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‘The Winning Season’ Review

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Sam Rockwell (“Iron Man 2”, “G-Force”) stars in this comedy about basketball which was originally shown at Sundance in 2009, was released in a few theaters this summer, and also on Pay Per View and Video on Demand. Rockwell plays Bill, a former successful basketball player who is now divorced and working as a busboy […]
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‘Step Up 3D’ Review

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The first two “Step Up” films (’06, ’08) were surprisingly popular with movie goers, grossing a combined worldwide total of $262 million dollars. This third edition takes the series to a whole new dimension. But will it pay off? “Step Up 3” (which I saw in 3D in theaters and therefore was called “Step Up […]
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‘The Other Guys’ Review

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Will Ferrell has been known to do some wacky things in his movies. And his performance in the “The Other Guys” is no exception. Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg star as NYC detectives, and partners, who are at the bottom of their department. Ferrell’s character, Allen, doesn’t like being on the street where the action is […]
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‘Salt’ Review

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Angelina Jolie has played a wide variety of characters in her movie career – from Lara Croft to Mrs. Smith to the Tigress in the animated hit “Kung Fu Panda”. But her latest role may be the toughest of them all, because she may be a Russian spy. Or maybe not. That’s the premise of […]
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‘Inception’ Review

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My review of “Inception” received a lot of attention and criticism back when the movie came out this past summer. All I was doing was being honest, but many people had a problem with that. Oh well, I stand by that review. In fact, here it is again: The first thing I need to say […]
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‘Knight and Day’ Review

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Tom Cruise: Huge action star, with a few comedy roles on his resume. Cameron Diaz: Popular comic actress, with some action roles on her resume. Put the two together in an action-comedy and you’ve got “Knight and Day” Diaz plays June. On her way to Boston to be in her sister’s wedding she, literally, bumps […]
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‘Grown Ups’ Review

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You’d think that a film written by Adam Sandler, and starring him and four other well-known and successful comic actors would be hilarious. In the case of “Grown Ups”, the comedy fails. Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider play five friends who all played together of a championship basketball team when […]
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‘The A-Team’ Review

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To steal a line from Col. John “Hannibal” Smith: “I love it when a movie comes together, and this movie came together.” “The A-Team” is jam-packed with funny lines, good performances and TONS of action. The movie contains some of the most outrageous and creative action scenes ever seen. And even though some of them […]
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