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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Reviewed on Jun 24, 2014

I’m starting to get tired of the Wes Anderson formula. Quirky, quick-talking characters struggle with a regimented, constricting establishment (school in Rushmore, family tradition in The Royal Tenenbaums, Boy Scouts in Moonrise Kingdom, a historic hotel in this one) that is just as quirky as the characters. Extra comedy comes…

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The Lego Movie (2014)

Reviewed on Jun 12, 2014

This is fantastic marketing for Lego. We’re shown how cool the toys can be with a little bit of creativity. The end, in particular, is as heavy a sales pitch as there has ever been in a movie. I would like to see where Lego’s revenues go after this. Effects…

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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Reviewed on Jun 3, 2014

Pretty good, but these X-Men movies are starting to get a bit old. In much the same way that the Matrix sequels sucked, all of this franchise’s characters have already been established, all the effects have been done. It feels like there’s nothing new to contribute to the series, making…

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In the Line of Fire (1993)

Reviewed on May 24, 2014

Slow and safe and formulaic. There’s just not much to it. Typical early 90’s movie. Strange pigeon line to end the movie.

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Godzilla (2014)

Reviewed on May 21, 2014

I have been waiting for something to erase Roland Emmerich’s horrendous 1998 movie from my head, and we finally have something good. This is what Emmerich’s movie should have been. This is a good monster movie. Edwards delivers some truly beautiful visuals and shows some skill with pacing and suspense.…

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Metal Tornado (2011)

Reviewed on Apr 23, 2014

Horribly awful. Poor Lou Diamond Phillips. He was once considered a respectable actor.

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Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Reviewed on Apr 13, 2014

Iconic final scene, but rest of the movie is damn boring. The slow and melodic pace, typical of Leone and his westerns, puts you right to sleep. Lots of weird dubbing issues, which makes more sense after learning the entire dialogue track was recorded in post. What language did they…

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Reviewed on Apr 7, 2014

Interesting story, great effects, and a few great action sequences. The Marvel formula works, but it’s starting to get repetitive. All of these superhero movies are starting to run together for me. I’m not even sure what they could do to make them better. Stan was intense, intriguing, and cool,…

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Death Proof (2007)

Reviewed on Apr 6, 2014

A Tarantino film. Campy 70’s stylistic elements, and he pours it on thick here, with dated angles and framing of shots, film and color treatments, old-time fonts and title graphics, and all the hissing and popping and sloppy editing of a vintage film. Add in profanity-laced, fast-talking dialogue, a glorified…

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