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Month: September 2015

  • Fantastic Four (***) – Time spent in the negative zone

    Fantastic Four (***) – Time spent in the negative zone

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    Fantastic Four – 2015 Director Josh Trank Writers Trank and Simon Kinberg Starring Kate Mara, Miles Teller, Simon Kinberg, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey, Tim Blake Nelson The politics of Hollywood perspective mean that often times below average movies are given a free pass for not being better (see Transformers series) and…

  • Insidious: Chapter 3 (***) – Come on, you gotta try at least a little

    Insidious: Chapter 3 (***) – Come on, you gotta try at least a little

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    Insidious: Chapter 3 – 2015 Writer and Director Leigh Whannell Starring Lin Shaye, Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson, Whannell, Hayley Kiyoko, Tate Berney, Michael Reid MacKay, Tom Gallup  So I love ghost stories. I just do. And as many times as I have seen films that just don’t do it, I keep going back. Insidious…

  • The Age of Adaline (***) Does the job on a Sunday afternoon

    The Age of Adaline (***) Does the job on a Sunday afternoon

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    The Age of Adaline – 2015 Director Lee Toland Krieger Screenplay J. Mills Goodloe, Salvador Paskowitz Starring Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn In the grand scheme of things, I will not remember this movie in 5 years. It’s not because it’s a bad film, though. Romantic films aren’t my thing, really. It may last longer in my…

  • Forgotten Gem: Mi Familia (*****) is where my heart stays

    Forgotten Gem: Mi Familia (*****) is where my heart stays

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    My Family / Mi Familia – 1995 Director Gregory Nava Screenplay Nava and Anna Thomas Starring Esai Morales, Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, Constance Marie, Elpidia Carrillo, Enrique Castillo, Scott Bakula, Jenny Gago, Jennifer Lopez, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Jacob Vargas, León Singer The depth of feeling and wisdom inherent in Gregory Nava’s generation-spanning masterpiece Mi Familia is vast. It’s…

  • Why I no longer shop @BestBuy

    Why I no longer shop @BestBuy

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    Today, September 5, 2015 is the last day, according to the rules on the above card, that I am “guaranteed” to pick up my pre-ordered Steelbook copy of Mad Max: Fury Road. Right there on the back of the card it says: “Mad Max: Fury Road Blu-Ray Steelbook will only be guaranteed through 9/5/15.” So…

  • Straight Outta Compton (****) is almost brutally honest

    Straight Outta Compton (****) is almost brutally honest

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    Straight Outta Compton – 2015 Director F. Gary Gray Screenplay by Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff Starring O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti, Neil Brown, Jr., Aldis Hodge, R. Marcus Taylor, Keith Stanfield Straight Outta Compton is a story I needed to see. I knew nothing about most rap in the 90’s, even though my music collection was vast. The…