Tag: Movie Reviews
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Ready Player One – A Movie Review
You’ll remember when I heard Steven Spielberg intended to direct this movie, I instantly ran out and read the source material. You can check out my review of the book HERE. Let me say this about Spielberg’s film adaptation — I haven’t had a visual feast like Ready Player One since The Matrix. I loved…
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Beauty and the Beast (2017) – A Movie Review
I know we’re super late to this party, but we literally just watched this for the first time last night. I’ve been after my daughters for months to view it with me, but they were hesitant. They were concerned the Beast would be too scary, the wolves too vicious. Well, within minutes, they were completely…
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Alien: Covenant – A Movie Review
I wouldn’t consider myself a huge fan of the Alien franchise, but I definitely have fond memories of Aliens scaring the crap out of me as a kid. Honestly, believe it or not, Prometheus is what got me really excited for the revitalized Alien saga. Prometheus seemed innovative, smart, and full of ramifications for not…
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Guardians Of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 – A Movie Review
I’ll be honest and admit that when Guardians Of the Galaxy came around back in 2014, I wasn’t all that into it. I didn’t even make it to the theater for a viewing. Truthfully, even when it came out on video, I didn’t think it was all that great. Funny? Sure. Different from any other…
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – A Movie Review (No Spoilers)
So, if you’ve been keeping up, you know getting to this movie was a bit of an odyssey for me. Finally, though, Sunday night, I got to view it for the first time. (And yes, there WILL be a second time … probably a third as well.) I’m NOT going to spoil anything for you,…
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Doctor Strange – A Movie Review
This is a Marvel movie unlike any other. You will see insane special effects that absolutely transfix. And though the movie is somewhat beholden to the cliched “origin story,” it does attempt, perhaps more so than ever before, to present a true journey to heroism. In the end, though, it had a major flaw. Doctor…
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The Secret Life Of Pets – A Movie Review
My daughters wanted to see this movie very badly, so we took them this opening weekend. Needless to say, they loved it. The general premise is that this movie looks into the life of pets while their owners are away. I expected it to be a series of jokes about what’s going on behind those…
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Deadpool – A Movie Review
Though I’m an avid lover of all things superhero, even I must admit that the genre has become somewhat formulaic when adapted to film. Due to the nature of Deadpool’s meta-fiction characteristics, I had high hopes that his feature film would redefine the comic book film genre and blaze a new trail. I wanted it…
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – A (Spoiler-Free) Movie Review
(No spoilers, I promise.) Thank you, J.J. Abrams. You knew exactly what we wanted and you gave it to us. This is a Star Wars movie. It looks like a Star Wars movie, it feels like a Star Wars movie. It has charm, amazing locations, nonstop action, humor, depth, likable characters, interesting plots, unresolved mysteries,…
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Jupiter Ascending – A Movie Review
I made a promise to myself after seeing Cloud Atlas that I would go to the theater for any Wachowski film ever released. I am, after all, a huge The Matrix fan and I even think highly of their Speed Racer iteration. Cloud Atlas put them over the top, though. I felt it a masterful…
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