Pete’s Dragon is simply sweet

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Movie Title: Pete’s Dragon Grade:  B Rating:  PG, 90 minutes In a Nutshell:   Disney is on a live-action roll!  This is a charming family movie for all ages.  In fact, it’s the adults who will probably get the most out of … Continued

Ice Age: Collision Course crashes

Movie Title:  Ice Age: Collision Course    Grade:   D+ Rating:  PG, 100 minutes In a Nutshell:  Although this film is only the fifth in the series, it somehow feels like so much more.  It also feels like a money grab … Continued

Ghostbusters isn’t as good or bad as you thought it would be

Movie Title:        Ghostbusters    Grade:  B Rating:  PG-13, 105 minutes In a Nutshell:  Some of the funny women of Saturday Night Live, including 4 time guest host of SNL Melissa McCarthy, star in this reboot of the 1984 smash hit.   … 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

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

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

Angry Birds movie has surprisingly good animation

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Movie Title:      Angry Birds    Grade:   C+ Rating:   PG, 1 hour 35 minutes In a Nutshell:   First of all, Angry Birds is a movie that should have come out about 6 years ago, when the Finnish company, Rovio Entertainment, released … Continued