Archive | Movie Reviews
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Movie review: Third time’s the charm for Autobots
Michael Bay's trilogy closer might not win over new fans, but it's without a doubt the best in the critically panned franchise. Without spoiling too much, this threequel's plot features a 1960s space race conspiracy marred by an obvious CGI-JFK appearance.
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Movie review: ‘Bad Teacher’
It’s date night, you’re looking for anything worth seeing at the movies, something funny, maybe something romantic. Well, it’s far from romantic, but Bad Teacher is funny.
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Movie review: ‘Cars 2’ stalls in theaters
Most parents can tell you their kids' favorite movies. This isn't necessarily due to good parenting, but from the stinging redundancy of having watched a cartoon with pastel-colored, high-pitched talking animals one too many times.
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Movie review: Green Lantern
Warning: Contains spoilers Most summer superhero blockbusters deliver fun superhero action movies without any real substance. They are fun and likeable, but by time the movie is over, the audience will leave with a shallow understanding of the characters and the plot.
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Column: ‘X-Men: First Class’ delivers a brilliant prequel chapter to series
Telling the beginning of a story when the audience already knows the middle and end is a hard proposition.
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Column: ‘On Stranger Tides’ unnecessary, yet enjoyable
If modern people actually spent days riding a sailboat while drunk off of rum, they would be considered a lunatic (albeit a stylish one). Yet leave it to Disney to glorify the life of a pirate, all in the form of a children’s ride at Disney World.
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Column: ‘Thor’ goes beyond typical superhero story
Four out of Five Stars In Thor, Marvel’s latest comic superhero saga, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth takes on the title role. Hemsworth, who revisits the fan base he established with 2009’s “Star Trek,” perfects his portrayal as the God of Thunder.
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Column: Shyamalan struggles to find groove
What do a tormented child, an ordinary superhero, an alien invasion, a mysterious sea nymph, an isolated community, an environmental outbreak and the worst motion picture of 2010 have in common? They all describe films made by the once-revered Indian-born American filmmaker and screenwriter M.
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Column: ‘Hanna’ redefines the action movie
Just like what the "Bourne" films did for the action film in the 2000s, "Hanna" redefines the action genre for the thinking man's (or thinking girl's) action film and is one of the best of the new decade.