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Category: Movie Reviews

  • “Spy” Movie Review

    “Spy” Movie Review

    (Spy Movie Spoof) – – Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is a CIA agent remotely monitoring surveillance information from the vermin infested basement at CIA headquarters for the 007-like agent in the field, Bradley Fine (Jude Law). On a mission in Bulgaria, Bradley confronts a terrorist who is supposedly the only person alive who knows where…

  • “Before We Go” Movie Review

    “Before We Go” Movie Review

    (Snooze Worthy Relationship Angst) – – Nick Vaughn (Chris Evans) is hanging out in Grand Central Station playing his trumpet. He is avoiding going to a party where his ex-girlfriend is. As Grand Central is closing (it closes? that must be new) a woman runs by Nick and drops (and breaks) her cell phone. Brooke Dalton…

  • “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” Movie Review

    “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” Movie Review

    (A New Beginning) – – Superman / Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) brought death and destruction to Metropolis in the last movie (see my review). Not that it was his fault….Earth was attacked by aliens from his lost world of Krypton and Superman was just doing his best to save us. Batman / Bruce Wayne (Ben…

  • “Spectre” Movie Review

    “Spectre” Movie Review

    (Bond, James Bond) – – Bond (Daniel Craig) goes rogue. A video message from the late M (Judi Dench) sends Bond on a quest to find a bad guy, kill him, then attend his funeral. In Mexico City, Bond finds this person then kills him (after some exciting stunts). Unfortunately, he caused so much havoc…

  • “The Girl in the Book” Movie Review

    “The Girl in the Book” Movie Review

    (Old Guy, Teenage Girl) – – Alice Harvey (Emily VanCamp) is an editor at a New York book publisher. Her boss wants her to prepare for the e-book version of an old book. Since Alice’s father handled the release of this book 15 years ago, her boss thought it would be natural for her to…

  • “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” Movie Review

    “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” Movie Review

    – – With the death of their previous leader, the factions are disbanded and terror rules. Tris (Shailene Woodley), Four (Theo James), and the rest of the motley crew decide it is time to scale the wall to see what lies beyond. If there is nothing beyond the wall, no loss, but, if there is…

  • “The Longest Ride” Movie Review

    “The Longest Ride” Movie Review

    (PBR, Art, Hawkeye) – – Sophia Danko (Britt Robertson) is finishing up her senior year at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. She is studying hard so can leave in two months for an Art internship in New York. The PBR comes to town and Sophia’s friends convince her (force her is more like it)…

  • “Burnt” Movie Review

    “Burnt” Movie Review

    (Pursuing Michelin Stars) – – Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) owned a Michelin two star restaurant in Paris when he blew it all on booze and drugs….ruining people’s lives in the process. After taking some time off (3 years) to get his act together shucking one million oysters in New Orleans he returns to London vowing…

  • “The Intern” Movie Review

    “The Intern” Movie Review

    (70 year old joins Internet start-up) – – Ben (Robert Di Niro) is a retired widower. His days are filled with nothing to do and no one to share his life with. He finally decides to get up early each morning, dress for success, and head to the local coffee shop where he reads the newspaper…