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by / on May 17, 2013 at 12:08 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

He did it. J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek is incredible. It’s one of my go-to movies to just throw in when I want to watch something. And god forbid I put it on while I’m doing homework. You might as well [...]

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by / on December 31, 2012 at 4:08 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: DJANGO UNCHAINED

It’s funny, I feel like I’ve been writing this review in my head for the past two days, but now that I’m actually putting fingers to keys, all I can think about saying is how much I enjoyed Django Unchained, [...]

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by / on September 30, 2012 at 11:50 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: LOOPER

There are two ways that I could write a review for Looper, the new sci-fi film from writer/director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom). Here’s the first: HOLY SHIT – THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥ But, you see, I know [...]

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by / on September 24, 2012 at 4:58 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: END OF WATCH

Gimmicks rarely get movies off to a good start. As soon as you see a trailer for a film that uses either a handicam or found footage or anything in that vein, it’s normally followed up by scoffing, or at [...]

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by / on August 31, 2012 at 11:33 am / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: BACHELORETTE

I guess this is a semi-advanced review. Bachelorette, the next in the line of Bridesmaids-esque films, won’t be in movie theaters until next weekend, but it is available on VOD and iTunes now and some friends and I recently spent [...]

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by / on August 13, 2012 at 11:00 am / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: THE BOURNE LEGACY

It’s been five years since we got the supposed finale to the Bourne Identity trilogy, an underrated, high-octane, all around tour de force starring Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, the human test project gone wrong. Amnesia, hand-to-hand combat, and shaky [...]

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by / on July 7, 2012 at 1:21 am / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

Do you remember where you were on May 3, 2002? Because I absolutely do… I was a freshman in high school. The bell rang at 2:30 and we ran out of the gates and jumped into cars driven by upperclassmen [...]

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by / on July 5, 2012 at 3:42 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: TED

Allow me to present you with three quotes from reviews by big name critics on Seth Macfarlane’s comedy extravaganza (and last weekend’s box office king) Ted: “Ted is hysterically, gut-bustingly funny.” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) “Not too many films serve [...]

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by / on June 13, 2012 at 10:03 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

ALTERNATE TAKE: PROMETHEUS

In anticipation of the release of Prometheus my friends and I dove into the first two Alien movies again, seeking some context for the prequel. Now, while I had always considered myself more of an Aliens guy to Alien, I [...]

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by / on June 13, 2012 at 3:33 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED

The phrase “dime a dozen” means something so common that its value is little or nothing. And in my opinion, the quirky indie comedy is a dime a dozen. Or something like that. My point is that every year we [...]

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