Category: Movie Reviews
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The Grand Budapest Hotel – A Movie Review
I don’t know much about the technical aspects of movies. I don’t completely understand how movies are even made. I do know this, though: I like weird, I like original, I like passion, I like real characters, I like visual stimuli, and I like unpredictable plots. Because of this, I like Wes Anderson. A lot.…
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X-Men: Days of Future Past – A Movie Review
Though it took me far longer than I intended, I’m glad I finally made it to the theater to see this film. I’ll go ahead and say it: it’s the best of the X-Men movies thus far. Why is it the best, you ask? How can it be better than X-Men 2? Let me explain…
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Romeo and Juliet (2013) – A Movie Review
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Unfortunately, Juliet, this is not always the case. The 2013 cinematic adaptation of Romeo and Juliet got a few things right, but it mostly missed the mark. Just so you know, spoilers abound. “Uh, Scott,” you say, “it’s Romeo and Juliet … you can’t spoil…
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The Lego Movie – A Movie Review
Though there are a million perks to having children, one of them is that you get to go to kids’ movies without anyone giving you funny looks. When my five-year-old and I saw the preview for The Lego Movie, we both cracked up, especially with the Batman bits. We knew we had to see it…
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In Defense of The Lone Ranger – A Movie Review
I watched The Lone Ranger the other night on DVD. I didn’t start it until about 9:30, and I fully expected to watch about an hour before turning in for the night and finishing it later. This broke my heart, because I adored The Lone Ranger as a child. But, it seemed every critic in…
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Pacific Rim – A Movie Review
I generally have a difficult time making it out to the movies, but I recently decided that for a small list of directors, that effort is well worthwhile. Guillermo del Toro is one of those directors, and so I figured I’d better get to the theater for Pacific Rim before it left. I’ll be honest:…
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Cloud Atlas – A Movie Review
This movie, adapted from the exceedingly difficult novel by David Mitchell and directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, shot right into my top five favorites of all time. I’ve never seen anything quite like this film. Never. If you’re unfamiliar with the book, it presents six different storylines that are loosely related. Mitchell gives…
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Man of Steel – A Movie Review
(Spoilers at the very end of this review. I will warn you before going into them.) If you’ve been waiting for a Superman movie that shows our hero strutting all of his super stuff, then you will be very happy with Man of Steel. In fact, I’ve never seen the kind of all-out action depicted…
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Iron Man 3 – A Movie Review
(Note: I don’t think I’ve touched on anything that hasn’t been revealed through trailers and commercials, but there are some spoilers if you’ve somehow managed to avoid promotions for the film.) Too much Iron Man. I never thought I’d say such a thing, but I really think we’re maybe getting a little too much Iron…
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The Dark Knight Rises – A Movie Review
The next few paragraphs will review The Dark Knight Rises for those who have yet to see it. There will be no spoilers without notification. Christopher Nolan made it blatantly clear that this would be his final Batman movie, and fittingly, created a perfect conclusion to his storyline. More than any other Batman movie ever…
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