Looking back at the solid career and sad death of Paul Walker, star of the “Fast & Furious” franchise who perished in a fiery car crash at a charity event. I’m still sad thinking about the loss of this likable actor....
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What the Flick?! — Out of the Furnace
Alonso, Matt and I are mixed on “Out of the Furnace.” It’s a gritty, grimy genre picture about meth heads and backwoods criminals that’s elevated by an excellent cast including Christian Bale, Casey Affleck and Woody Harrelson....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Matt, Alonso, Ben and I choose our weapons carefully to enter the arena for our review of ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” Place your bets on who the winner will be....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Nebraska
We played a little catch-up with the excellent “Nebraska.” It’s beautifully shot and beautifully acted but brutally honest in its depiction of human nature. We all loved it....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Frozen
The boys and I get all warm and fuzzy over “Frozen,” which is pretty and charming and has some surprises but is, at its core, a solid and safe Disney princess movie....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Delivery Man
Vince Vaughn climbs inside a blanket of warm, snuggly earnestness in the high-concept, feel-good comedy “Delivery Man.” It’s not exactly the best fit, as we discuss in our What the Flick?! review....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Last Vegas
Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline get their geriatric freak on in “Last Vegas.” It isn’t nearly as painful as it sounds and it’s often quite funny....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Free Birds
Free Birds is indeed a turkey. That’s right, I went there. Ben, Matt, Alonso and I carve into this flavorless animated comedy on What the Flick?!...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — 12 Years a Slave
Ben, Alonso and I have a wide range of opinions on Steve McQueen’s brutal but beautifully acted slavery tale. I expect I will be hearing it from some folks for not being completely in love with this movie....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — The Fifth Estate
Ben and I were disappointed in this superficial take on WikiLeaks, but we did enjoy the supremely creepy performance from Benedict Cumberbatch as the website’s famous founder, Julian Assange....
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