Category: Movie Reviews
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The Lion King (’19 review)
3 outta 5 Disney’s 2019’s The Lion King photorealistic CGI animated film is a perfectly serviceable remake of the iconic Disney 1994 2D animated The Lion King. The story and tunes is all there as The Lion King has a good bedrock foundation that is hard to completely screw it up. Visually, the look of…
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Dumbo (’19 review)
3 outta 5 Dumbo is the first of four live action remakes Disney is putting out this year. Next is the Will Smith as an oddly designed Genie in Aladdin, later there’s The Lion King which really isn’t live action (the grass and some tress may be real) but the animals are made to look…
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The Jungle Book (’16 review)
3 outta 5 The Jungle Book is yet another of Disney’s recent foray into live action remakes of its extensive back catalogue of animated features. Initially, there were twists to the storylines like Alice in Wonderland or Maleficent. Lately, Disney’s recent spate of remaking classics like Cinderella, this movie, and the upcoming Beauty and the…
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Alice in Wonderland (’10 review)
3 out of 5 Tim Burton is one of the most dynamic visual filmmakers around and his latest outing, a semi-sequel of sorts to the classic tale Alice In Wonderland (even though it shares the same title…confused yet?) certainly has some pizzazz. Sometimes it’s so overdone it degenerates into a lot of noise and CGI…
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Fast X
3 outta 5 The Fast and Furious series is determined not to show any aging by sheer force of explosions happening repeatedly. Also, the roster is entirely gargantuan by now as characters that end up dead tend to be alive again a few movies later. Fast X doesn’t offer any sort of closure as it…
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The Fate of the Furious (’17 review)
3 outta 5 The Fate of the Furious offers more of the vehicular mayhem and crunchy action that the series has been known for. The film is knowingly dopey, which is key because if it took itself too seriously it wouldn’t work. The spectacle in the later installments of the series has gotten so huge…
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Furious 7 (’15 review)
4 outta 5 Spanning seven official installments, two short films of minimal quality, an upcoming ride, and an unofficial prequel (Better Luck Tomorrow, really good flick) when the Fast and the Furious franchise is strung together it becomes a multiple character saga with cars, gals in short-shorts, growling, product placement, Vin Diesel saying the word…
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Fast Five (’11 review)
2 outta 5 There’s nothing inherently wrong about being a pure action exercise, and most action movies like Fast Five open strong and deliver a big finish, but there’s still very long stretches to fill. Aside from those two sequences most of the action is more loud than exciting. Add to it the characters are…
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Peter Pan & Wendy
3 outta 5 The remake train for Disney animated classics keeps diligently chugging along, with the latest one being Peter Pan & Wendy. There are some interesting changes to the Walt Disney 1950’s film, and in other moments it recreates certain bits exactly. Why does Disney feel the need to remake every one of its…
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Finding Neverland (’04 review)
4 outta 5 Finding Neverland reaffirms belief in the power of imagination and reminds everyone of what it feels like to soar in a land of make-believe once again. This is the story of playwright J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) and how he created the world of Peter Pan and Captain Hook. The smart thing about…
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