‘Premium Rush’ A Fun Bike Messenger Ride on the Silly Side
I can’t say I remember many of the characters’ names in "Premium Rush." There’s Wiley, the lead (Joseph Gordon Levitt), …
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‘Ruby Sparks’ weaves magical tale of 1 imperfect writer’s perfect woman
“Ruby Sparks” bears a more than superficial resemblance to the 2006 movie, “Stranger Than Fiction.” Both feature previou…
Unnerving ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ falls short
Is it even possible to write a normal review of “The Dark Knight Rises” at this point? It’s certainly difficult to see i…
4 Rs for sweet, epic, unusual ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’
Rebellious Rating: Part fairy tale, part Hurricane Katrina tale, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” provides a lovely …
‘Magic Mike’ isn’t as bad as you think
Is “Magic Mike” the best movie about Channing Tatum as a stripper that could have been made? It’s possible. Director Ste…
‘Brave’ is beautiful, funny, empowering … but a little meh
Rebellious Rating: You know how when you watch Paul Konerko bat, you kind of want him to hit a home run every tim…
Prometheus: Better than your average summer blockbuster
"Prometheus" stands somewhere at the border between the kind of science fiction that uses a fantastical construct to ask…
‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ is goofy but beautiful
“Snow White and the Huntsman” is not good, exactly, but it’s not terrible. The movie, ambitious and prosaic by turns, be…
‘The Avengers’ delivers punch of Whedon-y fun
This may sound like an insult, but “The Avengers” is about as good as it could reasonably be expected to be. It’s a big …
‘The Five-Year Engagement’ is a rom-com that gets it right
“The Five Year Engagement” is that rare romantic comedy where the characters actually seem like real people. They make d…
