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END OF WATCH It’s cops vs. drug dealers in the newest film directed by Training Dayscreenwriter David Ayer. End of Watch stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as police officers in South Central Los Angeles, examining not only the violent and often deadly battles...

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ParaNorman ParaNorman, the newest film from the animators that brought usCoraline, tells the story of 11-year-old Norman, a bit of a social outcast, to say the least. He watches nothing but zombie movies, he has posters of monsters and ghouls papering the walls of his...

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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES When Christopher Nolan rebooted the Batman series back in 2005, it was clear that this was not Joel Schumacher’s cartoony, action-figure promotional abomination. This was something special. Now, seven years later, he completes what many would...

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Brave You can spend 3+ years developing the technology to make bright red, flowing CG hair look perfect, but that doesn’t buy you a good story. That is not to say that Brave is a bad story—it’s just not the kind that Pixar has spoiled us with for the past 17...

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Moonrise Kingdom Though Wes Anderson only makes a movie every few years or so (his last one being the animated The Fantastic Mr. Fox, adapted from the Roald Dahl book), they are almost all excellent. Moonrise Kingdom is no exception. In true Wes Anderson fashion, the...

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The Lucky One I promise I’m not going to begin this review with a joke about how “the lucky one” was the one whose car broke down on his way to see this movie. I swear I’m not going to. The Lucky One, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel by the same name, revolves...