‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ goes in one ear and out the other
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“The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” is forgettable, its plot disappearing over a very short horizon.
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Eddie Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Teyana Taylor in one place? Cameos are crown jewels of ‘Coming 2 America’
Although some of its jokes are stuck in the era of the previous film, “Coming 2 America” evokes strong nostalgia with its intentional nods to the original and its abundance of stars.
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RIP summer plans
This is the summer that we’ll reminisce about in the years to come. Fast forward three months and we’ve completely devolved into a brown-throated sloth.
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Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman are charming as ever in new-age heist film ‘Going in Style’
The film is not so much a glaring throwback to classic capers as it is a slight refitting of the genre, a refitting for stars that can make it work.
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‘The Lego Movie’ builds a sturdy movie from a solid fan base
If “Battleship” taught us anything, it’s that not all toys should be topics of movies. When Warner Bros. announced it would be giving Lego the silver-screen treatment, it was understandable for the world to give a skeptical sigh. “The Lego Movie” is arriving in theaters Friday, and unlike its blundering
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App of the Week: student edition
To shake you out of your post-Independence Day hangover, we’re going to give you four tiny technological tidbits that’ll really excite you, though you’ll probably appreciate them more once you’ve recovered your sobriety. All four of these apps abide by the following exceedingly important criteria (we only made up one
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Big names and bigger thrills in ‘Now You See Me’
Star cast conjures crime in compelling summer caper
Besides clowns, magicians have the misfortune of being everyone’s least favorite entertainers. They are often cheesy, tacky, deceptive and, above all else, sequined. However, with a dynamic plot as his cape and a star-studded cast as his wand, director Louis Leterrier takes this tired image and makes it disappear. “Now
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Why Chancellor Birgeneau is ready to step down
After nine years atop one of the world’s best universities, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will be ending his reign in just about a month. His resignation, largely overshadowed by the now-infamous and now-nonexistent unibrow of Chancellor-Elect Nicholas Dirks, is now a looming inevitability. Yet, the physics professor appears to be intent
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