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‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ Review

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DreamWorks Animation has had big hits with the “Shrek” and “Madagascar” films, and “Kung Fu Panda”. “Monsters vs. Aliens” isn’t one of their best, but it’s still pretty good. I’m sure you know the story by now: a woman named Susan Murphy gets hit by a meteor on her wedding day and she grows to […]
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‘Race to Witch Mountain’ Review

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“Race to Witch Mountain” is not only based on a book, but it’s a “re-working” of the 1975 movie, “Escape to Witch Mountain”. Dwayne (“Don’t Call Me The Rock Anymore”) Johnson stars as a taxi driver who helps a pair of teenage space aliens, who look like humans, try to get their spaceship back after […]
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‘The Pink Panther 2’ Review

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In 1963 writer/director Blake Edwards and actor Peter Sellers combined to create one of the most popular characters in the history of movie comedies: Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Now, 46 years later, Steve Martin took his second shot at playing Clouseau in “The Pink Panther 2”. The plot is pretty simple: Once again the legendary Pink […]
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‘Coraline’ Review

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“Coraline” is adapted from a popular children’s novel about a young girl who moves into a new house with her parents. She’s not very happy being there and her mother and father don’t pay much attention to her or treat her very well. However, she discovers a small door that leads her to a strange […]
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‘Inkheart’ Review

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If you never saw “The Golden Compass” or Mummy 3″ or any of the “Narnia” or “National Treasure” movies or “City of Ember” or even “Bedtime Stories” you can now see them all, on DVD, at the same time! Unfortunately, “Inkheart” is as disappointing as those other movies. Brendan Fraser stars in his typical fantasy/adventure […]
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‘Bedtime Stories’ Review

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“Bedtime Stories” was Disney’s 2008’s live-action family film for the holidays but it didn’t duplicate the success of 2007’s “Enchanted.” Adam Sandler is the hero of “Bedtime Stories”. He plays Skeeter, a maintenance worker who dreams of running the hotel that his father once owned. His sister, played by a very thin Courtney Cox, asks […]
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