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Movie Review: Gangster Squad

While certainly loud, somewhat sexy, and decked out in all the accurate aesthetic trappings of 1930s Los Angeles, Gangster Squad turns out to be merely a dim cousin to sincere works like L.A. Confidential or Michael Mann’s inti...

 
 
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Movie Review: Not Fade Away

Okay if you lived through the 1960s and/or you have a love for classic rock. That just about sums up David Chase’s debut film, Not Fade Away. The film, which takes its title from an early Rolling Stones song (which is, in...

 
 
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Movie Review: Les Misérables

Since its debut in 1980, Les Misérables, the musical based on the 1862 French novel of the same title by Victor Hugo, has become a true phenomenon of the stage. And like many fans of Les Mis, as it’s colloquially known, I...