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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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‘White House Down’ Review

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2013 has been the year of the “President in Danger” storyline: from “Olympus Has Fallen” to “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” to “Iron Man 3”. You have to feel bad for the real President, who can’t enjoy having the Commander in Chief being such a target, even if it is in the movies. Well, you can add […]
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‘World War Z’ Review

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“World War Z” has been called “the most expensive zombie movie ever made”. With a reported budget of $190 million I think that’s a safe bet. Director Marc Forster (“Quantum of Solace”, “Stranger Than Fiction”) was likely faced with his toughest challenge yet: turning this best-selling novel into a equally-popular and effective action film. The […]
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‘Man of Steel’ Review

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“Man of Steel” is “300” and “Watchmen” director Zack Snyder’s Superman origin story. Let me rephrase that: it’s Zack Snyder’s LONG, overly action-packed, Superman origin story. We begin, where else but on the planet Krypton. Russell Crowe’s Jor-El and his wife send away their new, naturally-born son Kal-El off to Earth because their planet is […]
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‘The Internship’ Review

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If you Google Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, you’ll find that 2005’s “Wedding Crashers” is still one of the most popular films of their careers. Since that film came out audiences have wanted more of these guys together on screen. After eight years, they re-collaborated (yes, that is a word) for “The Internship”. Vaughn and […]
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‘After Earth’ Review

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“After Earth” stars Will Smith and real-life son Jaden, who also play father and son in this sci-fi action/adventure set 1000 years after humans had to abandon Earth after we, the humans, destroyed it, apparently do to wars and pollution (as an early montage shows). This incredibly unoriginal premise is not a great way to […]
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‘Now You See Me’ Review

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Earlier this year the very funny (but unfortunate box office bomb) “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” took a comedic look at the world of Magic. Surprise box office hit “Now You See Me” uses magic as a backdrop for a crime caper. In the long opening sequence (seriously – it takes about 20 minutes before the […]
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