Joe Bardi
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This weekend @ The Movies: Spring Breakers, GIFF, Olympus Has Fallen and more …
Spring is here, and it’s brought with it the best weekend for cinema so far in 2013.
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Life’s a beach for Spring Breakers
Harmony Korine’s latest is dark, sexy, stoned out of its mind and terrific.
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Admission: Denied
The Tina Fey/Paul Rudd “comedy” flunks out of school.
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GIFF documentaries: music to your eyes
This year’s slate of docs rocks harder than usual.
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Burt Wonderstone is incredibly awful
I wish Steve Carell’s latest movie would just disappear.
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Movie magic at the Gasparilla International Film Festival
Tampa’s biggest and best film festival is back for a seventh year of screenings, stars and more.
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Exonerating an Emperor
Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox take care of business in post-World War II Japan.
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Return to Oz
James Franco makes a wonderful wizard in Oz the Great and Powerful.
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Lord of the beans
Jack the Giant Slayer has kid appeal, but woe onto the adults who wander in.
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Hard to swallow
A Place at the Table explores the politics behind hunger in America.
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West Memphis blues
A sordid murder case gets yet another examination in West of Memphis.
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Schindler’s List hits home
Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece gets a gritty, glorious transfer to Blu-ray.
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Ratting out Snitch
I like Dwayne Johnson, I just don’t like his movie.
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We like to watch
House of Cards, Downton Abbey, The Walking Dead and other conundrums of 21st-century TV.
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Oscar Experience: Tampa is Sun., Feb. 24 at the Tampa Theatre
Plus: Don’t miss this week’s Studio 10 for a preview of Sunday’s telecast.
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More Safe than sorry
Though a mixed bag, Safe Haven is better than expected.
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Amour: This is the end
Michael Haneke’s wrenching French import offers a sobering view of life’s final days.
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Side Effects is a bitter pill
Soderbergh’s latest may cause severe irritation and involuntary rolling of the eyes.
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Spring Arts Preview: Movies
Previews of this spring’s best coming attractions.