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2013 Movie Reviews

‘Hangover III’ is another unnecessary addition to round out this trilogy

HangoverIIIpicIn baseball, going one for three is pretty solid. When making a trilogy, however, it usually means you’ve failed. While saying Todd Phillips failed with his “Hangover” trilogy, might be a little harsh, it’s quite obvious that the only reason it is a trilogy is because Warner Bros. saw HUGE $$$$$$$ SIGNS after the surprising success of the first film.

Unfortunately, everyone seemed a litte out of touch from what actually made the first movie so great. The second flick tried to recapture that magic in a bottle by duplicating plot points and jokes but “Hangover III” actually tried to change up that formula and somehow made a less interesting movie.

Yeah, there are a few good jokes but it fails to elicit those shocking laughs that the first one was full of.

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2013 Movie Reviews

‘The Iceman’ gets a cold-blooded performance from Michael Shannon

Richard Kuklinski icemanI love real life character dramas as much as the next guy but they don’t always work. Thankfully, this isn’t the case with “The Iceman”, starring Michael Shannon as real life mob assassin Richard Kuklinski.

The movie is a chilling portrait about a guy who admittedly didn’t give a one damn about the men he killed. The only thing he cared about was his family. By day, this dude was a loving family man but when they weren’t around he was about as cold-blooded as they come.

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2013 Movie Reviews

Baz Luhrmann puts a little A.D.D. into ‘The Great Gatsby’

The great Gatsby / Der grosse GatsbyWho is Jay Gatsby? Everyone is just dying to find out. The mysterious billionaire throws wild and lavish parties, which are attended by nearly every walk of life. But, despite housing hundreds of guests every weekend, no one knows who he is. Some say he is a war hero, others say he’s a spy. Some even say he’s killed a man. The only thing anyone knows for sure is that he throws one heck of a party.

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