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(At Least) Eight Questions About Silver Linings Playbook
February 18, 2013 – 4:25 PM | 42 Comments
(At Least) Eight Questions About <I>Silver Linings Playbook</I>

Silver Linings Playbook is supposedly a story about two “crazy” people — Pat (Bradley Cooper), recently released from a correctional psych facility after beating his wife’s lover severely; and Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), whose guilty grief …

The Uninvited: Blood, no guts
January 7, 2013 – 12:22 PM | 2 Comments
<I>The Uninvited</I>: Blood, no guts

Despite the too-broad title — Bloody Things or …Eek! would have worked just as well — The Uninvited has a ton of potential. Jan (Marguerite Moreau of Wet Hot American Summer) suffered most of her …

The Impossible and the white light
January 2, 2013 – 3:12 PM | 8 Comments
<I>The Impossible</I> and the white light

Treed by the Boxing Day tsunami, seriously injured vacationer Maria (Naomi Watts), her tween son Lucas (Tom Holland), and an equanimous mystery toddler named Daniel (Johan Sundberg) divide a can of Coke. The rest of …

Whither The Funky Bunch?
November 16, 2011 – 1:15 PM | 34 Comments
Whither The Funky Bunch?

You know what song you don’t hear much anymore? “Good Vibrations” by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. You do hear it sometimes, like at the nail salon, but you don’t hear it much, because …