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Philadelphia CineFest Review: EXPORTING RAYMOND

April 18, 2011 Rich Drees

If the human condition is universal, shouldn’t comedy about it be universal as well? That’s the foundation of the documentary Exporting Raymond. But don’t let the weighty premise fool you. It’s actually quite hilarious. Exporting [click for more]

Philadelphia CineFest Review: VAMPIRE

April 15, 2011 Rich Drees

Japanese director Iwai Shunji makes his English Language debut.

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Philadelphia CineFest Review: LEGEND OF THE FIST: THE RETURN OF CHEN ZHEN

April 14, 2011 Rich Drees

Donnie Yen defends the streets of 1920s Shangahi against gangsters and foreigners.

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Philadelphia CineFest Review: AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY

April 13, 2011 Rich Drees

Bill Hicks was the greatest comic you may never have heard of.

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Review: SOUL SURFER

April 11, 2011 John Gibbon

There is a life-lesson that has always resonated with me and sounds a little bit like this: “Sometimes you have to endure the bad to get to the good.” I’ve heard this told to me [click for more]

Philadelphia CineFest Review: SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL

April 11, 2011 Rich Drees

If anyone was going to make a musical about the game of hockey, I suppose it would fall to the Canadians to do so.

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Film Reviews

Review: Arthur

April 10, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

Can Russell Brand create laughs in Dudley Moore’s iconic role?

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Advance Review: BURKE AND HARE

March 13, 2011 Rich Drees

It’s John Landis’ first feature film in over a decade. But is it a strong comeback?

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Review: UNKNOWN

February 19, 2011 Rich Drees

Unknown is a perfectly adequate thriller of Hitchcockian extract, with Liam Neeson turning in a performance perhaps a bit better than the material deserves. Unfortunately, its true effectiveness as a mystery is undercut by the [click for more]

Review: GREEN HORNET

January 14, 2011 Rich Drees

Since 1936, crusading newspaper publisher Britt Reid and his friend Kato risked their lives so that criminals and racketeers within the law may feel its weight by the sting of the Green Hornet first on [click for more]