coming of age archives - Page 27 of 36

Flipped (review)

Tue, Sep 07, 2010

Everything that is wrong with The Movies today in America is beautifully encapsulated in how this lovely little movie cannot find an audience in the current movie environment.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (review)

Wed, Aug 11, 2010

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It’s *Twilight* for boys…

Step Up 3D movie review: stumbles and missteps

Sat, Aug 07, 2010

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I can’t say there are lots of reasons to love Step Up 3D, but there are good reasons not to hate it.

Poor Zac Efron: he’s at that awkward Movie Star stage. He’s got It: that indefinable onscreen charisma. But Hollywood doesn’t have a lot of options for him while he’s stuck in the postadolescent, not-quite-grownup phase.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collection (review)

Wed, Jul 28, 2010

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At the behest of several readers who appear to believe they know my taste better than I know it, and also in an attempt to figure out just what the hell M. Night Shyamalan was thinking with his The Last Airbender, I watched the entire first season of Nickelodeon’s pseudo-anime series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (review)

Wed, Jul 14, 2010

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Lo and behold and WTF, here’s adorkable Jay Baruchel getting molested by dancing mops as the literal replication of a 70-year-old cartoon forces its way into a movie where it clashes tonally, interrupts the plot, and just plain makes no sense.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (review)

Tue, Jun 29, 2010

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The sparkly vampire guy and the shirtless werewolf guy, they’re still fighting over perfect, perfect Bella, whose perfection extends to a delicate and supposedly adorable feminine idiocy…

Toy Story 3 (review)

Sat, Jun 19, 2010

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It seemed like a good thing not to get one’s hopes up too much, because how long can Pixar’s streak of genius and spirit and wonder last? But this is a finale that brings the overarching story to its satisfying conclusion.