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SIFF Capsule Recap #1 (ZIP ZAP, HELLION, JIMI, FIGHT CHURCH)

SIFF Capsule Recap #1 (ZIP ZAP, HELLION, JIMI, FIGHT CHURCH)

According to the rules of the Seattle International Film Festival, reviews for most films need to be kept to brief capsules (75 quick words of glory) until their respective local release. So in my pursuit to oust my opinion without breaking regulation, I will be blasting out capsule recaps for the coming weeks. So, short...

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Out in Theaters: NEIGHBORS

Out in Theaters: NEIGHBORS

I’ve got enough fraternity experiences to write two books. None of them resemble what I saw Tuesday night. Hell, my fraternity chapter was shut down in ’04 for being the…

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Out in Theaters: PALO ALTO

Out in Theaters: PALO ALTO

What transpires is a whole bunch of nothing that adds up to little more than: "Rich white people gots it ruff." Like the offspring of someone tragically out of touch…

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Out in Theaters: CHEF

Out in Theaters: CHEF

Hoffman's suit of a boss likens Casper to a Rolling Stones show; "Imagine if you paid for a ticket and they didn't play Satisfation?" Well, Favreau's film slyly retorts, had…

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Out in Theaters: THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2

Out in Theaters: THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2

Even set to the background noise of Webb and Garfield pondering leaving the series sooner rather than later, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 does move the puck forward a significant amount,…

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Out in Theaters: DECODING ANNIE PARKER

Out in Theaters: DECODING ANNIE PARKER

Bernstein works the movie like a circus clown, loading suckerpunch after suckerpunch into his cinematic cannon, but they strike with dull thuds. His pleads for heartbreak hardly break a sweat;…

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Weekly Review 45: DEVIL, PARANORMAL, DIVING, WOLVES

Weekly Review 45: DEVIL, PARANORMAL, DIVING, WOLVES

A relatively light week at the theaters in which I saw Chef (review to follow), Paul Walker‘s last completed project Brick Mansions (buhuh) and a half-way decent horror movie that’s failed to make much of an impression at the box office, The Quiet Ones. Aside from those you’ll find below, I also revistied The Amazing...

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Out in Theaters: BRICK MANSIONS

Out in Theaters: BRICK MANSIONS

It's a ton of fun, if your idea of fun is wasting an hour and thirty minutes of your life. Brick tries out a few jokes here and there -…