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Review: 'Transcendence' is clunky and lifeless
HAL has come a long way.
Review: 'Rio 2' dazzling but overloaded
A vivid and delightful animated spectacle, “Rio 2” is chock-full of colorful 3-D wonder and jubilant musical numbers set against a tale of family dynamics and environmental dilemmas.
'Captain America' zippy but hollow
For the latest Marvel release, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," most fan boys might prefer a Consumer Reports-style product review.
'Noah' is everything — except boring
What to make of Darren Aronofsky's "Noah"? Perhaps that's the wrong question. Indeed, what NOT to make of "Noah"? Because it is so many things.
'Need for Speed' a thrilling stunt fest
It takes a lot for a film based on a video game to impress a crowd these days, given the dazzling advancements in gaming technology. But "Need for Speed," based on the hit EA Entertainment rac…
Review: 'Mr. Peabody' is wild trip through time
With “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” Dreamworks Animation sets its “Wayback Machine” to the early 1960s and charmingly revives one of the most popular features of the old “Rocky & Bullwinkle …
'300' sequel is prettier but less thrilling
King Leonidas slipped into legend at the Battle of Thermopylae, martyred with 300 Spartans for the sake of Western Civilization and Spartan glory.
Review: Neeson keeps 'Non-Stop' from crashing
Settling in for a film that takes place almost entirely on an airplane, as does the latest Liam Neeson action flick “Non-Stop,” one’s instinct is to search for the nearest sleeping pill.
Review: Don't throw 'Pompeii' on the ash heap
Pity Paul W.S. Anderson. He's directed so many awful movies, most of them with "Resident Evil" and "Death Race" in the title, that Sony-Tristar ineptly elected to dump his "Pompeii" at the end…
'Lego Movie' has tiny toys, huge laughs
Young and old fans alike know the joy of dumping a set of Legos on the floor and chucking that instruction manual. After all, throwing a portion of a helicopter on an incomplete race car could…
Review: Streep holds nothing back in brutal drama
Planning some extended family dinners? Worried that folks might not get along, that festering tensions might surface, that people might get tipsy and say too much?
Review: 'Her' explores high-tech relationship
How essential are physical and emotional connections when falling in love? What would you miss — looking into someone’s eyes, caressing them, tasting them? In “Her,” Spike Jonze’s futuristic e…
Bruno Mars, Dave Matthews, Lady Gaga heat up Summerfest's 2014 lineup
Summerfest has already announced four big headlining shows for 2014.
Review: 'Wolf of Wall Street' a rich tale
Digging into deep-pocket gluttony, Martin Scorsese’s dark comedy “The Wolf of Wall Street” highlights a world rich in drugs, fast cars and private jets. The American dream is amplified, yet th…
Review: Stiller offers dramatic turn in 'Mitty'
Marketed as Ben Stiller’s bend toward drama, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” finds the actor, who also directed the feature, seemingly exuding super-human strength while jumping between buil…
Review: 'Saving Mr. Banks' a spoonful of sugar
For most scribes who have toiled in the movie industry, portraying Hollywood as a healing paradise is roughly equivalent to regaling a lobster of the soothing properties of a boiling pot of water.
Review: 'Furnace' sets dark, heavy tone
“Out of the Furnace” is an earnestly crafted, passionately acted working-class drama rusted over by its noble intentions of steel-town sympathizing.
Review: Girl power warms up 'Frozen'
Instead of the bygone damsels in distress — yes we’re talking about you Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty — the female royals of “Frozen,” Disney’s latest animated wonder, are feisty,…
Review: 'Catching Fire' is major upgrade
A considerable upgrade over the first “Hunger Games” movie, “Catching Fire” comes across more like a remake than a sequel.
Review: Film shows horrors of slavery
We expect the lashings, the leg irons, the cruelty and injustice of it all. But what Steve McQueen’s brilliant “12 Years A Slave” does for our understanding of that “peculiar” institution is t…