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‘Step Up Revolution’ Review

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“Step Up Revolution” is the totally unnecessary fourth installment in a dance movie franchise whose only highlight is launching Channing Tatum’s career in the original back in 2006. Sure, all of the performers in “Revolution” would be contenders to win on “So You Think You Can Dance?” – but if they went on “So You […]
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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Review

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“The Dark Knight” was the highest-grossing film of 2008 and won two Academy Awards (one for the late Heath Ledger’s incredible performance as the Joker). The Caped Crusader is forced back into action to face a new villain in Christopher Nolan’s satisfying final installment in his Batman trilogy – “The Dark Knight Rises”, a movie […]
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‘To Rome with Love’ Review

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It’s one of the great wonders and mysteries of the movies: How an actor, writer, director can make a great film one year and then their next picture can be an utter failure. Last year, Woody Allen pulled-off a remarkable comeback with the smart, clever, delightful and funny “Midnight in Paris”, for which he won […]
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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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‘Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection’ Review

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Tyler Perry is one of the hardest-working men in the movie business. Since 2005, he’s written, produced, directed, and starred in about a dozen movies, many which feature his most popular character – Madea. All of his previous films have been a mixture of drama and comedy. But Perry called “Madea’s Witness Protection” his first […]
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‘People Like Us’ Review

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“People Like Us” comes from the same studios behind last year’s Oscar-winning “The Help”. And that’s about the only thing these two films have in common. Chris Pine (“Star Trek”) stars as Sam. He’s a businessman with money troubles. On top of that, Sam learns that his father, a successful LA music producer, has died. […]
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‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Review

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Four score and seven years ago (actually more like 150 years ago), our 16th President may have been “Honest Abe”, but he also kept a big secret. Abraham Lincoln was a…VAMPIRE HUNTER! Believe it or not, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is based on a book. The author, Seth Grahame-Smith, also wrote the screenplay. This is […]
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