Thursday, August 22, 2013

almost the end of summer

    Opening This Week (Part One):

    Drinking Buddies
    ★★★ (out of ★★★★)

    VOD Now, Select Cities Friday - A shrewd, earthy slice-of-life. Small in size yet keenly adept at human observation, films like "Drinking Buddies" are a pleasurable respite from the routine of seeing characters controlled by bigger-than-life plot hooks one can only find in cinema and television.
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    The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
    (out of ★★★★)

    Nationwide - Demons, angels, werewolves, oh my! Playing much like bad fan fiction from an immature, lovelorn teenage girl who's seen "Twilight," "Beastly," "Star Wars," and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" too many times, "The Mortal Instrument: City of Bones" is interminable gobbledygook.
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    New Blu-ray Reviews

    The latest additions to this new section of the site include: "Cockneys vs. Zombies," "Dark Angel (aka I Come in Peace)," "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec," "Q: The Winged Serpent" and "X-Ray/Schizoid."
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