Everything you’ve heard is true. Alfonso Cuaron’s latest film is a minor masterpiece: astonishingly beautiful and inescapably tense. See it in 3-D on the biggest possible screen you can find....
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What the Flick?! — A.C.O.D.
For all you Adam Scott fans out there, here’s the lead performance from him you’ve been waiting for. He’s great as the adult child of divorce of the film’s acronym title, surrounded by a strong supporting cast including Richard Jenkins, Amy Poehler and Jane Lynch....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Runner Runner
We like Justin Timberlake. We like Ben Affleck. We did not, however, like the high-stakes gambling thriller “Runner Runner.”...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Parkland
I admired this movie for finding a different angle into an event that’s been depicted in so many ways — the JFK assassination — but ultimately the enormous (and enormously talented) cast just gets spread too thin....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Concussion
Alonso has been raving about this film so I’m really glad I checked it out. It’s a sensitive and insightful depiction not just of female sexuality but also of midlife longing....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Don Jon
It’s gym-tan-laundry all day, baby, as we review Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directing debut “Don Jon.”...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Baggage Claim
Ben and I were duly appalled by the insultingly retro romantic comedy “Baggage Claim.” Alonso blissfully missed it....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Enough Said
We all loved “Enough Said,” which features a poignant performance from the late, great James Gandolfini....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Prisoners
Ben, Alonso and I try to discern the origin of Jake Gyllenhaal’s distracting neck tattoos in the beautifully shot but self-serious “Prisoners.”...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Rush
Alonso, Ben and I are feeling sexy, ’70s-style, in our review of the Ron Howard racing flick “Rush.”...
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