Movies
Today’s audiences don’t just watch movies at the local cineplex. They screen them on their laptops, tablets and smart phones as well. The genres may be different, but Hollywood in Toto looks at entertainment value first and foremost when helping you pick the best movie for your favorite media player.
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Why ‘Last Knight’ Is Hollywood at Its Very Worst
The fifth installment of the “Transformers” franchise isn’t actually a movie. “Transformers: The Last Knight” is a two-plus hour insult…
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Is ‘Lawnmower Man’ Hollywood’s Definitive VR Film?
There was a 2014 “Wired” cover story that touted the arrival of the Oculus Rift, the Palmer Luckey-created virtual reality…
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Why ‘The Journey’ Offers Hope for Our Troubled Times
The Troubles. It’s an unassuming, and almost romantic, term for the Irish civil war generally thought to be between Catholics…
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HiT Reviews: ‘Rough Night,’ ‘Cars 3’
Hollywood can’t shake the “Hangover” from that 2009’s film’s shocking success. Since then we’ve had two mediocre sequels plus a…
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Critic vs. Critic: Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’
The dawn of the Dark Universe is getting clubbed by most movie critics. “The Mummy’s” RottenTomatoes.com score is an anemic…
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‘The Mummy’ Makes Cruise’s Couch Jump Look Sane
What do Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep all have in common? All three legendary stars have at least…
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‘Wonder Woman’ Is the Best Kind of Movie Feminism
“Wonder Woman” isn’t the second coming of “The Dark Knight.” Nor will the latest film in the DC Extended Universe…
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‘Pirates: Dead Men’ Sequel Makes Us Walk the Plank
The first 10 minutes of the newest “Pirates of the Caribbean” romp suggest the franchise found its sea legs. Then…
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‘Chuck’ Is the Underdog Film the Summer Craves
Chuck Wepner coulda been a contendah. Instead, he was a bum. That’s no criticism of his boxing career. The “Bayonne…
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‘Godfather’ at 45: Coppola Shames Modern Films
Some movies defy a traditional review. “The Godfather” is just such a film. What do you say about the movie…
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