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Life topic: Movies
Apatow delivers in latest raunchy film
If you’ve liked any of the Judd Apatow’s previous films (Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin), I’m fairly certain you will like this movie. It’s got that mix of… Read »
Controversial policy examined in movie
American director Kimberly Pierce, who gained critical acclaim for her 1999 film Boys Don’t Cry, is back with a new film tackling one of society’s sensitive issues: the war on terrorism… Read »
Romero’s latest entertains, but doesn’t impress
Exactly 40 years after the release of Night of the Living Dead and a host of zombie flicks over the years, George Romero is back with his latest, Diary of the Dead, which explores the implications… Read »
Stars come to town for annual film extravaganza
Winston-Salem’s RiverRun Film Festival returns for its 10th year next week, bringing to town a big buffet of film for the area’s curious movie lovers. The festival kicks off on April 23 and… Read »
Football comedy fumbles despite stars
Football is one of the great American sports. But it wasn’t always so great. Set in the 1920s, Jimmy “Dodge” Connelly (George Clooney), a self-confident football player, decides to turn… Read »
Action and intelligence mix to make a hit
We all work to make the big bucks. We take endless entrepreneurship classes, do five years of school instead of four, intern for free just to build a resume. So if a get rich quick scheme came along, chances… Read »
High-stakes heist film falters despite action
Thankfully one of my fellow OGB critics had already endured 10,000 BC, allowing me to write about a period piece with a little more factual accuracy. The ironic thing is that the “facts”… Read »
Special effects can’t save lame cavemen
It’s dumb but fun, so just turn off your brain when you enter the theater. In 10,000 B.C. writer/director Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Independence Day) takes us back to a time… Read »
Cast and writing disappoint in film adaptation
The first regret I have about writing a review of The Other Boleyn Girl is that I have not read the Philippa Gregory novel on which the movie is based. It might be better if I had read the book… Read »
Definitely, Maybe restores faith in romantic comedies
A good romantic comedy is hard to come by. Either the jokes aren’t funny, the acting is atrocious or the relationship is completely unrealistic. If the movie’s really bad, it can even be a… Read »