Film Reviews
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April 26, 2012662
Summer movie schedule promises to please
By Vinnie Abbatecola It is shaping up to be a very memorable summer for Hollywood. The biggest season of the year for movies could dominate…
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March 29, 2012534
Capricious coppers caught up in calamity in 21 Jump Street
By Vinnie Abbatecola High school is a time people either yearn to relive or put aside without further contemplation. It’s a society filled…
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March 22, 2012540
Tumultuous trash turns to treasure in Waste Land
By Jess Scanlon A successful modern artist and the world’s largest garbage dump make an unlikely combination for a documentary, particularly one that…
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March 22, 20121,449
Spine-chilling scares and screams in a not-so-Silent House
By Vinnie Abbatecola The recent successes of 2011’s Insidious and the Paranormal Activity franchise (2009-2011) have proven that audiences still have the urge…
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February 9, 2012528
The Woman in Black plagues Potter star
By Lisa Henderson hendersonl@theridernews.com Diehard Harry Potter fans can breathe a sigh of relief – their beloved Daniel Radcliffe has proven with his…
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February 2, 2012585
The Artist warmly captures the sound of silence
By Chris Exantus It is hard to determine the quality of a movie in the absence of outside expectations, and such is the case…
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December 1, 2011544
Muppets save the stage and take to it once more
By Vinnie Abbatecola “It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to meet the Muppets.” These are the opening…
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December 1, 2011498
Undead and just wed in Breaking Dawn
By Danielle Gittleman The second to last installment in the Twilight Saga franchise, Breaking Dawn Part 1, is definitely worth sinking your teeth into.…
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October 27, 2011748
Phantom feeds off a family’s fear in Paranormal Activity 3
By Vinnie Abbatecola For a pre-Halloween festivity, I jumped at the chance to attend a midnight showing of the new-found footage horror film, Paranormal…
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October 27, 2011445
The Thing has nothing to offer
By Chris Exantus A great horror film should be one that properly projects the audience’s fears onto the screen. Hence, the problem with modern…
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October 13, 2011465
Road to White House paved with scandal in The Ides of March
By Vinny Abbatecola How well do we know our politicians? Hopefully well enough, since we trust them with our nation’s future. Will they keep…
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