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11/31: Shenandoah
January 11, 2015 – 11:33 AM | No Comment
11/31: <em>Shenandoah</em>

One of the things I love best about 31 Films In 31 Days is the subpatterns that emerge.

8/31: Happy Christmas
January 8, 2015 – 5:05 PM | 4 Comments
8/31: <em>Happy Christmas</em>

The last scene in Happy Christmas — technically not a scene — is its best, and most frustrating.

Dog Days of Summer Movies: Camp
August 5, 2011 – 10:53 AM | 8 Comments
Dog Days of Summer Movies: <I>Camp</I>

by Adam Grosswirth
When Vlad (Vlad? Really?) arrives at musical-theater-themed Camp Ovation, he causes a stir by being the only new guy in a clique full of outcasts who’ve been coming to camp for many summers …

Up in the Air
February 6, 2010 – 1:21 PM | 21 Comments
<I>Up in the Air</I>

Whatever else I have to say about it, Up in the Air successfully distracted me from an offensive movie-going environment — the theater reeked of what I can only describe as bum stench. You board …