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‘Top Five’ Movie Review

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A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancée talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show. (PARAMOUNT) Chris Rock has voiced Marty the Zebra in DreamWorks Animation’s highly successful “Madagascar” trilogy, which grossed $1.9 Billion combined at the worldwide box office. Rock also hosted the Academy […]
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‘Wild’ Movie Review

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In Wild, director Jean-Marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club), Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) and Academy Award nominated screenwriter Nick Hornby (An Education) bring bestselling author Cheryl Strayed’s extraordinary adventure to the screen. After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Strayed makes a rash decision.  Haunted […]
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‘The Imitation Game’ Movie Review

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Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain’s top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. (THE WEINSTEIN CO.) Benedict Cumberbatch has given breakthrough roles […]
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‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Movie Review

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Super spy teams aren’t born – they’re hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. These elitists of the elite are joining forces with a chic undercover organization, The North Wind. Led by handsome and husky Agent Classified (we could tell […]
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‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ Movie Review

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Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived. She awakens from the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell deep inside the bunkered catacombs of District 13. Separated from some of her closest allies and fearing for their safety in the Capitol, Katniss finally agrees to be the Mockingjay, the symbolic leader of the rebellion. Still uncertain as […]
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‘Dumb and Dumber To’ Movie Review

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Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature roles as Lloyd and Harry in the sequel to the smash hit that took the physical comedy and kicked it in the nuts: Dumb and Dumber To. The original film’s directors, Peter and Bobby Farrelly, take Lloyd and Harry on a road trip to find a child […]
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‘Big Hero 6’ Movie Review

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When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. Determined to uncover the mystery, Hiro transforms his friends into a band of high-tech heroes […]
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‘Interstellar’ Movie Review

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A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity’s survival. (PARAMOUNT) Matthew McConaughey won the Best Actor Academy Award earlier this year for his performance in the drama “Dallas Buyers Club”, opposite Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner. Anne Hathaway earned her Oscar for the 2012 musical “Les Miserables”. […]
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‘St. Vincent’ Movie Review

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A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door. (THE WEINSTEIN CO.) Bill Murray earned a Golden Globe and British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) for his performance in 2003’s “Lost in Translation”. He also received a Best Actor Oscar […]
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