
While 2005’s “Gurozuka” isn’t a carbon copy of “The Ring,” I doubt there will be many American reviews that fail to drop the name. Uh, including this one. The females-only film follows two high school groups — the do-gooder, two-member Movie Club and the snooty, three-member Drama Club — as they venture deep into the […]
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Gurozuka
While 2005’s “Gurozuka” isn’t a carbon copy of “The Ring,” I doubt there will be many American reviews that fail to drop the name. Uh, including this one. The females-only film follows two high school groups — the do-gooder, two-member Movie Club and the snooty, three-member Drama Club — as they venture deep into the […]
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The Expendables: Extended Director’s Cut
Running 11 minutes longer, it’s superior, Sly says, to what we saw in theaters. I’ve gotta be honest: This is my third viewing of “The Expendables,” and other than the awful power ballad that now hangs atop the opening credits, I can’t say I noticed marked differences. (Then again, I’m not a movie memorizer. I […]
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The Expendables: Extended Director’s Cut
Running 11 minutes longer, it’s superior, Sly says, to what we saw in theaters. I’ve gotta be honest: This is my third viewing of “The Expendables,” and other than the awful power ballad that now hangs atop the opening credits, I can’t say I noticed marked differences. (Then again, I’m not a movie memorizer. I […]
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The Hunters / Removal
Looks fairly cool, no? At least I thought so. Turns out, however, that the trailer is hardly representative of the film that “The Hunters“ really is. For starters, it doesn’t even show its leading man! That is Chris Briant, a Frenchman whose grasp of the English language is sub-Schwarzeneggerian. He plays an idealistic investigator fresh […]
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The Hunters / Removal
Looks fairly cool, no? At least I thought so. Turns out, however, that the trailer is hardly representative of the film that “The Hunters“ really is. For starters, it doesn’t even show its leading man! That is Chris Briant, a Frenchman whose grasp of the English language is sub-Schwarzeneggerian. He plays an idealistic investigator fresh […]