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Home is one of my favorite children’s movies produced this year. Home was produced by DreamWorks Animation using 3D computer animation software. The basis of the movie is that an alien race known as boov launch a friendly invasion of earth and relocates all of the humans from their homes, but Tip and her pet ..
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Disney’s new live action version of Cinderella certainly does not disappoint. Tackling a story that almost everyone and their mother knows, while somehow making it fresh and a joy to watch is not an easy task and Disney does just that. Lily James does a remarkable job as Cinderella(still not sure how she got that ..
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Based on the comic book series and brought to you by Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick-Ass and X-men: First Class, Kingsmen: The Secret Service is an exhilarating tale of tailor-spies trying to rid the world of an evil billionaire villain. The secret intelligence agency, The Kingsmen, are unaffiliated with any real government agencies. Agent Galahad ..
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This is not your ordinary Disney. In fact, the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods delves into the dark underside of the Grimm Fairytales and does so quite well. Into the Woods consolidates several well known fairy tales into one main storyline-The fight for survival. It all starts out with the Baker(James Corden) and his ..
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Nightcrawler is one of my favorite movies of the year. In one of the craftiest and entertaining thrillers, Jake Gyllenhaal gives an Oscar worthy performance as the “do anything to get a steady job” Lou Bloom. In fact, we can clearly see Bloom develop from a simple guy looking for work to an evil conniving, ..
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Oscar winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces Unbroken, a drama about Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survive in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII—only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. This movie ..
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David Ayer’s vivid and graphic World War II movie was a thorough joy to watch. The story follows Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” Collier and his crew along their adventures on their tank named “Fury.” The cast is solid highlighted by Pitt and Shia LaBeouf who portrays Boyd “Bible” Swan.(The moral compass of the group.) Another standout ..
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Almost 20 years after Dumb and Dumber initially shocked and entertained us…reaching cult-like status among some people, out comes the anticipated Dumb and Dumber To sequel. I have to admit that I really did not have any preconceived thoughts of this being remotely good or funny coming in. Well it definitely wasn’t good, but it ..
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Big Hero 6 is Disney’s first real foray into the Marvel Universe and it comes off triumphantly. Parents, beware that all your kids will want for Christmas is toys and stuffed animals of the huggable and lovable robot Baymax who stars and steals the show here. The story is about boy genius Hiro Hamada, who ..
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Laggies is a straightforward, no frills story about 28 year old Megan(Keira Knightley) who pretty much goes through an early mid-life crisis. She has an advanced degree, but still works a dead end job and she “lags” behind all of her friends as they proceed with their lives. Megan goes full on rogue when her ..