Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a superhero movie MARVEL

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Movie Title:   Captain America: The Winter Soldier [HD] Grade:   A- In a Nutshell:    A great marvel!  This mile-a-minute action flick is the second installment in the Captain America franchise and a terrific stand-alone story that is compelling and complex. … Continued

Ender’s Game now out on DVD for fun family movie night

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Movie Title:  Ender’s Game PG-13, 1 hour 53 minutes Grade: A- In a Nutshell:  This sci-fi tween thriller deserved to be made into a film, as the book has been popular with kids since 1985.  Congrats to Orson Scott Card … Continued

Non-stop is non-stop, goofy fun for Liam Neeson fans

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Movie Title:   Non-Stop PG-13, 1 hour 50 minutes Grade:   B In a Nutshell:   First of all, that’s a great title for an action movie on an airplane flight.  Second, who doesn’t love Liam Neeson?  They even featured his butt-kicking awesomeness … Continued

Pompeii serves up ash and cheese for disaster lovers

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Movie Title:   Pompeii PG-13, 1 hour 38 minutes Grade:   B In a Nutshell:   This disaster movie is getting terrible reviews, but I still got a kick out of the swords-and-sandal attempt at filling in the details of how things went … Continued

3 Days to Kill movie review

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Movie Title:   3 Days to Kill PG-13, 1 hour 40 minutes Grade:   B In a Nutshell:   I’ve seen this movie a million times.  Of course, I haven’t seen this actual movie before, but it sure felt like it.  It’s pretty … Continued

Hunger Games: Catching Fire now out on DVD!

If you’re a Hunger Games fan, then you’ve probably already seen this, but if you haven’t, it’s now in stores on DVD for rental or purchase! Movie Title:  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Grade: A In a Nutshell:  This movie … Continued

Kevin Sorbo and Disney do Hercules better

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Movie Title:  The Legend of Hercules Grade: C In a Nutshell:  I used to get a kick out of the old Kevin Sorbo TV show Hercules: The Legendary Journey.  Well, this is nothing like that.  You know that awesome Disney … Continued

Does the new version of the 47 Ronin add or detract from the legend?

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Movie Title:  47 Ronin Grade: B In a Nutshell:  It’s as if this long movie couldn’t decide which one it wanted to be: epic war history or CGI action fantasy.  I love Keanu Reeves and wanted this movie to be … Continued

Better as a drive-thru than a Ride Along

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Movie Title:  Ride Along PG-13, 1 hour 40 minutes Grade: C In a Nutshell:  Ride Along should really just be a drive-thru, maybe later, after it’s out on DVD or in the dollar bin at Wal-Mart.  One F-bomb short of … Continued

Thor gets hammered by movie critics

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Movie Title:  Thor: The Dark World   In a Nutshell:  More Thor.  More Chris Hemsworth. More muscles and awesome abs. More beautiful Natalie Portman.  Thor has to save Earth and the Nine Realms from another evil enemy who looks like … Continued