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We’re The Millers – Review

We’re the Millers is the latest summer comedy in theaters now. It stars Jason Sudeikis as David Clark. He’s a small time pot dealer. He makes good money just selling small amounts of marijuana to people around the neighborhood. Unfortunately, his dimwitted teenage neighbor, Kenny, decides to help a runaway in trouble with some thugs. […]

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2 Guns – Review

Bobby and Stig seem to be partners in crime. When we first meet them, they’re checking out a bank, that a drug lord deposits 3 million into every week. They plan to rob the bank. But, unfortunately, there’s a diner across the street that cops frequent because of their donuts. So, they decide to set […]

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The To Do List – Review

“The To Do List” is a teen sex comedy about a girl trying to lose her virginity before she goes away to college. The movie is set in the summer of 1993 and opens with the song, “Me So Horny” by 2 Live Crew to set the tone. Aubrey Plaza plays Brandy Klark, the senior […]

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The Wolverine – Review

Good story, a lot of action, Logan the Wolverine ( Hugh Jackman) is in the Yukon lamenting about his lost love Jean Grey, reflects the time he saved a Japanese Army Soldier during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki during World War II. Logan being immortal is able to live in different periods of history. Back […]

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Red 2 – Review

Trying to live a more “normal” life, Frank and Sarah start acting like more middle class Americans. We join them at Costco eating large bags of snacks & enjoying the huge bulk items. Marvin finds Frank, and tells him he feels there’s something going down. He has no proof or anything. But, out in the […]

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Pacific Rim – Review

Here’s my take on how this movie got made: Somewhere in an office in Hollywood: Writer #1: We need a summer blockbuster, but can’t get the rights for Voltron, Godzilla, or Transformers. Writer #2: Well, we don’t exactly need licensing for those products. We can just rip out the parts that we like. And change […]

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The Lone Ranger – Review

So, Hollywood is known for recycling old franchises and putting them out as big budget movies. Today, they bring new life to “The Lone Ranger”. The only previous knowledge I had of the Lone Ranger was from the black & white tv show, that was playing in re-runs in the 80s when I was a […]

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World War Z – Review

If you’ve seen the trailers for this movie, then you’ve seen about the first 5-10 minutes. Basically Gerry, his wife and kids are stuck in traffic on their way to work / school, when something strange happens. Cops on motorcycles start zooming by his car. Then a huge explosion happens about a half mile behind […]

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Monsters University – Review

Mike & Sulley are back, well sort of. We’re going back to their past on how they met in Monsters University. A young Mike Wazowski visits the Monsters Inc Factory on a class field trip. If you don’t know, in Monstropolis, they generate power by collecting screams from children. The way they do that is […]

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Man of Steel – Review

Last time we’ve seen Superman in the movie theater was in 2006 with Superman Returns. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the best rendition of Superman. In fact, I still think that the first 2 Superman movies with Christopher Reeve are some of the best Superman movies. In fact, Superman II has been on my list of favorites […]