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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‘Creed’ Makes Rocky Relevant
He pulled off a near miracle back in 2006. He made the sixth film in his boxing franchise, “Rocky Balboa,”…
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Silverman’s ‘Smile’ Brings Addiction into Focus
She burst on the scene as a Kewpie doll comic with a sailor’s salty tongue. Since then, she’s more famous for…
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HiT Rewind: ‘The Cutting Edge’ (1992)
Gilroy’s 1992 film isn’t as high brow as his more recent efforts, but in many ways it’s his most entertaining work…
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‘Mockingjay’ Fitting Finale for Cynical Times
Suffice to say the classic line starts with, “… meet the new boss.” The last “Hunger Games” film checks off everything we…
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‘Night Before’ Puts Pot Under Your Tree
Hollywood keeps trying to craft the next Christmas classic, but we usually we end up coal … or worse. Is…
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‘Criminal’ Third-Act Twists Sink Thriller
The thriller, in select theaters and VOD Nov. 20, traffics in the stylish mayhem Tarantino perfected in “True Romance” and…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Birdemic: Shock and Terror’
Do we take the director of “Birdemic: Shock and Terror,” James Nguyen, at his word when he claims he tried…
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HiT Movie Review: ‘Alex of Venice’
This time around, though, his low-key casting has a purpose. “Alex of Venice” marks the hard-working actor’s directorial debut. The…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Thelma & Louise’ (1991)
How often do films do that? They were the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of the ’90s, a pair of…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Bad Teacher’ (2011)
The statuesque blonde became the genre’s poster girl after sporting that curious hair gel in “There’s Something About Mary.” In…
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