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Arts & Entertainment

What They Had family drama filled with tension and terror, humor and heartbreak

‘What They Had’ is a heartbreaking film about Alzheimer’s.

by Ben Wiley November 26, 2018April 9, 2025

‘What They Had’ is a heartbreaking film about Alzheimer’s.

Arts & Entertainment

Movies of steel

Man of Steel is a dud, but Before Midnight and Stories We Tell are both super.

by Joe Bardi June 13, 2013June 15, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

McConaughey finds gold in Mud

Director Jeff Nichols latest has a clean-spirited outlook that lifts it above the rubble of reality.

by Kyle Dunn April 26, 2013October 30, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Premium Rush is a hell of a ride

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon clash in a fun, action-packed flick.

by Katy Williamson August 24, 2012August 3, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

Oscar preview: Rivalries, surprises and the best film not nominated

Arguably the best American film of the year wasn’t nominated.

by Mitch Perry February 24, 2012August 3, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

Machine Gun Preacher hits and misses

Gerard Butler is good in a so-so true-life tale.

by Anthony Salveggi October 7, 2011August 3, 2023

Music

Movie Review: The Runaways, starring Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Michael Shannon (with trailer video)

by Joe Bardi April 8, 2010September 11, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Chicks rule in the new rockudrama The Runaways

by Joe Bardi April 7, 2010July 15, 2025