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05-24-2013

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Now Playing: Furiouser and Furiouser…

Now Playing: Furiouser and Furiouser…

With more than $1.5 billion in previous sales, Universal rolls out a sixth entry to one of its biggest film franchises this week. Despite awful dialogue and numerous over-the-top, zany action sequences that are more comical than suspenseful, ‘Fast & Furious 6′ will probably push that amount even further. That being said, the movie delivers what its audience has wanted since the first entry. That is, all of the original actors are back this time, even Michelle Rodriguez. I have no doubt this will score big at the box office. At least, Universal seems to think so. The studio has already greenlit Part 7, which will be released next July and promises even more stars and bigger action.
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05-23-2013

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Now Playing: So ‘Over’ It

Now Playing: So ‘Over’ It

I’m not quite sure why ‘The Hangover Part III’ was called ‘The Hangover Part III’. The first two films in this series actually dealt with four friends who had epic hangovers and crazy exploits and adventures. This third installment doesn’t even include a hangover, and oddly leaves a lot of the comedy at the front door to focus instead on violence, murdering animals and action sequences. I’m sure this will score a giant opening weekend box office reward, but bad word of mouth should prevent this third and final act from making any more money past the next couple of days.
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05-10-2013

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Now Playing: ‘Gatsby’, Actually Pretty Great

Now Playing: ‘Gatsby’, Actually Pretty Great

Director Baz Luhrmann has created a grand opus filled with shiny costumes, modern music, magical camera tricks and classical early Hollywood filmmaking to once again bring to life F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved and iconic novel ‘The Great Gatsby’. The film is over-the-top, lavish and a bit flawed, but so is the title character, after all. The feel and tone of the film is entrancing, as the visuals take us to the early 1920s New York, where we become infatuated with Gatsby and his American dream.
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05-03-2013

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Now Playing: Stark Relief

Now Playing: Stark Relief

Since ‘Iron Man 2‘ proved to be less than stellar back in 2010, this third adventure for the Marvel hero returns with a much-needed boost of attitude and character. ‘Iron Man 3′, which can be also considered a sequel to ‘‘The Avengers‘, takes us through many twists and turns and tons of new Iron Man suits. Director Shane Black tosses away some of the wham-bam action to focus on the quick-witted humor and our hero’s internal struggle with crippling panic attacks. I have no doubt that this will be a fan favorite of the franchise and will light up the box office something fierce.
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04-26-2013

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Now Playing: ‘Mud’ Is No Dud

Now Playing: ‘Mud’ Is No Dud

In his new film, ‘Mud’, Jeff Nichols (director of ‘Take Shelter‘) brings us a coming-of-age story about two best friends in the South who bond with a homeless fugitive. With amazing performances and a great script, this tiny tale of love, confidence and second chances might just find a big audience through positive word-of-mouth.
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Now Playing: ‘Pain’-ful

Now Playing: ‘Pain’-ful

Michael Bay made a new movie for $25 million. He hasn’t worked with a budget that low since his first ‘Bad Boys’ in 1995. Since then, his budgets have ballooned to hundreds of millions of dollars, and he’s become known for his horrible filmmaking filled with amazing explosions and car chases. The $25 million movie in question is called ‘Pain & Gain’ and, as it tells us on-screen, is based on a true story, which is very difficult to believe while watching what happens during its two-hour run time.
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04-19-2013

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Now Playing: Staring into ‘Oblivion’

Now Playing: Staring into ‘Oblivion’

It’s been a great couple of years for science fiction fans. The genre has shown its big head again, and the masses seem to be eating it up. As we gear up for ‘Elysium’, ‘Pacific Rim’ and ‘Star Trek into Darkness’ (just to name a few) later this year, leading the way before summer is Tom Cruise’s mega-budget ‘Oblivion’, directed by Joseph Kosinski, whose only previous film credit was ‘Tron: Legacy‘. I have no doubt that this will make tons of money at the box office, but it will likely leave a mixed taste of sweet and sour when most viewers leave the theater.
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04-12-2013

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Now Playing: Life, The Universe, Baseball

Now Playing: Life, The Universe, Baseball

’42′, which is the answer to the ultimate question in the universe, is also that historic and legendary uniform number held by Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. Brian Helgeland’s bio-pic film tells a polished and engaging version of the story of the baseball hero who changed the nation. With a phenomenal performance from Chadwick Boseman, both fans of baseball and a younger crowd who may have never heard of the baseball player will eat this film up. The box office will draw some decent money, even if the director tries to hit us over the head with what we’re supposed to feel.
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04-05-2013

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Now Playing: En-’Trance’-ing

Now Playing: En-’Trance’-ing

Danny Boyle is one of my favorite filmmakers of the last twenty years. His unique style and ability to work in different genres have not only earned him critical praise and awards, but have shown that he has limitless talent to entertain a wide variety of audiences across the globe. With his latest film, Boyle has made a modern noir movie with so many twists and turns that you’ll eventually give up trying to figure what’s going on in the story, and fall into Boyle’s ‘Trance’ of betrayal, thievery and sex in this art heist thriller.
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Now Playing: ‘Evil Dead’… Again

Now Playing: ‘Evil Dead’… Again

My name is Bryan Kluger and I’m an ‘Evil Dead’-aholic. One of my life-defining moments in film was the very first time I saw ‘Army of Darkness‘ on VHS, right when it was released on home video in the early ’90s. It blew my fragile mind. I never knew that a film could have everything I ever wanted in a movie in the span of 90 minutes. It had thrills, monsters, demons, romance, comedy, action, a boomstick and a chainsaw. I had to find out everything I could about this movie, and soon discovered the two films that preceded it, ‘The Evil Dead‘ and ‘The Evil Dead II‘. After a lifetime of fandom, now we have a remake of the first movie. Can it possibly live up to what came before?
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