Tag: Movie Reviews

  • Foxcatcher – A Movie Review

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    My wife and I watched Foxcatcher last night on DVD, and neither of us could look away from the screen.  This movie is haunting, intense, disturbing, and riveting.  Steve Carell is virtually unrecognizable as he plays John du Pont.  I honestly did not think Carell could capably play such a creepy character, such an emotionally…

  • Her – A Movie Review

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    I’m the first to admit that the premise of Her is preposterous.  Set in the near future, a new operating system achieves artificial intelligence and will tailor itself to the owner’s needs.  This isn’t a case of one massive computer lording over humanity, this is artificial intelligence for all.  If you want to pay for…

  • X-Men: Days of Future Past – A Movie Review

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    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…

  • Romeo and Juliet (2013) – A Movie Review

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    “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…

  • The Lego Movie – A Movie Review

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    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…

  • Cloud Atlas – A Movie Review

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    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…

  • Man of Steel – A Movie Review

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    (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…

  • Iron Man 3 – A Movie Review

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    (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…

  • The Dark Knight Rises – A Movie Review

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    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…

  • The Disappearance of Alice Creed – A Movie Review

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    I recently had the opportunity to get this movie for free from Amazon.com if I promised to review it.  I figured that wasn’t much of an obligation, and so I agreed.  I had remembered briefly hearing … reading … something about The Disappearance of Alice Creed, so I figured why not?  Though I wasn’t terribly…