Thursday, September 27,2012
‘The Master’ says not even religion can change you
By Ryan Syrek
With a heavy heart comes the news that The Master isn’t outright the best film of the year; it’s only one of the best films of the year. Step up your game, PTA.
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Thursday, September 27,2012
By Ryan Syrek
When you remake a movie that originally starred Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider, it’s not a challenge to clear the bar that was set.
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Thursday, September 20,2012
‘2 Days in New York’ is artsy fun
By Ryan Syrek
There’s no good reason why '2 Days in New York' even exists, let alone anything that would explain how it came to be pretty fantastic.
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Thursday, September 20,2012
Robot & Frank is sad, simple and sweet
By Ryan Syrek
First things first: although she’s only eight years younger than he is, nobody will accept that Susan Sarandon would want to kiss Frank Langella on his mouth parts.
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Thursday, September 13,2012
By Ryan Syrek
The degree to which you will enjoy Celeste and Jesse Forever solely depends on how ensorcelled you are by the luminous Rashida Jones.
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Thursday, September 6,2012
‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ is a moving middle finger
By Ryan Syrek
It’s impossible not to watch Ai Weiwei, dubbed by some as the “Chinese Andy Warhol,” tell his motherland to eff right on off without thinking one thing first and foremost: That dude has got some Buddha-sized stones.
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Thursday, September 6,2012
‘Lawless’ does its job, but goes down rough
By Ryan Syrek
Scuff him, scrape him, buff him up; nobody is going to buy Shia LaBeouf as a country boy. He has a face built for Instagram and his posture is that of a narcissist demanding bottle service at a trendy club.
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Thursday, August 30,2012
‘Premium Rush’ rides on clichs
By Ryan Syrek
Premium Rush is crap. It may, however, be somewhat fun crap, depending on your tolerance for scenery chewing, "look how current we are" cultural references and spandex.
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Thursday, August 30,2012
‘Hit and Run’ tries to merge genres, then wrecks
By Ryan Syrek
Everybody needs a little help. Writer/director/actor Dax Shepard could have probably used another writer, a third director (David Palmer already co-directed) and a better group of actors for Hit and Run, a movie that is a cinematic traffic accident with multiple fatalities.
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Thursday, August 23,2012
'ParaNorman' is a socially responsible, animated 'Sixth Sense'
By Ryan Syrek
Before Pixar flexed its artistic muscle (a muscle they could stand to exercise more frequently these days), the message in American animated films ranged from "always be true to yourself" to "always be true to yourself and also get heterosexually married."