Monthly Archives: May 2014 »
A Million Ways to Die in the West vs Maleficent
A week after X-Men: Days of Future Past, otherwise known as the summer movie to beat, we have a western-comedy going against a big studio fairy tale. Seth McFarlane makes his lead role debut
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5 Comic Book Movies That Almost Were
In what may be non-news to normal functioning adults, Marvel Studios and director Edgar Wright have decided to go their separate ways. Wright had been attached to direct the phase 3 Marvel movie, Ant-Man,
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X-Men: Days of Future Past review
Imagine, if you will, that you moved into a new neighborhood. You quickly proved yourself as a great addition to the neighborhood and were seen as very respectful. Your new neighbors welcomed you with
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The 5 Most Dangerous Fictional Schools
Vampire Academy is out on DVD/Blu-ray today. It is just one more adaptation of the current young adult purge going on in Hollywood. It’s safe to say that Vampire Academy won’t be the next
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Godzilla review
Let me take you back to a simpler time. The year was 1998. Just 16 years ago, almost to this very day. Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler united in a romantic comedy, Johnny Depp
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5 Unhealthy Virtual Relationships in Movies
Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix and the husky voice of Scarlett Johansson, is out on DVD/Blu-ray today. In my original review, I described Her as a glum romance. Phoenix has the heavy task of carrying
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Neighbors review
In between two major blockbusters, Amazing Spider-Man last week and Godzilla next week, we have the gross-out comedy “Neighbors” starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron and directed by Nick Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Five
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5 Movie Stars Who Need A Career Reinvention on TV
I’ve often argued that TV series are becoming better than movies. The writing, production value and talent on TV has grown in quality in the past 10 years. More increasingly, current and former movie
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review
When Sony announced its Spider-Man reboot, fans were wary but were also looking for some character redemption after Spider-Man 3. Instead of Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield donned the spider tights. This movie series focused
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