Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man will immediately draw comparisons to its predecessor. Fortunately, director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) sets a different tone with his …
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Movie Review: Magic Mike
Magic Mike has everything Striptease does not: male nudity, female nudity, a script, good acting, and Steven Soderbergh. Many people will cite one of these …
Movie Review: Ted
A movie like Ted has a low bar. Fortunately, Seth McFarlane is great at jumping over low bars. His shows like Family Guy and the …
Movie Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World delivers a fresh spin on an old story. It takes the classic road trip, and couples …
Movie Review: Brave
Brave is very timid by Pixar standards. They did a better family story in the Incredibles; they had a better plot in Monsters, Inc; and …
Movie Review: Snow White and the Huntsman
Snow White and the Huntsman takes a clever spin on an older tale, and fails to stick the landing. There are some wonderful CGI effects …
Movie Review: The Intouchables
Mismatched buddy pairings don’t get much better than the Intouchables. I’ll admit, part of me went into this movie hoping to see some foreign version …
Movie Review: Prometheus
Ridley Scott might actually be Prometheus. Prometheus stole fire from the gods and brought it to the common folk. Ridley Scott obviously hijacked his divine …
Movie Review: Moonrise Kingdom
Robert Frost wrote “Two Roads Diverged in a narrow wood/ and I took the one less traveled by,” which pretty much describes the routes that …
Movie Review: Men In Black III
I don’t quite understand the trend of decade long trilogies. I suppose it is because the first is a proven moneymaker, and filmmakers want to stretch …