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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‘Burnt’ Lacks Fire, Not Tasty Ingredients
The subject is Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper), an ex-wunderkind of the Paris kitchen scene who fell off the grid when…
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Take Two: Why ‘Jem’ Deserves a Second Chance
The big screen adaption of the ’80s animated hit had one of the worst openings of all time. The few who…
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‘Ip Man 3’ Battles Iron Mike, Franchise Fatigue
Try the stoic star’s face melting with a combination of love and loss. The third film in the quasi-biographical franchise…
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‘Thor’ Doc: The Rock God You Don’t Know (But Should)
Even if you’ve never banged your head to Judas Priest or opened up a pit to Motörhead, Thor’s story will…
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‘Jem’ Tanked for All the Right Reasons
Other flops earn their fate. Typically, some of the worst bombs are the most offensive thing any piece of art can…
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‘Avenged’ Injects Vigilante Tale with Heart, Zombies
The shocker follows a deaf woman in a mixed-race relationship who exacts revenge against racist hillbillies thanks to a kindly…
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Rampling, Courtenay Make ’45 Hours’ Essential Viewing
Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay star as Kate and Geoff Mercer, a late-middle-aged couple preparing for their 45th wedding anniversary.…
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‘Howl’ Punches Ticket for Train Ride from Hell
So it’s frightening that the effects in Paul Hyett’s “Howl” are its weakest link. The umpteenth werewolf film, now available on…
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’13 Hours’ Will Leave Audiences, Not Hillary, Cheering
Yes, Michael Bay’s take on the Benghazi attack that left four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens dead doesn’t name check…
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Why ‘Anomalisa’ Trumps Pixar for Adult Audiences
That’s the power of potent storytelling. Once “Anomalisa’s” spell takes hold, its visual style stops irritating. And those tiny models are…
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