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Teen Idols Who Tried to Get Serious
Zac Efron leaves the singing and dancing behind for this week’s Charlie St. Cloud, a drama that proves just how earnestly he can stare into the distance. Looking at Efron’s pensive mug on the
Read More »DVD review: Travolta and Williams are old and tired in “Old Dogs”
Old Dogs, the latest family comedy from Walt Disney Pictures, certainly lives up to its title. The jokes and situations are tired and have been seen hundreds of times in one form or another
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Two of a Kind”
A couple months ago I was browsing around the vinyl section at my local Half-Price Books when I came across a near-mint copy of the soundtrack to Two of a Kind (1983), the film
Read More »No Concessions: The Dumbing of “Pelham 1 2 3″
New Yorkers aren’t a sentimental bunch. But there are some things we’re fiercely protective of. One of those is the 1974 crime drama The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. This was a year
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