“Often it’s is the third film in a franchise that sends it spiraling downward, but I came out of the movie much more interested in what is to come than I was when I walked into the theater.”
Category: Movie Reviews
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: The Infiltrator plows familiar ground, but Cranston excels in low-key performance
Cranston’s understated performance is as Oscar-worthy as any leading male performance I’ve seen so far this year.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: OK effort with Legend of Tarzan still leaves fans hanging from a vine
The film has its weak points. The pacing could be an issue for the impatient during the first quarter of the film, but it ultimately delivers on the action in the last half. Overall, it’s a solid summertime, popcorn movie.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Independence Day sequel negotiates familiar territory
Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day: Resurgence is exactly what you would expect it to be. If you enjoyed the 1996 original, then chances are you might like the sequel.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: The Shallows offers solid B-movie thrills, but Dory may be the catch of the summer
If you’ve seen Jaws, I’m not sure there is any true reason to watch another shark-attack movie, other than for more realistic special effects, but The Shallows is a much better movie than most of the other options available.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Johnson, Hart score predictable laughs in Central Intelligence
When I went to the theater Thursday night, I had every intention of seeing Pixar’s latest Finding Dory, but something happened on the way from the car to the box office.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Cast makes Now You See Me 2 a passable diversion
The magic gimmick made the original film somewhat fresh, but it’s not nearly as clever the second time around.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Alice sequel lacks charm of the original, Nice Guys offers retro riff on buddy movie formula
The film features much of the cast from Burton’s original, but I’m afraid the difference in the chef allows the ingredients to go to waste in this effort that comes off as bland despite the stunning visuals.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: X-Men Apocalypse suffers under the weight of its super-hero competition
X-Men Apocalypse isn’t a bad movie, but it does seem tired and weary of the super-hero game, possibly like its director does.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Sing Street a familiar story told charmingly well
Sing Street is a little movie with a big ol’ romantic heart whose charms are difficult to resist. It’s easily the best date-night movie currently in theaters.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Passionless ‘Money Monster’ meanders to a predictable end
Money Monster is a workman-like effort by director Jodie Foster and her stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts in a thriller that strives for more resonance than its nuts-and-bolts construction can provide.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Captain America: Civil War divides Avengers but is sure to please super-hero fans
Captain America: Civil War, Mother’s Day, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, and more are new in theaters this weekend.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Elvis & Nixon a fun little movie with big-time performances
The film is absurd in the best possible way, offering a fictional account of the clandestine 1970 meeting between the eccentric King of Rock and Roll and the paranoid leader of the free world.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Blockbusters, TV dramas trap Criminal between a rock and a hard place
There are strong performances throughout the film, and enough action to please, but it can’t match the spectacle of tent-pole films or the depth of character development of the best TV dramas.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: The Jungle Book is a classic tale told exceedingly well in Disney remake
Walt Disney Pictures In recent years, Walt Disney Pictures has scored big at the box office with live-action versions of its animated classics, and it’s about to do it again with The Jungle Book. Like others I questioned why even try to remake a certified classic like Disney’s 1967 animated adaption of Rudyard Kipling’s short