http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:36:27 -0700 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:47 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Pirate-Radio-review-Come-for-the-characters-dont-expect-to-stay-for-more?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner The crew of Radio Rock defies an authoritative government in Pirate Radio.Image ©2009 Focus Features.If nothing else, Pirate Radio (released in the UK as The Boat That Rocked) has one of my favorite openings of a movie this year.  Some... reviews comedy movies Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Pirate-Radio-review-Come-for-the-characters-dont-expect-to-stay-for-more?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d6-The-Box-review-Ambition-is-a-fickle-mistress?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner James Marsden and Cameron Diaz weigh the implications of The Box.Photo by Dale Robinette.  Image copyright © 2009 Warner Bros. Pictures.What a strange, messy trip this movie is.Then again, if you're more than a casual follower of the m... reviews movies sci-fi thriller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:59:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d6-The-Box-review-Ambition-is-a-fickle-mistress?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Notes-on-a-final-word-A-review-of-Michael-Jacksons-This-Is-It?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner This Is It movie poster (AEG/Sony) In the middle of this film, I had to ask myself: If Michael Jackson was still alive, what value would this movie hold? It's probably not a fair question; his death happened, and this film is inextricably tied to it... reviews movies documentary Michael Jackson This Is It music Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:26:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Notes-on-a-final-word-A-review-of-Michael-Jacksons-This-Is-It?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d13-The-Expendables-quasitrailer-Get-it-while-you-can?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Lionsgate just got to this trailer, but poke around YouTube, it might pop up again.UPDATE: And just like that, Lionsgate has pulled the trailer.  If you really want to see it, I'm sure it's still floating around, but I'm sure the final cut of th... movies action trailers Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:30:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d13-The-Expendables-quasitrailer-Get-it-while-you-can?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d30-New-Fantastic-Mr-Fox-trailer-We-swear-this-is-a-great-film?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Screengrab from the new Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer.  I think it's one of those serious movies.Man, I'm no stranger to award baiting, but 20th Century Fox just took the class right out of it with Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox.The new trailer ca... comedy movies trailers news animation Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:03:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d30-New-Fantastic-Mr-Fox-trailer-We-swear-this-is-a-great-film?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Gamer-review-Everything-is-under-control-except-the-story?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Kable (Gerard Butler) gets played by Simon (Logan Lerman) in Gamer.Photo credit: Saeed Adyani.  © 2009 Lionsgate.Simple as I can make it: Gamer is the love child of Gladiator and The Running Man if it were on an intervenous stream of M... reviews movies action sci-fi Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:44:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Gamer-review-Everything-is-under-control-except-the-story?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Christopher-Nolans-Inception-teaser-My-brain-is-already-craving-a-cigarette?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner This is only the second-most interesting thing in the Inceptionteaser.You know what you get when your last movie grosses over $533 million dollars?  Whatever you want.You know what you get when you make a genuinely great movie that grosses over... movies action trailers thriller Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:20:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Christopher-Nolans-Inception-teaser-My-brain-is-already-craving-a-cigarette?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d7-GI-Joe-The-Rise-of-Cobra-review?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner The G.I. Joe unit gets to know their plot device (because knowing is half the battle).Photo by Frank Masi.  Image copyright © 2009 Paramount Pictures.Here are the notes I took during this movie:McCullen's ancestors shamedDuke likes air... reviews movies action summer movies GI Joe Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:03:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d7-GI-Joe-The-Rise-of-Cobra-review?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d24-The-Ugly-Truth-review-You-cant-handle-it-and-you-shouldnt-try-to?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Mike (Gerard Butler) schools Abby (Katherine Heigl) on what men really want in The Ugly Truth.Photo By: Saeed Adyani. © 2009 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.You know what's worse than wasting three hours of your life on this movie? ... reviews comedy movies romance The Ugly Truth Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:41:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d24-The-Ugly-Truth-review-You-cant-handle-it-and-you-shouldnt-try-to?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d12-I-Love-You-Beth-Cooper-review-Just-like-old-times?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner It's gonna be a long, eventful night for Denis (Paul Rust), Treece (Lauren Storm), Beth (Hayden Panettiere), Rich (Jack T.Carpenter), and Cammy (Lauren London).Image taken by Joe Lederer.  Copyright © 2009 Twentieth Century Fox Fi... reviews comedy movies romance summer movies Beth Cooper Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:17:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d12-I-Love-You-Beth-Cooper-review-Just-like-old-times?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d3-BLOWD-UP--Movies-that-ring-in-the-4th-of-July-with-a-bang-July-3-Letting-off-steam?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner The 4th of July is a special time of year.  At this peak of the summer season, all Americans, man, woman, and child, gather in rememberance of our forefathers and appreciate the testicular fortitude it took for them to tell the British to go che... movies action lists 4th of July Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:18:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d3-BLOWD-UP--Movies-that-ring-in-the-4th-of-July-with-a-bang-July-3-Letting-off-steam?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Public-Enemies-review-Blowing-the-only-shot-at-a-first-impression?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) confronts John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) in a scene from Public Enemies.Image copyright © 2009 Universal PicturesLast night I popped in the director's cut of Ali, one of Michael Mann's more underappreciated film... reviews movies drama summer movies crime Public Enemies Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:38:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Public-Enemies-review-Blowing-the-only-shot-at-a-first-impression?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Michael-Bays-next-movie-may-not-actually-have-a-single-explosion-in-it?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner A filmmaker's interpretation of how Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen director Michael Bay eats breakfast.  Bay may belooking to break away from the style that's defined him for so long with his next movie. This news is actually pret... comedy movies news crime Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:18:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Michael-Bays-next-movie-may-not-actually-have-a-single-explosion-in-it?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen-review?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Optimus Prime needs the help of Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) once more in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.Image copyright © 2009 Dreamworks Studios, L.L.C. and Paramount Pictures Corporation.What I like to do when I write reviews is I tr... reviews movies action summer movies blockbuster Transformers Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:53:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen-review?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Oh-yes-yes-yes-yes-New-Inglourious-Basterds-trailer?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner This trailer for Inglourious Basterds apparently ran on Spike tonight.Having read the script for this movie, I can understand where the lukewarm response from Cannes is coming from.  I don't want to come across as some sort of edgy "ta... movies action trailers summer movies war Inglourious Basterds Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:08:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Oh-yes-yes-yes-yes-New-Inglourious-Basterds-trailer?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d12-The-Taking-of-Pelham-1-2-3-review-Sort-of-like-a-tale-of-urban-reality?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner John Travolta means business in Tony Scott's remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, also starring Denzel Washington.Image copyright © 2009 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.The absolute most important thing to know about this remake of The Tak... reviews movies summer movies thriller Pelham 123 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:46:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d12-The-Taking-of-Pelham-1-2-3-review-Sort-of-like-a-tale-of-urban-reality?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d5-The-Hangover-review-And-you-will-know-them-by-their-velocity?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Zach Galifianakis (left), Bradley Cooper (center) and Ed Helms (right) are just as confused as you are in 'The Hangover'Image Copyright © 2009 Warner Bros. PicturesSomething that should be made clear from the outset in case you don't realiz... reviews comedy movies summer movies The Hangover Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:33:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d5-The-Hangover-review-And-you-will-know-them-by-their-velocity?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Up-review-Nine-for-nine?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Carl Fredricksen takes off for adventure in Pixar's Up.Image copyright © 2009 Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar EntertainmentIt often seems like when people talk about Pixar movies, it's usually about how state-of-the-art the animation is.  W... reviews comedy movies drama animation Sat, 30 May 2009 00:49:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Up-review-Nine-for-nine?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d26-Fran-Rubel-Kuzui-and-Vertigo-Entertainment-successfully-troll-34-of-the-internet?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Fran Rubel Kuzui has meddled with the primal forces ofnature, and the Whedonites won't have it!  Is that clear? A big-screen Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot without creator Joss Whedon is in the works.  Even though the franchise has o... comedy movies television opinion news Tue, 26 May 2009 17:30:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d26-Fran-Rubel-Kuzui-and-Vertigo-Entertainment-successfully-troll-34-of-the-internet?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Terminator-Salvation-review-When-your-best-is-really-good-but-not-good-enough?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner Christian Bale (left) faces Sam Worthington (right) in Terminator Salvation.Copyright © 2009 Warner Bros. PicturesAfter seeing Terminator Salvation, I have no doubt in my mind that Joseph McGinty Nichol (better known as McG) can make a grea... reviews movies action sci-fi Thu, 21 May 2009 21:13:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1700-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Terminator-Salvation-review-When-your-best-is-really-good-but-not-good-enough?cid=exrss-Long-Island-Movie-Examiner