Reviews
Today’s consumers have more entertainment options than ever before thanks to technology and the explosion of new media outlets. That’s why Hollywood in Toto will help readers suss out the very best content across media. We all lead busy lives. Let’s consume only the highest quality movies, television shows and music with our limited leisure time.
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‘Bad Hurt’ So Good at Showing Why Family Matters
How much can one family endure? The mother in “Bad Hurt” cares not just for her “retarded” adult daughter –…
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Creepy ‘Hangman’ Chokes on Found Footage Gimmick
The found footage revolution made horror movies even cheaper to produce. The toll they take on the genre can’t be…
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‘All the Way’ Goes All In on LBJ’s Legacy
The man who became the nation’s 36th president following John F. Kennedy’s assassination swore like the proverbial sailor. He used…
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The Right ‘Choice’ for Unabashed Romantics
The author’s love stories are red meat to anyone craving romance minus any elitist angst. Hollywood has all but ignored this…
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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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