Steven Rea has been an Inquirer movie critic since 1992. He was born in London, raised in New York City, and has lived in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Iowa City, Iowa. His column, "On Movies," appears Sundays in Arts & Entertainment, his reviews appear in the Weekend section on Fridays, and his blog, On Movies Online, can be found here. He is a member of the National Society of Film Critics.
He also curates the movie stars and bicycling photo blog, Rides A Bike.
Email Steven at srea@phillynews.com
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It's not the same thing, playing a bug-eyed bad guy in a live-action chase around Manhattan, as Michael Shannon did in last summer's Joseph Gordon-Levitt bike messenger romp, Premium Rush, and playing a real-life mob contract killer.
By Steven Rea
The Hangover Part III The Wolfpack returns to Las Vegas and then ventures to the staid and sleepy town of Tijuana in the final installment of the guys-gone-wild trilogy. Lots of madness, lots of Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong), and, if the trailers are to be believed, lots of giraffe body parts splattered across the interstate. (Opens Thursday) R
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A real life action-adventure
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If you're a wee tyke growing up in 1920s Norway, ice-fishing and snowshoeing to your heart's content, chances are you've never learned to swim.
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Secret life of a hit man for the mob
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It's the couple's first date, a diner in North Jersey, small talk. Of course, she wants to know what he does for a living.
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'At Any Price' explores the ruthless side of farming
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'Am I a happy man?" Henry Whipple asks, letting his rhetorical query float into the warm Iowa air. "How could I not be?"
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Star Trek hits warp speed with a sequel that soars
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Star Trek Into Darkness answers a burning question for fans of the franchise: What does James Tiberius Kirk do in his off-hours?
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For Chris Pine, more running than beaming up in 'Star Trek'
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It's no walk in the park, this Captain Kirk business. Beaming down from the Enterprise to 23d-century Earth - just think what that does to your molecules. Jet-packing through deepest space, with only a thin metal suit and a helmet protecting you from imploding into the nothingness - try that sometime.
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'Gatsby' a dizzying display of excess
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Maybe this is my problem and I need to work things out in therapy, but I couldn't stop thinking of Pee-wee Herman while watching Baz Luhrmann's misguided and grandiose adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
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Review: Tyler Perry's 'Peeples'
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When we first see Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) in Peeples - which could have been called Meet the Peeples, as in Meet the Parents, if the filmmakers wanted to flirt with intellectual property litigation - he is singing to a gaggle of kids. The song is "Speak It, Don't Leak It," a catchy ditty designed to encourage preschoolers to express their feelings verbally, and leave the bodily functions in the bathroom, where they belong.
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Robinson tackles his first lead role in 'Peeples'
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Craig Robinson is on one of those if-this-is-Wednesday-it-must-be-Philadelphia tours. On Thursday and Friday, it was D.C. He threw out the first ball at a Nationals game. ("Right down the pike, and it made it to the plate," he says, beaming.)
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