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End of Watch

‘Training Day’ writer David Ayer takes the director’s chair for a winning spin on the buddy-cop routine

William GossSeptember 18, 2012September 21, 2024

‘Training Day’ writer David Ayer takes the director’s chair for a winning spin on the buddy-cop routine

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For a Good Time, Call

Short, sweet and smutty, phone-sex homance charms with droll precision

William GossSeptember 4, 2012May 28, 2025

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ParaNorman

Witches, Puritans, curses and bullies abound in this emotional animated tale

William GossAugust 14, 2012August 25, 2024

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Ruby Sparks

Real-life couple star in disarming indie comedy from the real-life couple behind ‘Little Miss Sunshine’

William GossAugust 7, 2012September 10, 2023

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Love and other invasions

A Spanish-language sci-fi tinged rom-com is ‘Carnage’ by way of cockblocking

William GossJuly 11, 2012August 12, 2023

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&#39To Rome with Love&#39

There’s too little Rome and too much love in Woody Allen’s mediocre follow-up to ‘Midnight in Paris’

William GossJuly 4, 2012July 13, 2023

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&#39The Amazing Spider-Man&#39

Marvel reboot fails to improve on much of anything

William GossJuly 4, 2012September 23, 2022

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&#39Brave&#39

Pixar, mid-slump, finds parent Disney’s footsteps tougher to fill than expected

William GossJune 20, 2012July 15, 2023

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Turn and draw

Hollywood’s all a-quiver … about archery

William GossJune 13, 2012September 28, 2023

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Summer indie movies we already love

The best indie movie prospects under the sun

William GossMay 16, 2012June 2, 2023

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The Cabin in the Woods

Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s twisty take on slasher flicks re-energizes and re-invents a stale genre

William GossApril 11, 2012August 10, 2024

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2012 Florida Film Festival

The 2012 Florida Film Festival’s brightest star is Central Florida itself. Are we ready for our close-up?

Justin Strout, Rob Boylan, William Goss, Billy Manes, Steve Schneider, Erin Sullivan, John Thomason, and Jessica Bryce YoungApril 11, 2012March 4, 2025

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The Raid: Redemption

William GossApril 11, 2012October 1, 2023

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt are effortlessly charming in director Lasse Hallstrom’s tidy puff piece

William GossMarch 28, 2012June 15, 2025

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Being Flynn

Paul Weitz’s father-son drama finds its own poetry

William GossMarch 14, 2012August 29, 2023

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John Carter

Despite its 3-D visuals and Finding Nemo director, this Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation falls flat

William GossMarch 7, 2012June 5, 2022

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J. Edgar

Leonardo DiCaprio gives an award-worthy performance as the conflicted FBI honcho

William GossFebruary 17, 2012July 23, 2023

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Man on a Ledge

Sam Worthington capably anchors run-of-the-mill New York caper

William GossJanuary 25, 2012September 21, 2023

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The best movies of 2011

Apes, black birds and dinosaurs rise to the top

William GossDecember 28, 2011December 5, 2023

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J. Edgar

Leonardo DiCaprio gives an award-worthy performance as the conflicted FBI honcho

William GossNovember 9, 2011July 29, 2023