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UT students explore “real-life” love story in thesis film, “What We Talk About”

Emily Gibson February 18, 2015

A couple semesters after radio-television-film seniors Kelsey Hockmuller and Olivia Biehle met outside a professor’s office for the first time, Hockmuller knew it was time to take her relationship...

Galentine’s Day Guide: How to celebrate like Leslie Knope would

Marisa Charpentier February 13, 2015

Valentine’s Day ushers forth single awareness, unnecessarily large teddy bears and way too many heart-shaped candies. But five years ago today, Parks and Recreation’s Leslie Knope altered the...

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Review: “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a hilarious, action-packed homage to spy films

Alex Pelham February 13, 2015

After years of horrendous spoof films such as “Scary Movie 5” and “A Haunted House,” “Kingsman: The Secret Service” serves as an exhilarating, hilarious revitalization...

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Valentine’s Day movie recommendations for the single and taken

Charles Liu February 13, 2015

Saturday is Valentine’s Day, and you’re either looking for a movie that will cap off the perfect romantic evening — or you’re simply trying to get through the evening. Whether you’re...

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UT graduate’s vampiric workplace comedy provides laughs with horror

Cat Cardenas February 13, 2015

In common mythology, vampires are said to live forever — and eternity is how long Ryan Mitts thought he might have to wait to see his vampire workplace comedy on the big screen. Mitts, a...

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Review: “Fifty Shades of Grey” will leave you high and dry

Charles Liu February 13, 2015

It’s here.  After three years of production, and over 100 million books sold, the film version of “Fifty Shades of Grey” has arrived.  As far as adaptations go, this...

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Opinion: Casting women in ‘Ghostbusters’ nothing to be frightened about

Alex Pelham February 11, 2015

New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Hollywood is the city that never stops. Franchises across Hollywood are either “rebooting” or adding to already complicated plotline tangles....

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“Seventh Son” boasts A-list performers, is mercilessly boring

Charles Liu February 6, 2015

Universal Studios’ “Seventh Son,” a fantasy film by Sergei Bodrov, boasts gorgeous vistas, a couple of action scenes and A-list performers, such as Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore. Unfortunately,...

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“Jupiter Ascending” delivers messy, illogical story and uninspired characters

Alex Pelham February 6, 2015

In “Jupiter Ascending,” released Friday, directors Andy and Lana Wachowski attempt to combine a space opera, an action-adventure spectacle and political power struggle into one epic film. Instead,...

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Review: “Amira & Sam” features heartwarming relationship between veteran and immigrant

Alex Pelham January 30, 2015

Although “Amira & Sam” takes place in New York City, the film concentrates on a small, intimate love story. This isn’t a flaw; the story is compact and tight. It may seem difficult...

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Column: Marvel Cinematic Universe on the verge of “franchise fatigue”

Charles Liu January 29, 2015

Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk: each one the center of gravity for his own multi-movie series. But these characters don’t fight evil alone — they coexist in the same franchise, called...

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Review: ‘Boy Next Door’ is a hilariously bad thriller lacking depth

Alex Pelham January 23, 2015

“The Boy Next Door” bills itself as a thriller. But it isn’t — it’s a bad counterfeit of one. The characters are bland stereotypes of common thriller tropes that lack anything...

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