MOVIE REVIEWS

• Olympus has fallen 3/4 – a film review by James Berardinelli

  18 Apr 2013

  

  There’s irony to be found in the recognition that the best Die Hard to be released in 2013 isn’t the franchise’s official entry, A Good Day to Die Hard, but the White House-based copycat, Olympus Has Fallen.…

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• Warm Bodies 2½/4 – a movie review by James Berardinelli

  11 Apr 2013

  

  As if it wasn’t bad enough that Twilight defanged vampires, turning them into whiny emo Harlequin romance heroes, now Warm Bodies has done something similar for zombies.

  Granted, that latter evisceration is more challenging than the former.…

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• Hyde Park on Hudson 2½/4 – a movie review by James Berardinelli

  28 Mar 2013

  

  Hyde Park on Hudson represents the odd marriage of an uninteresting, borderline-creepy “romance” and a peek behind the scenes of a notable but unsung historical event. 2012 has seen dramatizations of eras from the administrations of two of America’s greatest leaders.…

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• Rust and Bone 3/4 – a movie review by James Berardinelli

  28 Mar 2013

  

  When Rust and Bone tells a story of a woman’s recovery from a devastating injury, it hits all the right notes, traveling a path that is poignant without being mawkish and triumphant without being saccharine.…

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