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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 233: “Bolt”
Josh and Gabe are joined by Tasha Robinson to talk about Disney's "Bolt."
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 232: “A Bug’s Life”
Gabe and Josh invite comedian/actor Griffin Newman onto the show to review "A Bug's Life."
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Why Kristen Stewart Is Hollywood’s Most Sincere Starlet
Following Kristen Stewart’s turns in the Twilight series, among the most widely mocked film franchises of all time, public perception of the actress was less than kind. She usually seemed uncomfortable in the spotlight, gradually garnering a reputation for nev...
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The Cult of Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise imbues every performance with an exciting amount of personality and charisma. There is no one more fun to watch onscreen on a consistent basis. Yet the world remembers: He still jumped on Oprah’s couch.
Despite a prolific career, years of apologizi...
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Woody Allen’s “Irrational Man” Is Familiar, But Engaging
Woody Allen’s latest vehicle conveys the filmmaker’s self-deprecating ways and recurrent fascinations with death and murder. Joaquin Phoenix is suitably cast as the nihilistic and life-hating philosophy professor Abe Lucas. Following Allen’s dreary and forgett...
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Cannes Review: “Irrational Man”
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. The guarantee that with each new year comes another mediocre Woody Allen film used to be something I would do my best to ignore. Then I continually found myself in situations on airplanes, where having theretofore avoided whate...
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Homesick for the Past: On the Modern Film Critic
The unrepentant dandy of a critic Addison DeWitt (George Sanders) in All About Eve (1950) wields his influence like the magic of a Faustian Satan, manipulating stars and playwrights with nothing but the threat of a review. Yet he stands from society, distanced...
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Say It Ain’t Snow: Movies to Watch During Your Blizzard
If you’re in the northeastern United States, chances are it looks like the fantasy sequence from that new Gregg Araki film. Thus, it is the perfect time to queue up some films, make some hot cocoa and popcorn, and comment “You’re the worst” on every social med...
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It Had to Be Her: Celebrating Diane Keaton’s Birthday
Diane Keaton may be best known for The Godfather and Annie Hall, but little do folks know that she once had the ambition to become a singer. She’s played them in movies from time to time, but I don’t know if we should hold our breaths for an album of standards...
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Bye Bye Life: “All That Jazz” as Film Criticism
“Sometimes I don’t know where the bullshit ends and the truth begins.” Neither do any of us, really, but so few eviscerate our own lives with the kind of crackling critical energy that Bob Fosse did. As Angelique (Jessica Lange), his own personal angel of deat...
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