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Film Review: Tom Hooper’s “Les Miserables”
by Matt Kafoury - “Les Miserables” Directed by Tom Hooper Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway Grade: D- During the climax of “Les Miserables,” directed with stunning ineptitude by Tom Hooper, characters are…
Film Review: James Cameron’s “Titanic,” 15 years later
by Matt Kafoury - “Titanic” (1997) Directed by James Cameron Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart Grade: A Based primarily on our fondness for nice, round numbers, 2012 seems a logical year for…
The Best of 2012: Top 10 TV shows – “Mad Men,” “Girls,” “Homeland” and more
by Matt Kafoury - Note: I don’t watch everything. This year in particular, I’ve fallen behind on a number of shows I like. Of what I did watch, here’s what I most enjoyed: 10.…
TV review and sneak peek: ABC’s “Nashville” a solid soap
by Matt Kafoury - I’ve only seen one episode of “Nashville,” embedded above, but I wanted to offer a few first impressions, as I did with the comedy pilots last month. Set in the…
Book review: “The Casual Vacancy” by J.K. Rowling
by Matt Kafoury - As I read the opening pages of J.K. Rowling’s “The Casual Vacancy,” I felt the onset of an all-too-rare pleasure: the joy of being placed in the hands of a…
TV reviews: “Ben and Kate,” “Go On,” “The Mindy Project” and “The New Normal”
by Matt Kafoury - Reviewing television pilots is a tricky practice–how much weight should be placed on a single television episode that may or may not be representative of the series that follows? Some…
Sunday review: “Premium Rush” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
by Matt Kafoury - Writer-director David Koepp’s latest film, “Premium Rush,” has been advertised with the tagline “Ride Like Hell.” This is, perhaps, to its detriment–I’m not sure high-speed bicycling constitutes much of a…
Summer movie round-up: the best of 2012
by Matt Kafoury - I doubt I’m alone in feeling that this summer was rather unremarkable in terms of the films released. The sole box office knockout was Joss Whedon’s “The Avengers,” having grossed…