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'Captain Phillips' takes the pirate film genre into uncharted waters

The film gets to the hijacking right away and spends the majority of its running time portraying it in the all-too-familiar Hollywood shaky-cam style. Not to say that it isn’t handled well. ...


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Fall in love with this season's hottest Oscar contenders

Along with changing leaves and an abundance of everything pumpkin, fall marks the return of watchable films to theaters. ...


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'Gravity' is miles above every other film in theaters

“Gravity” is obviously influenced by the visuals of “2001: A Space Odyssey” – it is perhaps the most technologically ambitious movie set in space since then – but Cuarón also responds to ...


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Guest directer presents a tour of Vienna in new film

Jem Cohen’s wonderful film “Museum Hours” was screened to an audience of students and film aficionados Friday night as a part of Harpur Cinema’s “Passages” film series. ...


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Visiting filmmaker Scott Stark gets experimental

Stark seems to have a special enthusiasm for the most socially charged of his pieces, “More Than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda,” in which he himself does Jane Fonda’s workout video ...


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Romance, emotion and porn addiction in 'Don Jon'

This is the most interesting role I’ve seen Gordon-Levitt in, and it’s perhaps his best performance. ...


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Bundy Museum brings cult classics to the big screen

Until Nov. 28, the Bundy will be screening cult classic movies Thursday nights at 8 p.m. ...


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Give 3D concert movies a chance

For the past five years, 3D concert movies have emerged as their own film genre. Studios pump out these flicks as audiences crave to see their favorite entertainers — like Justin Bieber, ...


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Six movies that are 'so college'

You probably won’t get the girl in the end, and let’s face it, you will probably never wear a toga. Here are six college movies you need to watch before reality hits ...


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The breakout movies of Tribeca '13

With films ranging from a documentary on Richard Pryor to a story of a young Laotian boy determined to make a rocket, this year’s showings are garnering great praise in the film ...