Movie Reviews

Review: The Great Gatsby

May 13, 2013 by | 1 Comment
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Adapting The Great Gatsby, one of the greatest American novels ever written, and my personal favorite book, is no easy task. There have been multiple adaptations of the book in the past and they all

Review: Iron Man 3

April 25, 2013 by | 3 Comments
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When Jon Favreau kicked off Marvel's amazing string of interconnected superhero films with the first Iron Man back in 2008, I doubt if he knew exactly what he was getting himself into. The second

Review: Pain & Gain

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It's been eight years since Michael Bay directed anything other than a Transformers movie, and if you've read interviews with him over the past couple of years, it's obvious the director has been

Review: Oblivion

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After taking the reigns on the sleek-but-hollow sequel TRON: Legacy a few years ago, director Joseph Kosinski is back with his second feature, Oblivion. It's a sci-fi passion project that shows a

Review: The Company You Keep

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Just so we're all on the same page, I want to put it out there that I'm normally a sucker for these kinds of journalism movies. Throw on All The President's Men, Network, Shattered Glass, Anchorman,

Review: Jurassic Park 3D

April 3, 2013 by | 1 Comment
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Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park is not only a fantastic adventure movie, it's also a brilliant science fiction film and a pulse-pounding horror thriller. The 1993 film has been converted into 3D for

Review: Upstream Color

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In 2004, former engineer Shane Carruth released his debut film - a low-budget time travel movie called Primer - which he wrote, produced, edited, composed music for, starred in, and directed. Despite

Review: Trance

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A slick narrator sets up a daring art heist, but things go south when he's hit in the head and can't remember where he stashed the multi-million dollar painting he just stole. His colleagues aren't

Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was a ludicrous but satisfying big budget blockbuster based on a toy franchise, and it's clear the studio was aiming for the type of mindless entertainment for which