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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‘Anesthesia’ Grows Numb to Its Own Cliches
Booze. Drugs. Sex. Got pain? Society has a way to make it disappear. The title of Tim Blake Nelson’s new…
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Coen Brothers’ ‘Hail’ Hollywood with Half Measures
The brothers behind classics like “Raising Arizona,” “No Country for Old Men” and “Fargo” can’t be bothered to assemble a…
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Redemption Gets Clumsy Close-up in ‘Convergence’
“Convergence” begins with that politically-correct premise. Is this what the indie world has to offer, storylines that play into MSNBC’s preferred narrative…
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Critic vs. Critic: ‘Lazer Team’
Wurst is a film professor, movie critic for MauiTime and founder of the Hawaii Film Critics Society. And he torched…
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Murray’s ‘Kasbah’ Demands a Second Chance
The comedy explores some serious issues, and it takes place where comedy rarely blooms: Afghanistan. For those who praise trigger warnings…
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‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Can’t Make Up Its Mind
It’s a story following political consultants working in a South American presidential election, one of whom happens to be America’s…
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‘Finest Hours’ Sails Past Soggy Storytelling
In 1952, a small Coast Guard crew rode to the rescue of a sinking tanker, challenging a storm that would make…
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3 Times a Charm for ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Sequel
Raise your hand if you saw ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ and left the theater begging for more. No hands, eh?…
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‘Lazer Team’ Isn’t the Cult Classic It Strains to Be
“Dude, Where’s My Car” may have been shamelessly dumb, but it had consistently successful, even witty, gags. The same can’t…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Boogie Nights’ (1997)
What makes “Boogie Nights” different is, of course, is the porn industry backdrop. More specifically, the porn world of the late…
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