Source Code (2011) Review
Duncan Jones's time travel thriller with Jake Gyllenhaal in eight-minute consciousness-transfer repetitions. The ending raises the entire production.
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IllinoisGroundhog Day (1993) Review
Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and the time-loop comedy that doubles as theology. Studied in religion classes and philosophy seminars.
CaliforniaFerris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) Review
Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, and John Hughes's most ambitious teen film. Ferris narrates Cameron's story.
CaliforniaHome Alone 2 (1992) Review
Tim Curry at the Plaza, the Pigeon Lady, and the rare sequel that surpasses a very good original. It is the rare sequel that is better than a very good original.
IllinoisHome Alone (1990) Review
Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci fresh off Goodfellas, and Three Stooges traps wrapped around a John Hughes Christmas movie about loneliness. The film holds up better than it has any right to, given that it is essentially Three Stooges slapstick crossed…