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Category: Movie Reviews

  • “Wreck It Ralph” Movie Review

    “Wreck It Ralph” Movie Review

    (Fun) – – For 30 years, Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) played the bad guy.  Problem is, bad guys do not get a nice shiny medal or the adulation that the good guys get. Ralph decides he wants to be a good guy. After the arcade closes, Ralph heads off to other arcade games…

  • “Skyfall” Movie Review

    “Skyfall” Movie Review

    (SPECTACULAR) — – 007 done right. Extraordinary. Daniel Craig (007), Javier Barden (creepy, gay, evil, high tech, ex-MI6 agent), and Judi Dench (M) are STUPENDOUS. Need I say more??? Bond…..James Bond. Go to IMDb for more information.  We watched this at the Tracy, CA CineMark where our poster is STILL UP! – Drive Safe!  Never…

  • “The Magic of Belle Isle” Movie Review

    (Wonderful) – – Monte Wildhorn (Morgan Freeman) is a famous author who has lost his desire to write after losing his wife to cancer 6 years ago.  He travels to Belle Isle to spend the summer. Armed with enough alcohol to choke an elephant, he spends his days taking care of the house’s owners yellow…

  • “Hotel Transylvania” Movie Review

    “Hotel Transylvania” Movie Review

    (Monstrously fun) – – After the death of his wife in a fire (started by humans) Dracula (Adam Sandler) opens the Hotel Transylvania to keep the evil humans away and keep his young 118 year old daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez), safe. Throwing a party for Mavis’s 118th birthday the monsters gather at the hotel for the…

  • “Here Comes The Boom” Movie Review

    “Here Comes The Boom” Movie Review

    (Funny, Inspirational) — — You may already know that Kevin James  is one of our favorite actors.  In “Here Comes The Boom” he plays Scott Voss a burnt out biology teacher who lets the kids do what they want in class while he comes in late and chases after Salma Hayek (the school nurse, Bella…

  • “Trouble with the Curve” Movie Review

    Clint Eastwood (as Gus) is an aging baseball scout nearing the end of a spectacular career.   His eyesight is giving him trouble, and his bosses in the Atlanta Braves organization are starting to think his old fashioned ways (no computers) and age are about to render him obsolete. Given the chance to scout a…

  • “The Words” Movie Review

    “The Words” Movie Review

    – – Reading the critic’s reviews, I wonder what movie they were watching, or, where their brains were during the movie.  I kind of suspect that if one “famous” critic gives a bad review, then the unthinking masses follow suit afraid to not rock the boat. Well….I am rocking the boat. “The Words” is an…

  • “Premium Rush” Movie Review

    “Premium Rush” Movie Review

    (Maximum fun) – – Fast, innovative, fun. I heard this was due to be released straight to “DVD” but with Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s successful role in Batman the movie moguls decided to see how this would do in theaters. “Premium Rush” won’t break any attendance records, but, it sure was a fun two hours in the…

  • “The Bourne Legacy” Movie Review

    “The Bourne Legacy” Movie Review

    (Robert Ludlum would be proud) Where the book, written by Eric Van Lustbader, sucked (see my book review), the movie of the same name got it right.  “The Bourne Legacy” movie is a true book-like thriller with all the twists and turns Robert Ludlum was famous for. Bravo! Jason Bourne is somewhere, but, no one…