The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie review by Movie Review Mom

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Movie:   Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – O.S.T.   RATING: PG LENGTH:  2 hour 2 minutes Grade:  B+   In a Nutshell:  The cast is charming and fantastic: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Dv Patel … Continued

The new Cinderella is quite charming

Movie:  Cinderella   Rating: PG Length:  1 hour 45 minutes   Grade:  A   In a Nutshell:  In an era of movie remakes, this version of Cinderella by Director Kenneth Branagh is very simple, elegant, pure, and even old-fashioned, staying … Continued

The DUFF makes you glad you’re not a teen anymore

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  Movie:  The DUFF   PG-13, 1 hour 41 minutes Grade: B   In a Nutshell:  Teenagers have always lived in the world of bullying and underdog struggles for greatness, but this movie takes a modern tech, funny look at … Continued

SpongeBob brings nautical nonsense to the big screen

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Movie: The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water   PG, 1 hour 40 minutes   Grade:  A   In a Nutshell:  If you love SpongeBob SquarePants, then you’ll get a kick out of this colorful movie adventure by United Plankton … Continued

The Last Five Years stage musical comes to the big screen

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Movie:  The Last Five Years   PG-13, 1 hour, 34 minutes   Grade: A- In a Nutshell:  Mix these 3 things together for a tasty film: passion, pain, Anna Kendrick.   Based on the popular off-Broadway stage musical (by Jason Robert … Continued

Project Almanac features “found footage” of time travel

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Movie:  Project Almanac   PG-13, 2 hours Grade: C   In a Nutshell:   The movie uses “found footage” as its film style, which can be slightly annoying.   The camera work is so shaky that it’s more irritating than clever.  Its … Continued

Jupiter Ascending is visually impressive with a messy script

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Movie: Jupiter Ascending   PG-13, 2 hours 5 minutes Grade: A- for visually amazing               C- for story and dialogue In a Nutshell:  Wow.  Talk about sensory overload.  The special effects are amaze balls. I went with some friends to … Continued