In sports, there is nothing as singularly saddening as watching a fiery and determined star athlete try to singlehandedly save a game—or a season—from the failings of the lackluster team around them. Kobe Bryant puts up 40-point games almost just to spite the mediocrity he has recently been forced to deal with; Tom Brady throws […]
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“Edge of Tomorrow” could (half-) jokingly be titled “Groundhogs and Aliens,” but that doesn’t mean one should take it lightly. Tom Cruise’s latest would-be blockbuster is the kind of summer movie we need more of but see progressively less of, an elaborate actioner with a brain that combines its special effects with a story that
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From the early days of cinema to today’s most spectacular blockbusters, American films are interested in the unparalleled thrills of lightning fast cars like no other nation’s movies. Since 1913, America’s fast cars, onscreen and off, have relied on Pennzoil for top tier performance, and they’ve never been disappointed. But it’s now, over 100 years
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Going about your day, do you ever wonder “What has David Hasselhoff been up to lately?” If so, you’re not alone; millions of people around the world find themselves regularly confronted with this very question. Readers of Critic Speak probably know that the Hoff is set to star in Joe Carnahan’s new movie “Stretch,” due
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One of my most vivid childhood moviegoing memories is when my dad took me to see “The Waterboy” starring Adam Sandler. I was nine, and I laughed and laughed and laughed, probably harder than I ever had before. Critics panned the movie, but they weren’t part of the ideal audience. I was — old enough to “get”
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