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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HiT Blu-ray Review: ‘Reach Me’
It’s as if writer/director John Herzfeld had a bunch of random characters and half stories racing around in his head…
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HiT’s Five Worst Movies of 2014
Not even close. The five worst movies of 2014 represent a range of subjects and approaches, but they all fail…
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HiT DVD Review: ‘Stephen King’s A Good Marriage’
While we were once treated to the mind of King through “The Shining” and “Misery,” now the author’s brand is the most appealing…
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Daily Beast Calls ‘Saving Christmas’ Worst Without Seeing It
What critic doesn’t flash a Grinch-like grin savaging movies that made us squirm in the dark? Only Stern includes a film on…
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HiT’s Top Five Movies of 2014
“Gone Girl?” One sterling performance lost in a melodramatic swamp. “Foxcatcher?” Brilliant acting at the service of an impossibly cold…
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HiT Blu-ray Review: ‘Tusk’
The “Clerks” director’s latest lacks Silent Bob, chronic underachievers or sexually ambiguous leads. The film, available on Blu-ray Dec. 30, finds…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Southern Comfort’ (1981)
The 1981 film similarly pit modern man versus uber-hillbillies in a battle to the death. But while “Deliverance” proved alternately…
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Why ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Lives Up to Stanley Kubrick’s Legacy
From the moment I heard Stanley Kubrick was making another film, I grasped every nugget of information I could find…
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How to Be a Great Movie Viewer
You finally all agree on a movie, one that’s appropriate for grandma and your teen twins, and you head to…
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The ‘Unbroken’ Story Angelina Jolie Left Behind
Zamperini’s life is truly an amazing story: a rebel child who against all odds competes in the 1936 Olympics. He…
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