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’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Review

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J.J. Abrams produced, but didn’t direct, 2008’s “found footage”/handheld camera sci-fi thriller “Cloverfield”. It is, however, the film that put his company, Bad Robot, on the movie map – and made us all unable to look at the Statue of Liberty the same way ever again. Eight years later, Abrams is producer of the carefully-crafted […]
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‘Open Season: Scared Silly’ Review

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Sony Pictures Animation is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its first feature, “Open Season”, by continuing the franchise with the enjoyably amusing, direct-to-DVD fourth installment – “Open Season: Scared Silly”. Director David Feiss (the creator of “Cow and Chicken”) was head of story on the original “Open Season”. He nicely brings much of the high […]
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‘Zootopia’ Review

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“Zootopia” is unlike any Disney animated movie I’ve ever seen. Going in I wondered, “what is it about this talking animal adventure that will make it stand out from all the others?” The answer: a seven-person story team that’s crafted an extremely human tale set in an incredible animated world. “Zootopia” is actually a big-budget, […]
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‘Eddie the Eagle’ Review

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The “Inspiring True Story Sports Movie” genre list just keeps growing with the addition of “Eddie the Eagle”. Michael “Eddie” Edwards entered the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada as Britain’s first representative in the Ski Jump competition. But how exactly did he get there? As is the case with most of the underdog […]
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‘Race’ Review

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True-life sports dramas have dominated movie screens in recent years. We’ve seen biopics on iconic boxers, golfers, horses, baseball, basketball, football, hockey and even cricket players. Now comes “Race”, the story of legendary track and field star Jesse Owens. The title has multiple meanings as this two-hour, 15-minute saga not only focuses on Owens’ life […]
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‘Deadpool’ Review

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For 18-35 year-old comic book, superhero, Marvel, “X-Men” and diehard Ryan Reynolds fans – “Deadpool” will likely be your movie of the year. The makers clearly set-out to make the ultimate R-rated “anti-superhero movie” superhero movie, packed with ultra-violence, raunchy humor and an unlikable lead character. And in that respect, they succeeded brilliantly. But for […]
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‘Hail, Caesar!’ Review

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The Coen Brothers have crafted the latest in a recent string of movies about movies with “Hail, Caesar!” – a comedy designed around a major, fictitious Hollywood studio of the 1950s. Josh Brolin is terrific as Eddie Mannix, the head of production of Capital Pictures. Dressed more like a detective that a studio big shot, […]
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‘The Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films 2016’ Review

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I look forward to checking-out The Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films every year. Normally, within the group of five, there are at least one or two standouts. However, that’s not the case this year. Instead, we have a lineup that is universally weak in story and largely unimpressive. Here are the Nominees: “Bear Story” (Chile, […]
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‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Review

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“Kung Fu Panda 3” is DreamWorks Animation’s 32nd theatrical feature, but their first ever released in the month of January. A big-budget, high-quality animated film this early in the year is rare, and while this third chapter of Po the Panda, Master Shifu and the Furious Five doesn’t quite live-up to the original, it’s fast, […]
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‘Dirty Grandpa’ Review

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Well, congratulations to “Dirty Grandpa” – which is the first Worst Movie of 2016. And it could hold on to that title for awhile. This film is rude, crude, offensive and wrong in so many ways – but that’s not the reason “Dirty Grandpa” is a spectacular failure. “Ted 2” was all those things and […]
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