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The 12 Funniest Movies of 2012

January 19th, 2013
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There are all kinds of comedies, some more critic friendly than others. Stupid comedies… critics hate those. Dramatic comedies… boy, do critics eat those up. But what really matters when it comes to comedies? I have very specific criteria: a good comedy has to make me laugh.

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Review: Does ‘Les Miserables’ Live Up to the Hype?

December 22nd, 2012
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Heavily hyped and surrounded by deafening buzz, Les Misérables serves as Tom Hooper’s follow up to the Oscar-winning drama The King’s Speech and as this year’s sole mainstream musical. It is considered a heavyweight in the Best Picture category… but it doesn’t deserve it. Well done, beautifully acted and at times explosive, Les Misérables left me wanting more. Not more of the movie, but a more emotional connection.

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Watch the Les Miserables Teaser Trailer

June 3rd, 2012
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The renowned novel Les Miserables
comes to the big screen [again] in grand fashion, helmed by The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper and starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway. The first teaser trailer is now online – watch it here.

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The Dictator Says You Should Watch His Movie

May 16th, 2012
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Six years after he blew audiences away with Borat and three years after destroying all goodwill he previously earned with the horrendous Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen is back with The Dictator, a very quotable movie about a racist, sexist, anti-Semitic Middle Eastern dictator who travels to New York City to talk about his plans for obtaining nuclear power before the United Nations.

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Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ Will Put You to Sleep

November 26th, 2011
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Martin Scorsese is responsible for several of modern cinema’s greatest masterpieces. He’s an exquisite filmmaker, one with an uncanny eye for drama, suspense and unearthing raw emotion. Inexplicably, he’s also responsible for the children’s movie Hugo, one of the most boring and pointless movies of the year.

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