“Gone” Movie Review
(constant sense of foreboding) - - “Foreboding: Fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen” From the first seconds, “Gone” (thanks to the soundtrack, setting, acting, and...
View Article“Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” Movie Review
(Colorful message, Unless) - - “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” Dr. Seuss Under the deeper meanings of corporate greed, love, caring, and...
View Article“A Thousand Words” Movie Review
(Hilarious, Serious, Tearjerker) - - I did not have high expectations for “A Thousand Words”. I expected to have fun, but, was not expecting three different movies (and one outstanding performance)...
View Article“21 Jump Street” Movie Review
(Average “raunchy” comedy / drama) - - In high school, cool, physically gifted (but dumb), Jenko (Channing Tatum) harassed nerdly, physically weak, Schmidt (Jonah Hill). Fast forward 7 years, and both...
View Article“Journey 2 The Mysterious Island” Movie Review
(corny fun, terrific special effects) - - The special effects in this movie are awesome. I do not care for 3D in the movies (not as good as Disneyland, and too pricey), but, I am disappointed that I...
View Article“The Hunger Games” Movie Reivew
(Excellent, Brutal, Follows the Book) Rant: For some reason, the Youtube video’s that are normally allowed to be “embedded” were not allowed for “The Hunger Games”. I suspect popularity had something...
View Article“The Three Stooges” Movie Review
(Great fun if you love slapstick) - - Moe, Larry, and Curly (Curley?). How I was looking forward to this movie, and guess what, yuk, yuk….it was GREAT! Dropped off at an orphanage when they were...
View Article“The Five-Year Engagement” Movie Review
(Funny, Quiet, True Life) - - Gotta say this movie was much better than I thought it was going to be. The audience in the theater was small but vocal (turns out our friend Melanie and her friend were...
View Article“The Avengers” Movie Review
(Fun, Exciting Action) - - Tapping an unlimited power source being investigated by scientists at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) evil ambitious brother, Loki (played by Tom...
View Article“Dark Shadows” Movie Review
(Campy fun, vintage Tim Burton ending) - - Lori watched the original TV show religiously, I watched it occasionally. Going to the movies to see “Dark Shadows” was a no brainer for us. Johnny Depp (as...
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It occurred to me that Carol, Kristen, Carol’s Mom (Chau Hong), Lori, and I all like(d) to go to the movies or watch them on VUDU , Netflix, Blu-Ray, or regular DVD. Why not do movie reviews? The...
View Article“Men in Black 3″ Movie Review
(Uneven) - - There is one secret the universe does not know about. But to find out what that is, you have to ride a somewhat uneven MIB3 all the way to the end. At times MIB3 is funny and exciting,...
View Article“Snow White and the Huntsman” Movie Review
(Moody, Magical, Mystical) - - Charlize Theron (as Ravenna) is one sexy, nasty, evil, queen bitch. Gifted with magical powers by her mother, Ravenna dupes her way into the Castle, marries the King,...
View Article“Prometheus” Movie Review
(Thrilling, Enthralling, EPIC) - - Wow! After several weeks of so-so movies, “Prometheus” broke the streak providing us with an absolutely thrilling two hours. I always say that when you go to the...
View Article“Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” Movie Review
(Heavy, Thought Provoking, Well Acted) - - A very heavy topic dealing with what people will have to go through in the future (hopefully, not the near future), but, it will happen. One day, Earth will...
View Article“TED” Movie Review
(Rude, Crude, Fun) - - Eight year old John Bennett (played as an adult by Mark Wahlberg) gets a teddy bear for Christmas. He loves Teddy and makes a wish that the bear could talk and be his friend....
View Article“The Amazing Spider-Man” Movie Review
(Spiderman redone) - - Except for a few changes and a new bad guy….this movie is just, to me anyway, a redone Spiderman. Same old same old. You know the story…a less nerdy Peter Parker (Andrew...
View Article“The Dark Knight Rises” Movie Review
(Great movie) - - It has been eight years since the Batman rode off into the sunset, leaving Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) and his family with a lie. The Batman is bad. Gotham City has been at...
View Article“The Watch” Movie Review
(Fun) - - Ben Stiller (as Evan), Vince Vaughn (as Bob), Jonah Hill (as Franklin), and Richard Ayoade (as Jamarcus) join forces as the Neighborhood Watch ostensibly to protect their neighborhood from an...
View Article“Total Recall” Movie Review
(Fun, Action, Action, Action) - - “Total Recall” is based on a 23 page short story that I read in Barnes & Noble after the movie. Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) is a bored factory worker commuting...
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