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‘Brave’ Review

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Pixar’s track record for great animated movies has been close to perfect. I wasn’t a huge fan of “Wall-E”, though many think it’s the studio’s best. I liked last year’s “Cars 2” a lot, though it didn’t get the overall critical reaction it deserved. The studio’s 13th feature, “Brave”, is their first with a female […]
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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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‘Prometheus’ Review

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“Prometheus” is the first sci-fi/horror movie I’ve reviewed, at least that’s what it looked like it was going to be from the trailers. Director Ridley Scott’s latest is mostly just science fiction, not offering any of the ‘jump out of your seat’ moments I was expecting. In fact, there’s very little suspense as well. It’s […]
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‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Review

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Director Wes Anderson is known for his QUIRKY, independent, off-beat, QUIRKY comedies, including “Rushmore”, “The Royal Tennembaums” and “The Darjeeling Limited”. In 2009, he released his first animated film, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”, (based on the Roald Dahl book) starring George Clooney and Meryl Streep. I thought it was the best movie of 2009 (even better […]
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‘Men in Black 3’ Review

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“Men in Black” was a surprise hit at the box office in 1997, and lifted the careers of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones to new heights. Five years later, “Men in Black II” was released, and while it wasn’t as big a hit with critics, it still made a lot of money. Now, after […]
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‘Battleship’ Review

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I was worried going into “Battleship” for a couple of reasons: 1) It looked a lot like “Transformers” and 2) How in the world can anyone make a two-hour movie based on a very simple board game? Well, Universal and Hasbro have done it, and the result is an incredibly bad film that sinks to […]
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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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‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ Review

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It was the big screen event diehard superhero comic book and film fans had been waiting for. And “Marvel’s The Avengers” is the rare movie that exceeded expectations. After “Iron Man” became a box office hit and re-launched Robert Downey, Jr.’s career, Marvel Studios released “The Incredible Hulk” (starring Edward Norton) and “Iron Man 2”, […]
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