Category Archives: In Theaters

The Boxtrolls: Worth Seeing

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Steve

From the people who gave us the interesting Coraline and the disappointing Paranorman, comes an apology for the latter movie. Admittedly, I’ve never seen the former yet I enjoyed Boxtrolls way more because it had greater originality to the execution. The story … Continue reading →

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Life Itself: Worth Seeing

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Steve

Seeing this documentary about Roger Ebert was my personal me-time birthday celebration for 2014. I used to take in a movie back in my twenties but the tradition faded out when I managed to cooler fare as the thirties were … Continue reading →

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Guardians of the Galaxy: Worth Seeing

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Steve

The Marvelverse hits 10 with its winning streak. Will Avengers: Age of Ultron get them to 11? What’s next to get them to 12 in order to take the trophy away from Pixar. Being both Disney “hotels” on the Monopoly board, the Mouse just … Continue reading →

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Worth Seeing

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Steve

I’m wondering if every horrendous Tim Burton reboot will eventually get another attempt and result in a good franchise like Apes. Probably not since all the others had little to go on beyond their original flicks. Anyway, the same team behind the … Continue reading →

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Team America: 10th anniversary show

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Steve

Nothing says “Fourth of July!” like this satirical piece from the petulant duo of Parker and Stone. At least it showed they had more in them than flogging South Park’s telegraphed morals to death. Everyone I told that I went to see … Continue reading →

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Obvious Child: Worth Seeing*

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Steve

* — Some won’t find this movie funny because they’ll be too caught up in what the Right Wing movement tells them to think. I’ll go ahead and address the elephant in the room about Obvious, the main character (Donna) gets pregnant … Continue reading →

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X-Men: Days of Future Past: Worth Seeing*

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Steve

* – This chapter in the X-Men films isn’t terribly concerned whether or not non-comic book movie goers are very knowledgeable of this venerable storyline. There is some exposition but the flick doesn’t concern itself if general audiences get it. I gave up … Continue reading →

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Godzilla: Rental

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Steve

Godzilla hit bottom in 1998 with that abysmal version starring Matthew Broderick and half the cast of The Simpsons. So I figured it could only get better but I had a hard time caring. Then I saw Bryan Cranston and gambled on this … Continue reading →

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Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rental

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Steve

Congratulations to the two hacks (Orci and Kurtzman) who helped JJ Abrams crap all over Star Trek! They managed to make same error faster with the Amazing Spider-Man franchise by recreating the exact same gripe I had with Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films…too many villains/plot … Continue reading →

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Summer of 1983: Wargames

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Steve

Seems Alamo hasn’t had as much luck with repeating the success of The Summer of 1982 since the choices for 1983 have been rather slim and sadly they’re not being screened closer to their release dates. Only the programming people could … Continue reading →

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Must See

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Steve

Marvel has taken the title away from Pixar for the kick-ass movie streak. Let me put in a quick qualifier. Only Marvel characters tied to The Avengers since the rebooted Spider-Man, the very dreadful Fantastic Four and uneven X-Men movies are outside … Continue reading →

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Cheap Thrills: Acquired taste

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Steve

This gruesome comedy-thriller is mostly an updated, modernized version of Hitchcock’s “Man From the South” but has double the protagonists and antagonists. I think it also throws in our contemporary obsession with photographing every damned thing every damned few minutes. … Continue reading →

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The Grand Budapest Hotel: Must See

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Steve

The mention of a Wes Anderson movie tends to make my eyes roll. Admittedly this opinion is based upon outdated information/experience. I saw Rushmore in theaters and the director’s name was put into my mental “do not bother” database. The Royal Tenenbaums … Continue reading →

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Muppets Most Wanted: Must See

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Steve

On the surface, this appears to be a remake of The Great Muppet Caper. With Hollywood being too scared to do anything original, rebooting everything from a successful franchise’s past is the norm. The easiest example is the steaming turd Star Trek … Continue reading →

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman: Rental at Best

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Steve

Compared to how poorly Jay Ward’s previous properties have fared, Peabody is a success over Dudley Do-Right, Boris & Natasha and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. I almost forgot George of the Jungle which was way better than Peabody. Still this Dreamworks dreck is yet another … Continue reading →

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