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‘Monsters University’ Review

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“Monsters University” is Pixar’s 14th animated feature. It’s also their first prequel, to a film that many have near the bottom of their list of all-time favorite Pixar films. 2001’s “Monsters, Inc.” grossed $255 million but lost the first-ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature to DreamWorks’ “Shrek”. Recently I watched “Monsters Inc.” again, and […]
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‘Man of Steel’ Review

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“Man of Steel” is “300” and “Watchmen” director Zack Snyder’s Superman origin story. Let me rephrase that: it’s Zack Snyder’s LONG, overly action-packed, Superman origin story. We begin, where else but on the planet Krypton. Russell Crowe’s Jor-El and his wife send away their new, naturally-born son Kal-El off to Earth because their planet is […]
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‘This Is The End’ Review

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“This Is The End” marks the directorial debut of comedian/actor Seth Rogen and longtime writing partner Evan Goldberg. The two also co-wrote this screenplay. They decided to go all-out and make a raunchy, creative, offensive and at times quite funny adult comedy about a subject that isn’t so funny: The End of the World. The […]
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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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‘After Earth’ Review

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“After Earth” stars Will Smith and real-life son Jaden, who also play father and son in this sci-fi action/adventure set 1000 years after humans had to abandon Earth after we, the humans, destroyed it, apparently do to wars and pollution (as an early montage shows). This incredibly unoriginal premise is not a great way to […]
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‘Now You See Me’ Review

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Earlier this year the very funny (but unfortunate box office bomb) “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” took a comedic look at the world of Magic. Surprise box office hit “Now You See Me” uses magic as a backdrop for a crime caper. In the long opening sequence (seriously – it takes about 20 minutes before the […]
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‘Epic’ Review

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“Epic” is the latest animated feature from Blue Sky Studios – the makers of the hugely successful “Ice Age” series. It’s directed by the studio’s co-founder Chris Wedge and is loosely based on the children’s book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce. All the elements were in place for this […]
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‘Fast & Furious 6’ Review

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Start your engines! Believe it or not, “Fast & Furious 6” is my introduction to the “Ride or Die” franchise. However, I have done some research and learned that the first one was good, the second one was OK, the third one was awful, the fourth one was better, and the fifth one was great. […]
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‘The Great Gatsby’ Review

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Director Baz Luhrmann’s films always seem to generate wildly mixed reactions, from his 1996 version of “Romeo + Juliet” to Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman’s romantic drama “Australia”. And who can forget the Oscar winning “Moulin Rouge!” Luhrmann’s latest, his take on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby, was supposed to be released […]
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