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Remember Your Childhood With “Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days”

When it comes to kids movies, if the viewer is a responsible adult, they should always consider how they would have felt when watching it back when he/she was a child. That was the position that I put myself in when watching David Bowers’ “Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days,” and because of that (...

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"The Babymakers" Is Good For Some Cheap Laughs

Director Jay Chandrasekhar and comedy troupe Broken Lizard gained their rights as a master of comedy with their first major motion picture success of Super Troopers, following up with Club Dread and more recently Beer Fest. Let's put it this way, these guys knows how to make guys (and most girls)...

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Wednesday Movie Round Up: "Cloud Atlas," Batman, Superman, "Skyfall"

Sorry guys, I've been MIA for the last two weeks but now I'm back and ready to do this shib.  I thought about making this a big deluxe post with everything I missed, but dropped that in favor of more current and relevant movie news.  Maybe I'll go back later this week and catch up on what...

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The Lamest Pulp Fiction Wannabe In A While: Savages (VIDEO)

There are a few fundamental things wrong with Oliver Stone’s recently released Savages that turn the whole movie into a lame, rollicking mess that left me cringing my way through its long duration. 1. Ophelia absolutely sucks.  You'll hate this face by the end. It’s hard to dislike Blake...

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“The Queen Of Versailles” Entertainingly Stigmatizes The 1%

I personally have never been a big fan of the Floridian lifestyle. Sure, when I was a child, I enjoyed Disney World to the utmost extent, often visiting the near-tropical climate during the rough New England winters. But since then, I’ve grown up: flamboyancy doesn’t tickle my fancy as much as it...

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“Take This Waltz” Is A Likeable Summer Indie

Seth Rogen as we’ve come to know him is the goofy guy (great actor, though) that will play a lead comedic role and absolutely nail it, appear as a light-hearted but still incredibly funny guy in dramatic films (i.e. “50/50” and “Funny People”) or even cameo as a dominant relief pitcher on audacious...

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“The Dark Knight Rises” Is A Magnificent Summer Superhero Pleasure

I can surely say to you that the best superhero movie you’ll be seeing this summer is Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises.”  Here within this film lies proof that a studio will still shell out hundreds of millions of dollars to make a blockbuster with some actual depth in its...

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“The Amazing Spider-Man” Isn’t So… Amazing

We need to talk about Spidey – a superhero that’s been beaten dead with a steel pole even since Sam Raimi made the first piece of the 21st century trilogy in 2002. Ten years later, the six credited writers on this film must have figured “What the hell? It’s been long enough. The American...

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Wednesday Movie Round Up: "Catching Fire," "TDKR," and Video Game Movies

What did I tell you?  What did I tell you?!  I said we'd get some pretty big movies news this week, and Comic Con hasn't even started yet.  Let's dive right in. Philip Seymour Hoffman Ready to Catch Fire Although there was a lot of initial rumor and speculation, it's been made...

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“Neil Young Journeys” Is Like A Direct-To-DVD Live Concert

Memories of super talented musician Neil Young are called to mind by him and erratic (but often quite good) filmmaker Jonathan Demme in the documentary “Neil Young: Journeys.” It starts off idolizing the childhood of Young that is not all that different and probably much less modest than ours in...

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