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Tickets, Anyone?
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 30, 2012 2:51 PM
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- 9 Comments
The news that Fandango, the company that sells admissions to movies online, is expanding its use of “paperless tickets,” using bar codes for smart phones instead, makes perfect sense…but doesn’t make me happy. There goes another facet of the moviegoing experience: tickets!
The Five-Year Engagement—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 27, 2012 1:00 AM
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Moviegoers who expect another 'Bridesmaids' from this Judd Apatow-produced comedy are in for a surprise. Some of them may be disappointed with the lack of raucousness, but I was not: 'The Five-Year Engagement' is a strikingly original comedy with serious undertones.
The Pirates! Band Of Misfits—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 27, 2012 12:56 AM
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I’m a sucker for Aardman Animations’ films, and have been ever since I first set eyes on Nick Park’s unforgettable short 'Creature Comforts' more than twenty years ago.
Headhunters—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 27, 2012 12:50 AM
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- 3 Comments
I can’t remember the last time a movie surprised me as much as 'Headhunters': not just its story twists and turns, which are considerable, but its continual stripping of character veneer and overall audaciousness left me breathless.
Bernie—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 27, 2012 12:49 AM
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- 2 Comments
Some films—even good ones—fall neatly into one category or another, but I often find myself drawn to movies that defy pigeonholing, like Richard Linklater’s 'Bernie'. Is it a comedy? Yes, in part. Is it a character study? Certainly. Is it a true-crime story? Absolutely. Does it have two outstanding performances in the leading roles? Definitely.
The Raven—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 27, 2012 12:48 AM
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- 1 Comment
Poor Edgar Allan Poe can’t get a break from Hollywood—at least, not since Roger Corman made his famous adaptations in the 1960s with Vincent Price. Even the 1963 Corman movie called 'The Raven' with Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and young Jack Nicholson had nothing to do with Poe’s immortal poem; neither did the 1935 picture starring Karloff and Bela Lugosi.
Under The Radar: A Kiwi Western And A Jazz Doc
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 23, 2012 3:21 PM
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- 4 Comments
Some movies open “wide,” on thousands of screens; others play in just a handful of theaters. And some films, lacking promotion or advertising budgets, simply materialize, with the hope that people will discover them On Demand, or cable, or DVD, like a sleeper from New Zealand I was lucky enough to see on the big screen at the 2011 Santa Barbara Film Festival.
The Lucky One—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 20, 2012 1:05 AM
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- 2 Comments
People crave romantic movies, be they dramatic or funny—the box-office numbers prove it—and novelist Nicholas Sparks has provided the raw material for a number of such films including 'Dear John', 'Nights in Rodanthe', and most successfully, 'The Notebook'. I think it’s fair to say that moviegoers know what to expect when they see one of these adaptations:
Chimpanzee—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 20, 2012 1:00 AM
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- 5 Comments
The fourth annual entry in the Disney Nature series that began with 'Earth', 'Chimpanzee' once again takes a low-key, family-friendly approach to its subject and applies what can only be described as “the Disney touch” to already-compelling real-life footage.
Darling Companion—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 20, 2012 12:55 AM
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In our youth-driven movie culture it’s refreshing to find an American film made by, and for, mature audiences. Being of a certain age myself, I was charmed by this lovely, leisurely-paced story that deals with issues young viewers might not relate to: taking a longtime spouse for granted, losing sight of the love that goes unspoken, and making snap judgments about people who don’t fit your idea of the norm.
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