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Romney's Review of The Legend of Hercules

Romney’s Reviews: ‘The Legend of Hercules’

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Romney's Video Review of "The Legend of Hercules."
The film does a decent job of developing the ill-fated four man team and their relation to the main character. From left to right: Taylor Kitsch, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, and Emile Hirsch

Movie review: ‘Lone Survivor’ would have worked better as a docu-drama

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews "Lone Survivor," the war film that would have worked better as a docu-drama.
Much like the poster, the predominate color scheme of the film is red, which slowly fades throughout the film. Pictured: Joaquin Phoenix.

Movie Review: ‘Her’: Probably the most realistic relationship ever seen on film

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews 'Her', the speculative love fiction starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson.
The film's lazy visuals and lackluster blocking hold back something that had the potential to be an enjoyable film. Pictured: Jennifer Hudson (left) and Jacob Latimore (Right)

Movie review: ‘Black Nativity’ should’ve taken pages from ‘Dreamcoat’

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews Black Nativity, a film full of good ideas, but a lackluster execution.
Frozen's locales, such as Elsa's ice palace, feature some very unique aesthetics. One of the film's strong points.

Movie review: ‘Frozen’ doesn’t raise the bar, but instead skates on it

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews the newest Disney animated film, Frozen.
Romney's Reviews: 'Frozen,' 'Black Nativity' and 'The Secret life of Walter Mitty'

Romney’s Reviews: Black Friday Triple Feature

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney presents a Black Friday triple feature of reviews with The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Frozen, and the Black Nativity.
Ben Stiller in 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'

Movie review: The actually fairly-known life of Walter Mitty

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Ben Stiller's latest project is in a genre limbo, according to arts reporter Stephen Romney.
The film is once again caught between the realms of theatrics and realism, making for a moderate confusing time. Featured: Stanley Tucci (Left) reprising his role as Casear Flickerman, and Jennifer Lawrence (Right) reprising her role as Katniss Everdeen.

Movie review: No sparks flame ‘Catching Fire’

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews the latest film in the Hunger Games franchise, but 'Catching Fire' doesn't ignite any flames.

Romney’s Reviews: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’

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Romney's Video Review of Hunger Games Catching Fire
Still of Chiwetel Ejiofor in "12 Years a Slave"

Movie Review: ‘12 Years a Slave’ pulls no punches

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews the brutal and honest film '12 Years a Slave.'

Romney’s Reviews: ‘12 Years a Slave’

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Romney's Video Review of '12 Years a Slave'
The first act of the film comes across as the usual romantic comedy as we see Tim (Domnhall Gleeson) go out of his way, and time, to court Mary (Rachel McAdams)

Movie review: ‘About Time’ travels into the romantic comedy genre

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If you've been watching television, you'll no doubt have seen a few ads for this film, advertising what appears to be some sort of...