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Under the Radar

Under the Radar: Stranger than Fiction (2006)

By Angie Barry

May 1, 2017

Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is hearing voices. Well, a voice. A middle-aged British woman's voice, to be exact. She's narrating everything he thinks, everything he feels, everything he does. He's beginning to wonder if he isn't going crazy. That would be the logical assumption; given how bland and boring Harold's lonely life is as an…

Under the Radar: Movies You May Have Missed—The Ref (1994)

By Angie Barry

December 21, 2016

As the poet once said: it's a hard knock life. For Gus (Denis Leary), Christmas is an especially trying time. His latest job is a bust. He's had a nasty run-in with a rather toothy dog. His boozy business partner Murray (Richard Bright) vamoosed and left him up the proverbial creek without a paddle (or…

Under the Radar: Movies You May Have Missed—The Losers

By Angie Barry

May 23, 2016

Who doesn't like a good comic book movie? (Notice I said good—I would never try to inflict The Green Lantern on you. I love y'all too much for that sort of betrayal, Ryan Reynolds's abs notwithstanding.) Well, if you're up for another one—and yes, I'm aware we're all hitting that saturation point where we've maybe…

Under the Radar: Movies You May Have Missed—RED / RED 2

By Angie Barry

May 9, 2016

Hollywood tells us that the world of espionage is glamorous, dangerous, sexy, and unpredictable. It's full of femme fatales, debonair secret agents, car chases, and equal parts gunfire and explosions. Bond, Bourne, Hunt: these are our heroes. They're handsome, muscular, and always ready with a quip. They go through women like tissue papers—women who are…

Under the Radar: Movies You May Have Missed—Colombiana

By Angie Barry

March 14, 2016

I can still remember the first time I saw the trailer for Colombiana. I can't remember the movie I was actually in the theater to see at the time, strangely enough, but I remember that trailer: the frenetic cuts, the percussive beats of the action and dialogue, the indelible image of Zoe Saldana in that…

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