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‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ Review

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The “Ice Age” movies make-up one of the most successful animated franchises of all-time. Each of the first three films grossed close to $200 million domestically, and Fox produced a nice Holiday special starring the gang last November. Unfortunately the latest in the series – “Continental Drift” – is the worst of the bunch, with […]
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‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Review

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The “Spider-Man” movie franchise has been hugely successful at the box office. The original trilogy (’02, ’04, ’07, starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst) made close to $2.5 billion worldwide. When I heard Sony was going to “re-imagine” this series so quickly, I thought it was too soon. Aren’t there other stories out there to […]
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‘Rock of Ages’ Review

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They built this movie…(dramatic pause)…They built this movie on Rock ‘N Roll. And a half-naked Tom Cruise. Those are literally the two elements that keep this film adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical “Rock of Ages” from completely crumbling apart. This is not your typical movie, or your typical movie musical. The time is 1987. […]
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‘Dark Shadows’ Review

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Vampires are more popular than ever right now in the entertainment world, thanks to “The Twilight Saga” and TV shows such as “True Blood” and “The Vampires Diaries”. Hard to imagine that they were also big 40-years ago, on daytime TV of all places. But that was the case. And now Johnny Depp and Tim […]
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‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ Review

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Brad Bird is best known for directing critically acclaimed animated movies, such as “The Iron Giant” and Disney/Pixar’s “The Incredibles” and “Ratatouille” (both which won him Oscars). He ventures into live-action for the first time with “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”, the fourth installment of the series that began 15 years ago. And much like […]
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‘New Year’s Eve’ Review

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– You know a comedy’s not funny when the only laughs come from the bloopers during the end credits. – You know a movie has bad performances when even the one guy playing himself does a terrible job. – And you know when a movie is going after cheap emotions when it includes a dying […]
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‘Hugo’ Review

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Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese is best-known for making gritty adult crime dramas, thrillers and biopics. “Hugo” is both his first 3D film and his first family film. While “Hugo” continues to be promoted as a family adventure and two of it’s main characters are a pre-teen boy and girl, Scorsese’s new effort is […]
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‘Real Steel’ Review

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“Real Steel” had the potential to be an exciting action film set in the intriguing world of robot boxing. Instead it’s predictable, corny at times and occasionally embarrassing to watch. Director Shawn Levy is best known for the “Night at the Museum” films. The first one of that series was smart, clever and very original. […]
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‘Contagion’ Review

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“Contagion” was 2001’a addition to the “worldwide epidemic, dramatic thriller” genre and it features one of the most star-studded casts of any film in recent years. But is it possible to enjoy a movie in which millions of innocent people die from a virus? Gwyneth Paltrow plays a wife and mother who’s just returned home […]
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