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‘RoboCop’ Review

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1987’s “RoboCop” re-defined the sci-fi/action genre, with Peter Weller starring as the Detroit detective who became a half man/half machine anti-crime hero. Two sequels followed in the 90s, and now director Jose Padilha (“Elite Squad”) brings this story back to life with a slightly updated remake. The problem is, since practically every man-machine concept movie […]
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‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Review

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Peter Jackson directed the epic, Oscar winning “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. But his resume took a bit of a hit last year thanks to Part 1 of his new 3-Parter, the prequel to “LOTR” – “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”. It was long, dull, and shot using the previously unseen HFR (high frame rate) technology, which sped-up the […]
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‘Black Nativity’ Review

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“Black Nativity” is based on the popular, 50-year-old off-Broadway play written by Langston Hughes. The screen version has been modernized and energized with the help of spiritual songs by some of the music world’s brightest stars. Troubled teenager Langston (played by Jacob Latimore) lives with his mother Naima (Grammy and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson) in […]
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‘Thor: The Dark World’ Review

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“Thor: The Dark World” is the latest Marvel superhero blockbuster. However, while our main character wears a cape and fights evil-doers, and the word ‘Dark’ is in the title, this is essentially a romantic comedy. Let me re-phrase that: a BAD romantic comedy. After Anthony Hopkins’ long, unnecessary intro about the evil Dark Elves, his […]
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‘Top Cat: The Movie’ Review

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Believe it or not, the Hanna-Barbera animated series, “Top Cat”, ran for only one season on ABC, from 1962-63. But fifty years later, the classic cartoon returns with the release of “Top Cat: The Movie”, which is finally available on DVD. However, this big screen version, which was first released in Mexico in 2011, then […]
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‘One Direction: This Is Us’ Review

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First there was Hannah Montana. Next came The Jonas Brothers, followed by the late Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry. All of these artists have been the subjects of recent concert documentaries (or “con/docs” as I like to call them). The latest on this evergrowing list is the British boyband One Direction. When I […]
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‘The World’s End’ Review

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British comedy duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, along with director Edgar Wright, have collaborated on modern cult classics “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz”. The third film in their self-titled “Cornetto” trilogy is “The World’s End”, a comedy about drinking beer and this past summer’s continuing theme of zombies that, by the end, […]
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‘2 Guns’ Review

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In what was a summer of the “action crime comedy”, “2 Guns” pulled-off this genre better than some (“R.I.P.D”, “The Heat”) and not as good as others (“Red 2”, “White House Down”). But even though it features two big stars, “2 Guns” is unnecessarily too complex, and ends-up being too ridiculous for its own good. […]
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‘The Internship’ Review

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If you Google Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, you’ll find that 2005’s “Wedding Crashers” is still one of the most popular films of their careers. Since that film came out audiences have wanted more of these guys together on screen. After eight years, they re-collaborated (yes, that is a word) for “The Internship”. Vaughn and […]
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