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My new e-book, "The 50 Movie Starter Kit," tells you the movies you need to know if you want to know what you're talking about. Only $2.99. Visit the Bookstore for further info or order your copy at Amazon or at Barnes and Noble.

Hanks a lot

The extraordinarily gripping "Captain Phillips" both sticks to the accepted American Hero playbook and subtly departs from it... more...

Lost in space

With "Gravity," it's as if director Alfonso Cuaron and his son and co-writer Jonas have racked their brains to come up with a peril so extreme it becomes nearly existential... more...

Sweet farewell

The lovely and amazing "Enough Said" showcases the late James Gandolfini in a performance of immense tenderness and charm... more...

Splitting heirs

"A.C.O.D" -- Any movie that puts two great character actors like beady-eyed Richard Jenkins and crazy-eyed Catherine O'Hara in the same storyline, let alone the same scene, is worth your time.more...

Go to, go to

The dreadful new "Romeo and Juliet" is a film that only a 13-year-old girl with an English paper due could love. And she'd still get a D. more...

Fap chance

Joseph Gordon-Levitt writes, directs, and stars in "Don Jon," a surprisingly honest comedy-drama about men, women, and online porn. R-rating aside, it should be required viewing for every 15-year-old boy on the planet. more...

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