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05-25-2012

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Now Playing: ‘Men in Black’ to the Future

Now Playing: ‘Men in Black’ to the Future

Before seeing ‘Men in Black 3′, I had many concerns. First, Sony originally wasn’t going to screen the movie for press until the Thursday night before it opened. That’s never a good sign. Second, the series doesn’t have the best track record, and the initial trailers sure didn’t make it look like anything special. Fortunately, Sony moved the press screening to Tuesday, which isn’t bad, and the advertisements got better with time. Having now seen ‘MIB3′, I can tell you that my concerns were for naught and that it makes right all of the franchise’s wrongs.
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05-18-2012

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Now Playing: Lowered Expectations

Now Playing: Lowered Expectations

I enjoy walking into screenings without knowing anything about the movie I’m about to see, but when I walked into ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ and discovered which actors star in this ensemble comedy, I wished that I’d stayed home to watch ‘The Grey‘ instead. It’s not usually fair to judge a movie by its cast, but in this case, it’s absolutely accurate and probably worse than you’d imagine.
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Now Playing: Toss This ‘Battleship’ a Life-Preserver

Now Playing: Toss This ‘Battleship’ a Life-Preserver

I’ve been an unapologetic fan of director Peter Berg for some time now, but today I hang my head in shame for his extreme failure. This old ‘Battleship’ capsizes before it even leaves the dock.
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05-17-2012

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Now Playing: Sacha Baron Cohen’s Scripted Shenanigans

Now Playing: Sacha Baron Cohen’s Scripted Shenanigans

Although ‘The Dictator’ removes Sacha Baron Cohen from the ‘Candid Camera’ character roles that’s he’s known for, the movie is still filled with plenty of offensive, boundary-pushing content. By taking a terrorist-friendly dictator and slapping him in the middle of New York City, the edgy possibilities are limitless.
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05-11-2012

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Now Playing: Go Figure, Johnny Depp in Another Quirky Tim Burton Movie

Now Playing: Go Figure, Johnny Depp in Another Quirky Tim Burton Movie

When I first saw the theatrical trailer for ‘Dark Shadows’, I got really excited for Tim Burton’s new film. Even though I knew absolutely nothing about the old soap opera upon which it’s based, that wasn’t a stumbling block that impeded my anticipation for the movie. All I noticed was that Tim Burton finally appeared to be returning to his old ‘Beetlejuice‘ roots, so I looked forward to it. Upon seeing it, I can tell you that Burton does in fact get back to that old style he had seemingly forgotten. Unfortunately, the film has more flaws than any other Tim Burton movie to date.
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05-03-2012

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Now Playing: Marvel’s Most Fun Movie Yet

Now Playing: Marvel’s Most Fun Movie Yet

I’m not a comic book geek and I really don’t know anything about the Avengers beyond what’s been brought to the big screen so far. With that in mind, know that I am absolutely in love with ‘The Avengers’. It’s not perfect, but it’s a perfect summer blockbuster, one that raises the bar so high that I really only see one other movie matching or surpassing it by fall. Based on the reaction by the geek audience I watched the movie with, I assume that (geek or not) everyone will love this movie.
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04-27-2012

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Now Playing: Another Fantastic Segel/Stoller Collaboration

Now Playing: Another Fantastic Segel/Stoller Collaboration

Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller are maturing and it really shows in their latest flick, ‘The Five-Year Engagement’. Picking up right where the average rom-com would end – after the struggling couple ends up together – their new film shows what happens between the proposal and the wedding, and depicts all of the crap that a couple must wade through before getting to the “happily ever after.”
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Now Playing: The Facts in the Case of J. Cusack

Now Playing: The Facts in the Case of J. Cusack

While Edgar Allan Poe may be a well-known American poet and author, I’ll be the first to admit that a movie about him doesn’t sound all that appealing. But if the screenplay has sensationalized his life, moving him from author to character in one of his own blood-drenched stories, then it might be worth watching. Make it a murder mystery blend of ‘Se7en‘ and ‘Sherlock Holmes‘, add John Cusack and ‘V for Vendetta‘ director James McTeigue, and it’s something worth checking out.
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04-20-2012

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Now Playing: A Nature Doc Worth Going Bananas For

Now Playing: A Nature Doc Worth Going Bananas For

DisneyNature’s releases have been hit-and-miss for me. I couldn’t make the press screening of ‘Earth‘, so imagine how pissed I was when I paid to see it and realized that it was nothing more than an extended episode of the first hour of ‘Planet Earth‘, which I already owned. The following year, I was disappointed by ‘Oceans‘ because it showed cool images but featured a voice-over that revealed nothing about what was on screen. ‘African Cats‘ wasn’t anything special either, but ‘Chimpanzee’ has finally won me over.
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04-13-2012

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Now Playing: Another Farrelly Brothers Dud

Now Playing: Another Farrelly Brothers Dud

From the very first trailer, I didn’t expect ‘The Three Stooges’ to be any good, but I had some hope that it might be anyway. I grew up watching marathons of the classics with my old man on just about every major holiday, so I wanted the ‘Stooges’ movie to be good. From the trailers, the actors playing Larry, Moe and Curly seemed a lot better than I thought they’d be upon first hearing the casting. Unfortunately, little did I know that the story they’d be written into would ruin everything that made the original Stooges films worth watching. Continue Reading

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