The Shallows features a lively Blake, shark, and seagul

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Movie Title:      The Shallows Grade:   B Rating:   PG-13, 87 minutes In a Nutshell:  This ain’t no Sharknado.  In fact, this shark is extremely realistic looking, gigantic, and scary.     But who’s looking at the shark when you can watch gorgeous … Continued

Central Intelligence showcases funny chemistry and potty mouths

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Movie Title:   Central Intelligence    Grade:   B Rating:   PG-13, 1 hour 54 minutes In a Nutshell:    “Saving the world takes a little Hart and a big Johnson…”  The movie tag line is as racy as a lot of the other … Continued

Now You See Me is mostly smoke and mirrors

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Movie Title:     Now You See Me 2    Grade:   B Rating:     PG-13, 115 minutes In a Nutshell:    I loved the first movie, but this sequel just felt more like smoke and mirrors.    Uplifting theme:   “Seeing is believing, … Continued

Great fathers in movies

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Happy Father’s Day! I found a great article about fathers in movies I wanted to share in honor of Father’s Day today! Dads are sometimes manhandled in movies — depicted as absent, neglectful, or comically inept. They can be relegated … Continued

Finding Dory has the “Awwww” factor

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Movie Title:        Finding Dory    Grade:   A   Rating:     PG, 100 minutes   In a Nutshell:   The feels!  The first line of the movie that you hear comes out of the sweet little mouth of Dory when she was a … Continued

Warcraft movie is job security for my son

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Movie Title:      Warcraft Grade:  B- (I can’t bring myself to give it a C) Rating:   PG-13, 1 hour 40 minutes In a Nutshell:  Big Disclaimer….my son is actually one of the computer animation artists for Blizzard (I know, super cool, … Continued

Me Before You is predictable, but will still make you cry

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Movie Title:       Me Before You    Grade:   B Rating:   PG-13, 1 hour 50 minutes In a Nutshell:    Adapted by Jojo Moyes from her popular 2012 novel of the same name, this predictable RomCom (romantic comedy) will still make you cry. … Continued

Mother’s Day movie filled with cliches and estrogen

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Movie Title:      Mother’s Day    Grade:   C Rating:   PG-13, 1 hour 58 minutes In a Nutshell:    Full of sappy clichés, but if you have estrogen, you might still cry. The movie showcases all kinds of mothers.     Mother’s Day can … Continued