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Chris Luckett
There’s something about ’90s comedies that, when watched now, seems kind of… quaint. All the demographic-courting PG-13 fare like Wayne’s World, Dumb & Dumber, and Tommy Boy — even more boundary-pushing, R-rated comedies like Clerks. or There’s Something About Mary — still lacks a little of the subversion, intellect, or bravado of the comedies of the new millennium.
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Chris Luckett
Twenty-fourteen was not the best year for movies. By no means is that to say there weren’t some truly great ones, but there was more than the usual number of mediocre or simply good movies, and fewer masterpieces than in the past few years.
That having been said, while there may not have been as large an abundance, there were still 25 films that stood above all the rest. Comedy, sci-fi, drama, animation, romance, suspense, documentary, horror, and action make up these, the very best movies of the year. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
This week’s new releases: Evergreen: The Road to Legalization, Neighbors, and The Signal. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
On New Year’s Eve last year, I resolved to try and see every wide release that came out in 2014. (“Wide release,” these days, means a minimum of 600 screens.) It’s resulted in me seeing many more movies by this point in time than I usually do. Last year, I didn’t see my 50th movie until the first week of October. This year, with another month to go until October, I’ve already seen 84 movies from 2014. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
Frat movies don’t generally get much respect, often because they’re more concerned with bacchanalia than believability. Even the best ones, like National Lampoon’s Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds, or Old School, ultimately turn into competitions against rival frats or wars with crusty deans.
Neighbors, the new movie from director Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek), cleverly avoids falling into frat traps by not — despite its outward appearances — actually being a frat movie. It’s about something much deeper than that.
The Apple Box 