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  • Review of Tropic Thunder
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    As the summer winds down with its traditional glut of blockbusters, it's refreshing to see a new film, Tropic Thunder, with the goal of s...

  • Review of Twilight
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    I must confess that I have never read Stephanie Meyer's Gothic romance novel, which has been adapted into the new film Twilight. I only h...

  • Review of Four Christmases
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    Well, the holiday season is here again. But I'm afraid if you're looking for a satisfying Yuletide movie, Four Christmases isn't it. It's...

  • Review of Doubt
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    In adapting his own play Doubt to the cinema, director/screenwriter John Patrick Shanley has crafted a minor masterpiece, a film that sti...

  • Review of The Wrestler
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    Glancing at the plot summary of The Wrestler can easily give one the impression it's just another inspirational saga about a washed up at...

  • Review of Watchmen
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    I must confess that I have never read Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' original graphic novel Watchmen. But movies and graphic novels are two...

  • Review of I Love You, Man
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    When I saw the new comedy I Love You, Man at Clearview's Beacon Hill Cinema 5 in Summit, I heard plenty of laughter from the audience. An...

  • Review of The Haunting in Connecticut
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    The Haunting in Connecticut is loosely based on a supposedly factual account about a haunted house. This story, documented in a book by R...

  • Review of Observe and Report
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    Throughout motion picture history, likable stars have challenged both their craft and their fans by playing unsavory characters. A notab...

  • Review of 17 Again
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    Nobody with even a casual knowledge of movies could mistake 17 Again for an innovative fantasy. It is derivative of earlier films like It...

  • Review of A Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    by Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
    August 28, 2010

    A general rule of thumb in the Hollywood industry is that if a blockbuster film is a box office smash, then a sequel is absolutely neces...