Articles by Will Sloan

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  The Hangover Part II

  Todd Phillips

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2011

  Stop me if you've heard this one before. Phil (Bradley Cooper) phones a wedding reception to warn them that a drunken bachelor party has go...

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  Beverly Hills Cop [Blu-Ray]

  Martin Brest

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2011

  Race is only explicitly invoked a few times in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), but it lingers unspoken throughout, giving the film a sense of dan...

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  Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

  John Whitesell

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2011

  "I'm gonna hide you," says Martin Lawrence to his son (Brandon T. Jackson) after the latter witnesses a murder early in Big Mommas: Like Fa...

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  The Illusionist [Blu-Ray]

  Sylvain Chomet

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2011

  Jacques Tati is so strongly remembered for the microscopic precision of his pantomime comedies ― films like Play Time and Mr. Hulot's...

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  The Dilemma

  Ron Howard

  PUBLISHED May 12, 2011

  Vince Vaughn and Kevin James stand side-by-side against an empty white backdrop on the DVD box of The Dilemma, staring at the prospective p...

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  Roger Corman's Cult Classics: The Ron Howard Action Pack: Eat My Dust / Grand Theft Auto

  Charles B. Griffith / Ron Howard

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2011

  One of the peculiarities of home video is how it can resurrect films so directly tied to their moment of production that they appear downri...

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  The Green Hornet [Blu-Ray]

  Michel Gondry

  PUBLISHED May 6, 2011

  Nobody remembers the Green Hornet from the '60s TV show. Unlike Burt Ward's Robin, who only existed for Batman to deliver exposition to, Ka...

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  Beauty Day

  Jay Cheel

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  While I'm not sure I'd have the patience to sit through every episode of Cap'n Video, there is something almost noble about the sheer point...