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

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 Satisfies Your Craving

In a Nutshell:  “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”.  Swallow Falls has evolved into an island inhabited of living food creatures, triggered by a machine that young scientist Flint Lockwood designed in the first movie.  Flint returns to his … Continued

Captain Phillips receives heroic praise

Movie Title:  Captain Phillips In a Nutshell:  This intense docudrama of the Maersk Alabama hijacking keeps you on the edge of your seat, an especially impressive feat, considering the movie is over two hours long.  I kept imagining myself in … Continued

Gravity takes off at the box office

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Movie Title: Gravity     In a Nutshell: Wow. How did they film that? Gorgeous. Simply stunning. A feast for the eyes. Things I liked: I loved it when Sandra Bullock (SPOILER ALERT) finally gets back into the capsule, strips … Continued

Planes takes a nose dive for Disney

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If Planes was about a bomber, then it would be mission accomplished. The voice talents of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, John Cleese, Brad Garrett, and Priyanka Chopra are the best things about the movie Planes, a Disney release, but NOT … Continued

Grown Ups 2 is a waste of your money and time

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Well, I hate to disappoint you, but Grown Ups 2 isn’t going to win any Oscar’s.  Big surprise, right?  While the first installment of Adam Sandler and his buddies pretending to be responsible parents was a fun, goofy flick, this … Continued

The Wolverine shows summer movie-goers what a fun superhero movie should look like

Don’t you just love Hugh Jackman?  He’s like an action figure that can sing and dance.   The Wolverine is a journey into one of X-Men’s most conflicted and developed characters on screen.  If you love Wolverine, you’re going to love … Continued

Little Tykes will love Turbo

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Turbo is an example of a trailer that didn’t make the movie look as good as it is.  I mean, a movie about a fast garden snail?  Unlike Ryan Reynold’s other movie released this weekend, R.I.P.D., this fun flick is … Continued