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Thor: The Dark World – Review

Hey, it’s time for our 2nd Marvel Movie of the year. Thor:The Dark World is now in theaters. It’s the follow up to “Thor”, and last year’s “The Avengers”. Long ago, when the 9 Realms came into alignment, the Dark Elves were going to use Aether to completely destroy the other Realms. Malekith was the […]

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Ender’s Game – Review

In the year 2154, it’s the aftermath of an alien invasion. Fifty years ago, aliens attacked Earth. Fortunately, one brave pilot, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) was able to find a way to take all the alien spacecraft down. He instantly became a hero and the military knew it needed to be better prepared for a […]

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Captain Phillips – Review

Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks is the true story of Captain Richard Phillips. Phillips is the captain of a massive cargo ship. He does everything by the book. A few times during the movie, he’s seen telling people, “I think you’re coffee break is over”. Him and his crew have to ship a large shipment […]

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Gravity – Review

Dr. Stone (Sandra Bullock), a medical engineer is on her spacewalk to work on some project. An experienced astronaut, Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) is up there to help her and basically lead the mission. He’s more excited about getting a record of the most hours out in space. Suddenly, a distress call from mission control […]

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Riddick – Review

This is the third movie featuring Vin Diesel as Riddick. The first two were Pitch Black (2000) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004). This time, Riddick is brought to a planet that he was told was his home planet. Unfortunately, he soon finds out that it’s not home, and he is left there for dead. […]

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Elysium – Review

It’s the year, 2154. The earth has become over-populated, full of disease and pollution. The wealthy people didn’t want to change their way of life, so Elysium was built. Elysium is a huge space station with it’s own environment, lakes, trees, etc. They live in huge mansions with Med Beds that will cure any disease, […]

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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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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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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 […]