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The Color of Money

Chris Rebholz | Aug 05, 2012

What is it with The Color of Money? The film was profitable, won Paul Newman a long overdue Oscar and helped establish Martin Scorsese's reputation as a commercially viable director. When it was f...

Full Review | Grade: A

Home On The Range

Chris Rebholz | Aug 05, 2012

For Walt Disney fans, the years following the Disney Golden Age -- which began in 1989 with The Little Mermaid and, by most accounts, ended in 1999 with Tarzan -- was a nightmare. Fantasia 2000 underw...

Full Review | Grade: D

American Reunion

Chris Rebholz | Jul 31, 2012

Rated, unrated, a double feature for those who dare... it doesn't matter which way you come at American Reunion. It's one sequel too many. Never mind the American Pie series' appeal, never...

Full Review | Grade: C

Cellular

John Delia | Jul 31, 2012

Cellular is one film that should be in your library, because you’ll want to see it again!

Full Review | Grade: A

Newsies

Chris Rebholz | Jul 30, 2012

Newsies' history as a film is as unlikely as that of its titular heroes. The biggest live action flop in Disney's history (at the time), it steadily built a devoted following on home video unt...

Full Review | Grade: A

The Three Stooges

Chris Rebholz | Jul 30, 2012

As The Three Stooges, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, and Larry Fine created a comedy institution. An act that grew into a popular series of shorts and features, the Stooges developed into a household name,...

Full Review | Grade: C

Next of Kin

Chris Rebholz | Jul 27, 2012

In 1987, Patrick Swayze scored a sleeper smash with "Dirty Dancing," catapulting the actor to bigger and better roles in Hollywood, offering a shot at starring vehicles after years of suppor...

Full Review | Grade: B

Murder In The First

Chris Rebholz | Jul 26, 2012

"Based on a true story," those are loaded words. By that standard the undeniably affecting Murder in the First, which takes major factual liberties, is bound to get bashed. Here's the tr...

Full Review | Grade: B

A Perfect Murder

Chris Rebholz | Jul 26, 2012

A Perfect Murder is based on the same 1952 stage play by Frederick Knott that Alfred Hitchcock memorably filmed as Dial M for Murder. Hitchcock kept the play's title and much of its dialogue, and...

Full Review | Grade: C