Category: -Movie Review
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R.I.P.D. – movie review
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Grade: C- If you didn’t already guess from the previews R.I.P.D. is essentially Men In Black with dead people. Except MIB is a classic, funny movie. R.I.P.D. is, at best, mildly amusing. The audience laughed a handful of times but not very hard. And if I recall correctly the only funny bits are Jeff Bridges’…
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Movie Review – The Conjuring
The Conjuring was by far the best scary movie I have seen since I was a little girl. At one point I was wishing for my blanket to cover my head and hide my eyes with. I do not have one bad thing to say abut this movie. It was great. The entire cast gave…
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Movie Review – Turbo – Faster & Funnier Than a Snail’s Pace
Turbo was a charming little movie about dreams and perseverance. There was lots of laughter from the children in the audience, and more than a few chuckles from the parents. The characters were cute and interesting. Samuel Jackson, as the voice of Whiplash, and Paul Giamatti, as the brother Chet, were outstanding. The plot was…
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Pacific Rim – movie review
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Pacific Rim can easily be described as nothing but Monster/Robot porn. Yes, there’s a plot, and back story, and character development, but those elements are all handled with heavy handed exposition and cliches. I can’t imagine anyone walking out of the theater thinking, “What a richly developed and coherent universe they created.” But I can…
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Movie Review – Despicable Me 2
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Universal’s Despicable Me 2 is as funny and charming as the first movie. Gru has become a nice guy and content to care for the girls, but throw in a possible love interest — Lucy, voiced by Kristen Wiig — and Gru’s life begins to change. We get to see more of the Minions, which…
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Lone Ranger – movie review
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Grade: C+ This is a long, bloated film that went for campy, cartoonish thrills. In other words, it was made for kids and while it had moments of beauty, and maybe even moments of genius, it never really transcended its own wax figure of itself. The Lone Ranger isn’t a bad movie; in fact, it…
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The Heat – movie review
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We’ve seen a number of mismatched buddy-cop movies with male leads, most notably 48 Hours, Men In Black and Beverly Hills Cop. Finally movie makers have hit upon the idea that this genre just might work with females in the lead. They nailed it by partnering Sandra Bullock as the uptight FBI agent and Melissa…
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White House Down – movie review
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Grade: B I’m a little surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. I was wasn’t expecting much but I got a fun, action packed, thrill out of it. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich – Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla, 2012. Lets face it, none of those movies were great but…
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This is the End – movie review
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Grade: A This is the End is, simply put, the funniest movie I’ve seen in at least the past 10 years. I’m pretty sure there wasn’t a span of 3 minutes, at any point in the movie, where the entire audience didn’t laugh. It’s hard to criticize the acting because everyone plays themselves. Elements of…
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Movie Review – World War Z
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This movie is packed with fast-paced action, and violence that will have you on the edge of your seat. Brad Pitt makes an excellent mental and physical warrior, trying to save his family and the world from the zombie apocalypse. I screamed (out loud!) throughout the entire movie. Be sure to see it in 3D.…
