Tag: movie-review
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Brothers
4 outta 5 Brothers is an amusingly zany movie about low rent crooks that also doubles as a dysfunctional family reunion story. It is billed as an “action comedy” but there probably isn’t a lot of action, aside from one madcap chase on a golf course, and the finale features some big mishaps involving a…
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Saturday Night
4 outta 5 Saturday Night is an entertaining bit of mythmaking about the first time that NBC’s comedy institution Saturday Night Live went on the air (before it added Live to the title). It is a bit of an obscure topic for an entire movie, even though the show remains popular to this day, and…
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The 4:30 Movie
4 outta 5 The 4:30 Movie by writer/director Kevin Smith is him cobbling together well worn thematic bits from his previous films but in an entertaining way. This is pretty much Smith’s third film adapting his rise from QuickStop convenience store to filmmaker after Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Clerks III so it’s…
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Suncoast
4 outta 5 Suncoast is a coming-of-age film that is very heartfelt and has solid moments from dependable actors. However, it doesn’t add anything particularly new to the genre. Someone on the brink of demise making characters realize inner truths was done better in recent coming-of-age films like Me, Earl and the Dying Girl or…
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