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“A Haunted House 2”: Better Than The Original, Worse Than Everything Else
"This bitch heavy as hell, cuz!"
For Marlon Wayans' first installment in the A Haunted House franchise, I detailed fifty examples of "humor" contained within the parody. As the inevitable sequel began with the above quote, it was clear that A Haunted House ...
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“Cheap Thrills”: The Savage One-Upsmanship of the Desperate
Cheap Thrills begins with the sounds of sex -- or, rather, sex interrupted. Craig (Pat Healy) is entering the throes of passion with his wife Audrey (Amanda Fuller) one morning, when the alarm clock suddenly goes off. Craig hits the snooze button, delaying the...
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“12 Years A Slave” Big Winner at the 86th Academy Awards
Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity may have won 7 Oscars, but Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave was the big winner Sunday night, taking home awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 86th Academy Awards.
Some cynical pundits ...
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Tweets of the Week: Second Edition
Twitter has been known to many as a home of shouted opinions, controversial stances, endless thinkpiece links, moralizing/counter-moralizing, and complaints about the problems that Twitter creates. Sift through the noise, however, and one can still find enough...
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Tweets of the Week: First Edition
Twitter has been known to many as a home of shouted opinions, controversial stances, endless thinkpiece links, moralizing/counter-moralizing, and complaints about the problems that Twitter creates. Sift through the noise, however, and one can still find enough...
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Hainline’s 50 Most Anticipated Films of 2014
Last year, I provided for this site my Top 50 Most Anticipated Films of 2013. As someone who sees well north of 100 films a year, whittling down options from the upcoming calendar is a Herculean task to undertake (The Rock, not Kellan Lutz). However, I have pe...
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The Golden Globes: Perception vs. Reality in Awards Season
For those with a healthy obsession over awards season, The Golden Globes are of great interest-- not because of any great respect held for the trophy itself, but rather for its potential function as a catalyst for increased/decreased buzz heading down the stre...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
Antoine Fuqua's DIE HARD rip-off is the kind of Action Movie Fantasy we should celebrate.
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‘Captain Phillips’ Is A Masterful Achievement From Greengrass and Hanks
Russell Hainline reviews Paul Grassgrass' CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, starring Tom Hanks.
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