Movie reviews
158 results total, viewing 61 - 70
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(Riveting, ethereal survival tale)Hushpuppy (Quvenzhane Wallis) is a six-year-old girl who lives in The Bathtub, a Godforsaken piece of land in the Louisiana bayous, within sight of the levee and the …
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8/22/12
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13 views
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Elisabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence star in …
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(Better than most of its genre)
While we are not fans of the horror/thriller genre, "House at the End of the Street" is a cut above most of the horror/thriller movies.
Sure, there are the usual …
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Don Fowler
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9/27/12
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12 views
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(Caper movie)
"Parker" is a better than average caper movie, where you actually find yourself rooting for the bad guy. Jason Statham plays the title character with a vengeance.
His …
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Don Fowler
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2/7/13
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18 views
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(Comic book heroes galore)
The official name of this overdone, yet boring extravaganza is "Marvel's The Avengers,” paying homage to the comic book giant we grew up reading.
Six of those …
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Don Fowler
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5/9/12
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12 views
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(Violent drug war story with no good guys)
There are no good guys (or gals) in this violent Oliver Stone movie about the conflict between California drug growers/dealers and the Mexican drug …
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Don Fowler
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7/12/12
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10 views
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(Well-Drawn Characters/Dumb Story)The cartoonists at Sony Animation have drawn some interesting monster characters that are anything but scary.Too bad the scriptwriters couldn't have helped them out …
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Don Fowler
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10/3/12
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12 views
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(Great dancing/trite story)
@T_Basic:Love of great dancing is enough to make you see this movie, even tough you have to sit through the trite story.
From the opening dance number on the streets …
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Don Fowler
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8/2/12
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10 views
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Carey Mulligan and Leonardo DiCaprio star in "The …
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* * * ½
(The not that great Gatsby)
I studied F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel in college and still have my book with underlined passages and footnotes. Clearly, “The Great …
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Joyce and Don Fowler
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5/15/13
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58 views
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(Sci-fi action fans only)
If you're not a sci-fi action movie fan, you can skip this one. Although you might want to help Hasbro, one of Rhode Island's biggest employers, who has a big stake in …
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Don Fowler
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5/23/12
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10 views
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(Funny spoof of old TV soap opera)
The TV soap opera "Dark Shadows" had a big following back in the ’60s. While we were not fans, we are big fans of Johnny Depp and loved what he did with the …
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Don Fowler
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5/16/12
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10 views
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