Tag: movie
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Movie Review – Black Adam
*sigh* How can DC/Warner Brothers can find a bunch of attractive, talented, charismatic people, and make a movie that is so aggressively mediocre? Black Adam is a HUGE missed opportunity, one that Warner keeps making over and over again. Thousands of years ago, the kingdom of Kahndaq (a stand-in for Egypt) was ruled by an…
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Marvel’s Black Widow Problem
We watched Black Widow a little while ago, and it was fine! Solid action, and the new characters were great. Especially Yelena. There’s just one problem with the movie – there’s no reason for it to exist in the MCU, except for setting up other shit. The character of Black Widow is currently dead (and…
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Movie Review – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The first Jurassic Park is a classic. Plenty of tension, action, humor. When we have fond memories of this franchise, that’s the movie we’re all thinking of. As you move forward, they decline rapidly in quality. Most of the good feelings you have for The Lost World and Jurassic Park 3 are due to Jeff Goldblum…
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Movie Review – Kubo and the Two Strings
We saw Kubo and the Two Strings a while ago, but I’m just gathering my thoughts on it now. Â It’s quite possibly my favorite Laika movie, and that’s saying something as Coraline gets a ton of play, especially this time of year. Â Kubo deals with complex feelings with mind-numbingly gorgeous visuals. Â It’s the sort of…
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Movie Review – Storks
We saw Storks at a preview screening, and it had some really cute parts and fun actiony bits. Â However, I think they just had no idea how to start the movie to get to those bits and just decided to use the “I’m giving you the company as long as you don’t screw up this…
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Movie Review – Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Full disclosure: Â if I saw the original movie as a kid, I don’t remember it. Â This version of Pete’s Dragon starts out in the most Disney manner ever, with Pete (Oakes Fegley) losing his parents but being rescued by Elliott. Â Pete lives in the forest for several years with Elliott, until he’s found by Grace…
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Movie Review – Star Trek Beyond
I’ve got a bit of a love/hate relationship with the “Kelvin-verse” Star Trek movies. Â I really like the cast, and have come to grips with the fact that, since it’s not a TV show, the movies need to shade a bit more to the action side of things than the more cerebral Trek episodes. Â Still,…
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Movie Review – Ghostbusters (2016)
I’m happy to report that I have seen the new Ghostbusters movie and did not, in fact, experience the death of my childhood.  We all enjoyed it quite a bit.  Sure, there’s a few bits that don’t land but that’s true of the original Ghostbusters if you can manage to view it without the rose-tinted glasses…
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Inside Out and When Marnie Was There
I’m late posting this, but I saw both Inside Out and When Marnie Was There with the kids, and boy was THAT an emotional wringer. Â But in the best way. Seeing them both that close together makes for an interesting comparison – both movies focus on a girl dealing with the emotions of adolescence. Riley…
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Movie Review – Tomorrowland
We saw Tomorrowland, and quite enjoyed it. Â It felt to me like a throwback to the 80s kid adventure movies, with a modern budget. Â It isn’t perfect, but the visuals and the solid kid actors make it worthwhile. The story centers around two people – Frank Walker, seen both as a 12 year old inventor…
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Movie Review – The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
I FINALLY got to see a show at the North Park, and I was thrilled that it was this one, Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.  Isao Takahata’s latest is a beautiful and heart-rending re-telling of the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.  One day, a bamboo cutter sees a glowing stalk of bamboo in…
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Movie Review – Big Hero 6
Took the kids to see this at an advanced screening, and had a blast. Â It is technically a Marvel movie, though the book is not exactly well-known. Â Consider this in the vein of How to Train Your Dragon, in that a lot of the same parts are there, but plenty was changed to work better…