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Perhaps the most interesting, under-noted thing about Tropic Thunder is that it lacks women. There are no WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends) to muck up this war-buddy comedy, the only name actress to make a recognizable appearance I saw was Jennifer Love Hewitt, and that was 3 seconds, at the end (it’s the mildly amusing payoff [...]

The question of whether Brideshead Revisted is better now or in the fondly remembered 1981 TV version
is the wrong question, as it turns out. Perhaps the film’s best recommendation is that, approached fairly, it renders the comparisons moot. And perhaps that, in itself is proof of its success.
If only things were quite so simple.
Brideshead [...]

I’m going to write several negative thoughts about a movie that I liked. A movie that I’m sure most of you really loved. If that’ll bother you because you must be so serious about The Batman, please click away so your delicate psyches are not damaged for all eternity.
Heath Ledger was good. [...]

Chris Nolan’s epic Batman sequel, The Dark Knight, is modern Gothic eye candy of the highest order. Shot in IMAX and best seen that way, the movie is a dizzy-making thrill ride replete with centrifugal tracking shots and a blue black palette that mirrors the darkness of the movie’s soul: It’s a Hollywood superhero movie [...]

Ok, get your hands up and don’t turn around. It’s Wednesday Night at the Movies again here at newcritics. Empty your pockets of comments and nobody’ll get hurt.
Few thoughts to mull over while we wait to get started. First, here’s part of a post I wrote way back in April when I [...]