The Voyager

A comedy on mental illness may be a debatable pitch for a film, but director David O. Russell nailed it. “Silver Linings Playbook” is riveting from start to finish. “Silver Linings Playbook” is based on a novel of the same name by Matthew Quick and will be released on DVD on April 30. During the [...]

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If you hate the feeling of déjà vu, you probably shouldn’t make your way into a movie theater anytime soon. On what sometimes feels like a weekly basis, a film is released in an attempt to recapture the imaginations and expendable currency of moviegoers the world over. Last week, I saw the Sam Raimi’s new [...]

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The comedy, “Identity Thief,” starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman, reveals the talent of the actors by being incredibly hilarious and sad in parts of the film. From the previews of the movie, “Identity Thief” seems like a comparable funny film that McCarthy usually stars in, but throughout the comedic quirks, bits of sadness and [...]

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It could have been a heavy, stuffy biopic that attempted to cram Abraham Lincoln’s entire life story into a few hours. That, however, is not the movie that Steven Spielberg made. Spielberg chose to focus on only the last four months of Lincoln’s life, during which the 13th Amendment was passed and the Civil War [...]

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Robert Zemeckis’ “Flight” follows the story of Whip Whitaker, played by Denzel Washington, a drunk, tortured airline pilot in his last descent of a downward spiral. A sudden mechanical failure happens mid-flight, and his aircraft plummets nose first toward the ground. Whitaker, drunk and high on cocaine, must land the plane safely. This all happens [...]

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Don’t hold your breath for a scare from “Paranormal Activity 4.” Continuing a series of movies can be difficult, especially when their scare-factor all hinges on the same element over and over: “Paranormal Activity.” We know what to expect. Creepy kids, people being lifted out of beds, the family being in denial that there is [...]

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Ben Affleck’s newest project, “Argo,” is an action-packed, must-see movie that is based on the true story of the U.S. Embassy invasion of 1979. The embassy in Tehran, Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries who took American personnel hostage. Six men and women managed to escape the embassy before the Iranian rioters pillaged the building. [...]

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In the dystopian future of Rian Johnson’s “Looper,” Bruce Willis is sent back in time to be assassinated by his former self, a stubborn, drug-addicted hitman, or “looper” hired to “take out the future’s trash.” His former self, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is part of a futuristic crime ring where criminals send their problems 30 [...]

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“The Lucky One,” starring Zac Efron, is another home run for author Nicholas Sparks and all his romance-loving fans. In the film, U.S. Marine Logan Thibault, played by Efron, travels to a small Southern town after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during [...]

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“Cabin in the Woods,” which was released last Friday, is not your typical horror film. It mixes science fiction, slasher themes and ancient mythology into one film to create horror. Directed by “Lost” scriptwriter Drew Goddard and co-written and produced by Joss Whedon, who is most famous for creating the TV series, “Buffy the Vampire [...]

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