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‘Fruitvale Station’ Review

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“Fruitvale Station” won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for drama at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It depicts the real-life events involving Oscar Grant on New Year’s Eve 2008 and New Year’s Day 2009 in Oakland, CA. What happened sparked a tremendous amount of outrage and controversy, and the film currently has […]
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‘The Wolverine’ Review

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The Wolverine himself, Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman, said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, “we could have done better” with the first X-Men spinoff, 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”. I actually liked that film, but many comic book fans were hoping for more. Unfortunately, “The Wolverine” gives you less than what you’re looking for in a […]
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‘R.I.P.D.’ Review

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After seeing the trailer for “R.I.P.D.” the very first time I predicted it was going to be a disaster. And it turns out I was right. Combine a lame story, embarrassing performances and production problems (the film wrapped in Jan. 2012 and it wasn’t released until this July) and you end-up with a film that’s […]
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‘Red 2’ Review

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2010’s “Red” grossed close to $200 million worldwide and was nominated for the Best Comedy Golden Globe. The premise was good: an action comedy, comic-book adaptation about CIA agents who come out of retirement in order to take down some bad guys. Unfortunately, the action wasn’t very exciting and it was way too serious for […]
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‘Turbo’ Review

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When it came out this summer “Turbo” drew obvious comparisons to “Cars”, Disney/Pixar’s animated film about auto racing. But this clever DreamWorks creation can stand-out on its own, thanks to a simple, but sincere script which contains a whole lot of heart. Turbo (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) is a snail with a dream: He wants […]
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‘Pacific Rim’ Review

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Guillermo del Toro is best known for three things: directing the “Hellboy” movies, helming the Oscar-winning “Pan’s Labyrinth”, and passing on the opportunity to make “The Hobbit” trilogy. His first film in five years is “Pacific Rim”. As actor Idris Elba says in one of the cornball climatic scenes: “Today we are CANCELLING the Apocalypse!” […]
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‘Grown Ups 2’ Review

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Believe it or not, “Grown Ups 2” is writer, producer and star Adam Sandler’s first sequel. For more than a decade Sandler’s made bomb after bomb (with the exception of “Jack and Jill”, though most don’t consider that an exception). His films consistently get hammered by critics while still making enough money to keep his […]
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‘The Way, Way Back’ Review

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“The Way, Way Back” marks the directorial debut of the Oscar-winning writing team of “The Descendants” – Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. The two also co-wrote this screenplay and have small roles in the film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. While it’s not nearly as compelling as the 2011 George […]
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‘The Lone Ranger’ Review

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Ten years ago, Johnny Depp introduced us to one of his most iconic characters – Captain Jack Sparrow – in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”. Over the next decade, Depp played a wide variety of wacky and weird characters, always adding his own quirky brand of humor to the role. […]
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‘Despicable Me 2’ Review

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No recent film can better be defined as “short, sweet, and to the point” than the animated sequel “Despicable Me 2”. The 2010 original was a pleasant surprise, as we were introduced to supervillain Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) whose evil ways were changed forever by three orphan girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes. And the […]
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