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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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‘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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‘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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