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'Iron Man' pulls a threepeat

By By Kailee Andrews and Andrea Snow | May. 5, 2013

Just like Tony Stark’s suits, Shane Black’s “Iron Man 3” is all about piecing together the moving parts. And after 2012’s “The Avengers” he’s got a fair amount of questions and repercussions to deal with. The opening of the film finds a Tony Stark plagued by insomnia and anxiety attacks as he attempts to reconcile his previously logical world with the bombastic events he took part in and witnessed in in New York City with his new superfriends.

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‘Much ado’ about Joss Whedon’s fantastic adaptation

By By Kailee Andrews | Apr. 21, 2013

Either Joss Whedon is operating on some definition of “vacation” that the rest of us are unfamiliar with, or we’ve just been doing it wrong. After seeing Whedon’s modern film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” I tend to side with the second option.

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'Evil Dead' remake plays it by the book

By By Kailee Andrews | Apr. 7, 2013

It’s a familiar story. Five college kids head out to a secluded cabin for a weekend of debauchery and shenani… no wait. Actually, in Fede Alvarez’s “Evil Dead” the responsible 20 somethings are at the cabin out of friendly concern for one of their own, Mia (Jane Levy), a drug addict who, during her last overdose, had a close brush with death, motivating this group bonding/ interven-cation.

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‘Oz,’ the very slight and very forgettable

By Robin Matthies and Aiden Caes and By Kailee Andrews | Mar. 17, 2013

Being the new entry in a beloved fictional universe is never an enviable position. “The Hobbit,” “Prometheus” and “The Amazing Spiderman” all suffered criticism not only due to their own shortcomings, but also as “disappointments” based on the high expectations set by their beloved predecessors.

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‘Jack’ isn’t quite a giant of a film

By By Kailee Andrews | Mar. 4, 2013

Coming at us amidst a slew of Hollywood fairytale retellings, Bryan Singer’s “Jack the Giant Slayer” stands as an above average achievement in a mediocre trend. To put it in context, it’s at roughly the same quality as the CGI-extravaganzas that were “Alice in Wonderland” and “Snow White and the Huntsman.” However, it could be argued that it boasts more appealing leads and more effective storytelling than other recent storybook-based blockbusters.

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“Warm Bodies” delivers a spirited night of the loving dead

By By Kailee Andrews and Sammy Luterbach | Feb. 12, 2013

Released just in time for Valentine’s Day, director Jonathan Levine’s “Warm Bodies” introduces us to a fairly cookie-cutter post-apocalyptic world in which the undead have overrun society and the remaining humans are holed up in whatever fortified areas they can find, just trying to sustain themselves.

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Sundance 2013: Paradise in Park City

By By Kailee Andrews | Feb. 4, 2013

Sundance Film Festival. The most important film festival in America. A time in which promising new voices in film, famous celebrities, fresh-faced film students, rich retirees, artsy hipsters, studio bigwigs and people who just so happen to live nearby can mingle peacefully while binging on the latest independent films in picturesque Park City, Utah.