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Reviewers' Roundtable 01 June 2012

  • Reviewers' Roundtable 01 June 2012
  • June 2, 2012
The following quotes were pulled from AZ Weekly Entertainment Magazine's film columnists Joseph J. Airdo, Randy Montgomery, and Stan Robinson...
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'Snow White and the Huntsman': Ridiculous runtime, plagiarism plague fairy tale

“Snow White and the Huntsman” is a pretty good motion picture up until the point at which it begins plagiarizing just about every epic...
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'High School': Stoner comedy does not flunk thanks to frog, Adrien Brody

Everything in director John Stalberg's new stoner comedy “High School” feels as though it is occurring in slow motion. How is that...
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'For Greater Glory': Epic length undercuts significance of Cristeros War drama

With a runtime that rivals that of “The Avengers,” “For Greater Glory” feels like it takes place over the course of an...
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'Crooked Arrows': Incorporation of culture salvages formulaic sports drama

“Crooked Arrows” is about as formulaic as any other sports story of an underdog team that, through sheer perseverance, overcomes the...
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'The Intouchables': French film uses wit to deflect melodrama, relay message

“The Intouchables” is an incredibly touching motion picture.A strangely cynical sense of humor elevates what, in the wrong hands, could...
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'U.N. Me': Documentary stimulates but bores between filmmaker's antics

I was dismayed to discover that “U.N. Me” is actually a documentary and not a feature-length musical based on the “Animaniacs...
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‘The Intouchables’ is the Phoenix favorite film

  • Phoenix favorite film
  • June 1, 2012
The Phoenix Film Critics Society Favorite Film for the week ending Friday, June 1, 2012 is ‘The Intouchables’ with a score of 7.7 out...
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Movie Review: The Intouchables (2012)

  • Intouchables
  • May 31, 2012
It’s rare for a film that deals with the generally depressing subjects of life-altering injuries and extreme poverty to manufacture such a...
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Movie Review: Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

For a movie that so desperately wishes to be Tolkienesque, it’s a questionable choice to burden it with both the Snow White moniker and...
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