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Why it’s unrealistic to expect Lena Dunham’s Hannah to be modest

Sarah-Grace Sweeney and Kelsey McKinney January 14, 2013

Twenty-six-year-old Lena Dunham is not the slacker/wannabe writer she plays in the hit HBO series “Girls” that she stars in, created and currently directs. Although the current darling of the...

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Zero Dark Thirty astounds with detail and tension

Alex Williams January 14, 2013

For many leading roles, especially those written for females, likability is key, and their ability to charm is pivotal to their film’s opening weekend. For Jessica Chastain, who plays determined...

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Season Two of Girls returns with the same wit, humor, and confidence

Alex Williams January 14, 2013

Few shows last year drew more insipid criticisms than Lena Dunham’s “Girls,” which burst out of the gate with a roaringly funny pilot and charges varying from nepotism to racism. No matter...

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Top 10 Movies of 2012

Alex Williams January 3, 2013

The first film I saw in 2012 was Joe Carnahan’s riveting “The Grey,” and the last was Gareth Evans’ action masterpiece “The Raid: Redemption.” In between, an extremely...

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Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors” treats viewers to a splendidly surreal performance

Alex Williams December 6, 2012

Surrealism is usually a cinematic touch that rubs me the wrong way; something about the level of self-indulgence and intentional audience disconnect is simply grating. But Leos Carax’s “Holy...

Wiz Khalifa disappoints with second album, brings nothing new

Ricky Stein December 4, 2012

Commercial success in the music industry is a double-edged sword; on the one hand, you’ve made it — hundreds of thousands, even millions of fans are now awaiting your highly anticipated next...

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Multi-segment film ‘V/H/S’ chills with varied horror techniques

Alex Williams December 4, 2012

Horror films have to choose a style and stick with it. It is tough to navigate between the jump scares of slasher lore, the slow burn or the haunted house jamboree, but “V/H/S” makes full use...

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“Killing Them Softly” hits storyline, misses political message

Alex Williams November 30, 2012

All of the best films are, in one way or another, “about something.” Not content to simply tell their stories, the movies work in some sort of thematically sound message or moral about today’s...

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Seventh installment in ‘Universal Soldier’ franchise packed with action, not much else

Alex Williams November 30, 2012

As someone whose experience with the “Universal Soldier” franchise is limited to 3 a.m. channel-surfing and Wikipedia, I feel qualified to say that the seventh film in the franchise, “Universal...

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Ang Lee provides visual interest in ‘Life of Pi’

Alex Williams November 21, 2012

To call “Life of Pi” a challenging novel to adapt would be an understatement. It is a deeply emotional work where much of the conflict is internal and much of the action consists of a boy and...

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Austin Meyers speaks of his success in visual effects after winning Emmy

Olivia Arena November 19, 2012

Austin Meyers, a UT radio-television-film graduate, manipulates faces, redesigns streets and changes landscapes as a compositor for the hit HBO show “Boardwalk Empire.” Using computer-generated...

‘Twilight’ heroine comes up short, not much of a feminist role model

Sarah-Grace Sweeney November 16, 2012

In the age of the “Twilight” phenomenon, the case has been made plenty of times that Bella Swan is not a feminist. She is a terrible role model for young girls. Her relationship with Edward...

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