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The Lure of the Pan
Within minutes of The Cobbler’s debut at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, word started spreading that the movie could be an all-timer: a film so foul that it belongs in its own special category of crappy. By the time Thomas McCarthy’s latest ...
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“The Divergent Series: Insurgent”
The Divergent Series: Insurgent is so unmemorable that its long-winded, SEO-boosting title becomes a helpful marker for keeping track of what it is you’re watching. The film begins with more “previously on” summary than a late episode of Lost, but even the con...
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Weekend Box Office: “Captain,” Of Course
Whenever a new Marvel movie comes out, there's not much else to talk about at the box office, as no one wants to open a movie against it and the Marvel movie plays on so many screens that it's inevitable that it claims the top prize. And so it was this weekend...
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Weekend Box Office: Teen Lit, Muppets and Jesus
The weekend saw the release of the latest young-adult literature juggernaut to be filmed for its presumably large teen fanbase, and considering how many of those types of films have come out in recent years, it says something that this one did well, Yes, Diver...
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“Divergent”: Derivative Dystopia
Not all Young Adult (YA) adaptations are made the same. Don’t tell that to Hollywood executives, of course. Over the last decade, practically every YA novel with a supernatural or science fiction bent has been scooped up for adaptation, regardless of the under...
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Top 10 Chicago Movies
Despite being the nation's third most populous city, Chicago remains oddly underrepresented on film. Loving natives like John Hughes, David Mamet, and Michael Mann really latched onto it and made it an integral aspect of the cinematic expression, but it remain...
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