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Scream 4: Scared of the lark? (2.5 stars)
The technology may have changed since Neve Campbell starred in her first scary movie, but that cinephile psycho is still up to his (or her?) same old tricks in Scream 4. (2.5 stars)
Rio Angry Brazilian birds, but no slingshot (3 stars)
Good Food, Bad Food We’ll have whatever she’s having (2.5 stars)
Daydream Nation Anthem for a 17-year-old stuck in suburbia (3.5 stars)
Mulroney the Opera What rhymes with Karlheinz? (2.5 stars)
In a better world A moral tale (4 stars)
America: The Bill Hicks Story A funny philosophy (2.5 stars)
The kids are not all light
Will the Red Riding Hood reboot lead to more dark updates of childhood classics? Probably not, but we can dream.
Mars Needs Moms (3 stars): Take me to your breeder
Red Riding Hood (2 stars): The twilight of her youth
Battle: Los Angeles (2.5 stars):
Sweet Karma (1 star): The killer sound of a mute stripper
The Arbor (3 stars): Playwright’s short life through lip-synching
The Adjustment Bureau: Don’t mess with the plan
Film Review: The Adjustment Bureau (3.5 stars): Philip K. Dick was a brilliant, paranoid author whose surname provides the unfortunate adjective Dickian. Most of his writing was predicated on the idea that Things Are Not As They Seem.
Also Opening:
Rango: Cowboy chameleon
Beastly: For those who embrace the suck
Machete Maidens Unleashed: Queen of the B-movies
I Love You Phillip Morris: Jail flirt
Funkytown: La bell-bottom ville
Nora’s Will: A Passover passing
Curling: A more simple way of life than hurrying hard
