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Not a film to be thankful for

“Free Birds,” the new 3-D animated Thanksgiving comedy, isn’t the worst way to spend an hour and a half...

It’s that time of year again. Movie studios, big and small, hoping to score Oscar recognition from the Academy...

By Gina Scialabba: I’ve always loved foreign films. There’s rarely a movie with subtitles I don’t enjoy. Hong Kong cinema is...

By Gina Scialabba: “The Family” is supposed to be a clever and loving homage to the mobster movie genre....

Big brother is watching the terrorist next door and you By Gina Scialabba “Closed Circuit” is an international suspense...

By Gina Scialabba The Guardsman One night. Six friends. 12 pubs. A whole lot of pints. Oh, and total...

By Gina Scialabba The Guardsman I’ll preface this review with a disclaimer: I am a HUGE comic book fan....

By Dalton Amador The Guardsman It’s impossible to talk about “To the Wonder” without bringing up Terrence Malick’s previous...

By Gina Scialabba The Guardsman Carole King. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Mick Jagger. Frank Sinatra. Michael Jackson. Elvis—all household names. All...

By Gina Scialabba The Guardsman There is something rotten in the state of Fairyland. It’s this film. Hollywood is...

Gina Scialabba The Guardsman A woman claims prescription drugs drives her to kill. That’s the plot of Steven Soderbergh’s...

By Gina Scialabba The Guardsman Another example of a book that shouldn’t be a film. “The only people for...

Gina Scialabba The Guardsman Go see “Zero Dark Thirty.” You know you want to. All your friends are already...