Category: -Movie Review
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Hot Tub Time Machine 2
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Grade: D+ Hot Tub Time Machine 2 bored me to tears. There were a couple of funny moments, which were in the trailers, but for the most part I didn’t like it. It felt forced. I didn’t even get the sense that the actors had any fun. I thought the first one was funny but…
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The Lazarus Effect – movie review
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Grade: C+ The Lazarus Effect was slow to start and once it got going it was over before I knew it. I think that was was my only gripe with this movie. I felt the beginning lacked a proper introduction to the characters and the ending was rushed. The premise had potential — who doesn’t…
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Focus – movie review
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Grade: C+ I’ve put off writing my review of this movie because I can’t think of anything to say. It’s one of those movies that doesn’t stand out as good or bad in any way. The story is decent. I think they were trying to pull of an Inception-like effect, but with within cons instead…
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Whiplash – movie review
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Grade: A There’s no point in reviewing this movie. It’s as good as a movie is going to get. Great story, great acting — J.K. Simmons won an Oscar for best supporting actor, and great directing, oh yeah, the music doesn’t suck either. 🙂
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Kingsman: The Secret Service – movie review
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Grade: A It isn’t often that a movie exceeds my expectations, but this one sure did. I was hoping for something good; I got something great. There are no holes in this movie. The acting is better than good, there isn’t anything groundbreaking with the action, but I think they did an excellent job. Especially…
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Spongebob Squarepants 2 – movie review
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Grade: C+ This is a movie for young children in the 3 to 7 age range. It’s loud, colorful, and frenetic. Mom and Dad probably won’t get any enjoyment out of it. There is very little humor aimed at adults. You might laugh more at your kids enjoyment than at the movie itself.
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Seventh Son – movie review
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Grade: C Seventh son was not a bad movie by any means. It also was not my favorite. It was kind of like The Sorcerers Apprentice meets Clash of the Titans. Jeff Bridges was a great actor as always, if not slightly cheesy. However, I feel his directors pushed him in that direction. Julianne Moore…
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Jupiter Ascending – movie review
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Grade: C It’s times like these that I really hate writing movie reviews. Jupiter Ascending is an archetypical story with a great deal of potential, but it falls short in so many ways. But I really appreciate that the Wachowski’s (writers/directors of The Matrix, V is for Vendetta, Cloud Atlas) always try and reach for…
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Project Almanac – movie review
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Grade: C- This is a “found footage” made film, which I find enormously irritating. If you’re like me, in that respect, then you should stay away from this movie. The movie isn’t bad but it doesn’t add anything to the time travel genre either. My advice is to take a pass and if you really…