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“Ted 2”
Asking whether we really needed a sequel to 2012’s Ted is almost unfair to Ted 2. Sequels, follow-ups, and part twos (and threes and fours) make up an ever-increasing percentage of our moviegoing diet these days. Questioning their necessity has nearly become r...
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“5 Flights Up”
Modest in ambition and charm, 5 Flights Up, a deftly played two-hander starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton, feels a lot like a Hallmark Channel movie that just so happened to land a couple of cinema legends in leading roles. But movie-star charisma goes a...
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Weekend Box Office: “No Good Deed” Finally Shakes Things Up
After many weekends of low box office numbers, an unchanging top 2 and little in the way of new releases anyone wanted to see, there was finally some movement at the box office this weekend. Despite riding into town sans critic's screenings (and the critics ga...
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In “Lucy,” Scarlett Johansson Accesses 100% Of Her Awesomeness
And now for something completely different: Luc Besson presents Cosmos. Wet blankets across the Internet will invariably find a reason to fault Lucy, Besson's latest, for leaning on urban legends and pseudo-science as the make-up of its basic conceit. If Neil ...
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“Transcendence” Needs A System Upgrade
The greatest frustration of Transcendence is that, as its narrative slowly tailspins out of control, we can observe a fleeting glimpse or two of the film it could have been amidst its clunkier overtures. Among the myriad of 2014 releases unleashed upon viewing...
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Johnny Depp is Wired In for Second ‘Transcendence’ Trailer
Johnny Depp has been hamming it up as of late in one eccentric role or another for Tim Burton or Gore Verbinski, but Mr. Depp has dropped the funny hats and white-face for something a little more serious this time out. Starring in longtime Christopher Nola...
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Behold: A Totally Normal Johnny Depp in New ‘Transcendence’ Photos
The longtime cinematographer of Christopher Nolan has made his directorial debut. Wally Pfister's Transcendence stars Johnny Depp as Dr. Will Caster, a groundbreaking researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Caster aims to create a sentient machine ...
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Oblivion: Science Fiction Comfort Food
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Oblivion is familiar territory, both for Cruise and for the science fiction genre. It unquestionably remains devoted first and foremost to delivering stylish visuals and gorgeous imagery, yet unlike Tron: Legacy's emptiness, second-time feature director ...
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