Girls Trip gets an F for extremely foul

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Movie Title:   Girls Trip Grade:  F for FOUL Rating: R, 122 minutes In a Nutshell:  I guess I just don’t get this movie.  In fact, I hated it. Audiences are loving it, but I thought it was one of the … Continued

Dunkirk immerses you in war from the first scene to the last

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  Movie Title:  Dunkirk Grade:  A- Rating:   PG-13, 107 minutes In a Nutshell:  I write marketing reports for movie theaters and have felt terrible for Dunkirk the past few months, because their trailers almost always elicited ZERO response from the … Continued

Wish Upon makes you wish it were a better movie

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Movie Title:  Wish UPON Grade:  D Rating: PG-13, 89 minutes In a Nutshell:   Wish Upon makes you wish it were better.  Cliched and not very good, this horror movie would be fun to watch at a sleepover with a … Continued

Love, Kennedy requires a box of tissues when viewing

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  Movie Title:  Love, Kennedy Grade:  B Rating: PG, 92 minutes In a Nutshell:  Based on a true story, this movie requires a box of tissues when watching.  The touching film will break your heart and fill it with love … Continued

War for Planet of the Apes impresses audiences with the closing film in an epic trilogy

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Movie Title:  War for the Planet of the Apes Grade:  A- Rating:  PG-13, 140 minutes In a Nutshell:  This is a war movie with all of the violence, explosions, strategy, suffering, beatings, prison camp, and human drama that the best … Continued

47 Meters Down describes the fan score of this shark thriller

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Movie Title:   47 Meters Down   Grade: C Rating:   PG-13, 89 minutes In a Nutshell:  47 Meters Down describes the fan score of this shark thriller.  It’s pretty hard to beat Jaws.  While this movie’s sharp-toothed villains put on an impressive … Continued

The Circle disappoints, but asks compelling questions

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Movie Title:   The Circle [Bluray + DVD] [Blu-ray] Grade:  C Rating:   PG-13 In a Nutshell: Everyone loves Tom Hanks, right?  And who doesn’t adore Hermione, also known as Emma Watson?  Surely, the loveable Patton Oswalt could make fans smile. It … Continued

The House is a piece of garbage

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Movie Title:   The House Grade:  F because it has 3.8 million F-bombs in it (and it’s a terrible movie) Rating: R In a Nutshell:   Why are so many trashy movies coming out in theaters that glorify extremely bad behavior? … Continued

Despicable Me 3 is double the fun when Gru meets his twin brother Dru

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Movie Title:  Despicable Me 3 Grade:  B Rating: PG, 90 minutes In a Nutshell:  This is the 3rd installment in the Despicable Me franchise (4th if you count Minions).  It’s not as good as the first two, but it’s still silly fun … Continued

Spiderman Homecoming offers a fresh twist on a Marvel fan favorite

Movie Title:  Spider-Man: Homecoming Grade: A- Rating: PG-13, In a Nutshell:  Another Spider-Man?  Really?  I rolled my eyes when I saw that yet one more Spider-Man origin movie was being made…6 movies in 15 years with 3 different lead actors. … Continued