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Considering the talent, ‘The Watch’ is hard to watch– movie review (2012)

Wow. Remember when Ben Stiller used to be funny? Don’t think too long and hard, you might hurt yourself. At one time though, Stiller was a pretty funny dude. C’mon– admit it– “Zoolander”, as goofy as it is…is pretty hilarious. The same goes for Vince Vaughn. He’s another guy that was usually pretty solid even in bad movies. Lately, though, both of these guys seem to be going through the motions…and they aren’t even funny motions. Continue reading Considering the talent, ‘The Watch’ is hard to watch– movie review (2012)

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ brings Nolan’s trilogy to an epic ending — movie review

Christopher Nolan certainly had his work cut out for him following the unbelievable box office and critical success of “The Dark Knight” in 2008. He is also working with the pressure that three-quels– especially in the super hero genre– hardly ever work. Incredibly with “The Dark Knight Rises”, he is able to deliver a fitting, even if bloated, final act to his “Dark Knight trilogy” that is sure to set one hell of a bar for the remainder of the DC Comics family to try and live up to. Continue reading ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ brings Nolan’s trilogy to an epic ending — movie review

‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ (2012) movie review

What would you do if you could go back in time and change one thing about your life? Would you go back far enough to change an entire timeline and cause a dramatic shakeup in your fate or would you go back and tweak one little thing that may nor may not cause any dramatic changes in your life or the lives around you? In “Safety Not Guaranteed”, the question of whether or not we control our fate and how much we dwell in the past is the driving question of the movie.

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