Category Archives: Previews

The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: The Exciting

Check out the awful movies here and the somewhat tolerable movies here. (Note: As always, the images in this post are meant solely for the promotion of the films they represent. All images are copyright the respective studios. No copyright … Continue reading

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The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: The Somewhat Tolerable

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The Weekender: Send the ‘Pain’ Below

IN THEATERS: Pain & Gain (R) Starring Mark Wahlberg, The Rock, Anthony Mackie Written for the screen by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely Directed by Michael Bay Though I’ve never been a fan of Michael Bay’s overblown, overlong explosion orgies, it’s … Continue reading

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The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: The Awful

This year has been off to a rough start, not just in the news, but cinematically as well. By this point in 2012, we had already been given a bounty of good-to-great films. So far this year, I’ve only seen … Continue reading

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The Weekender: Living in ‘Oblivion’

IN THEATERS: Oblivion (PG-13) Starring Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman Written for the screen by Joseph Kosinski and Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt Directed by Joseph Kosinski Something of a pet project for Kosinski, it appears this sci-fi about … Continue reading

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The Weekender: Mixed ‘Company’

IN THEATERS: 42 (PG-13) Starring Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight, Harrison Ford Written and directed by Brian Helgeland Another entry into the Athletes That Had to Overcome Racism in a Movie That’s Extremely Heavy-Handed but Nonetheless Inspirational pantheon that also includes … Continue reading

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The Weekender: Pretty much ‘Dead’ Already

IN THEATERS: Evil Dead (R) Starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas Screenplay by Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues Directed by Fede Alvarez It’s hard to think of any movie from the last 35 years that needs to be remade less … Continue reading

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The Weekender: Lead me not into ‘Temptation’

IN THEATERS: G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG-13) Starring Channing Tatum, The Rock, Bruce Willis Screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick Directed by Jon M. Chu Why have Bruce Willis and The Rock never teamed up before? At their best, they … Continue reading

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The Weekender: The Wrongs of ‘Spring’

IN THEATERS: The Croods (PG) Starring the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds Written and directed by Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders DreamWorks apes Fox (pun intended) by dropping this bottom-feeder animated comedy about a prehistoric family. … Continue reading

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The Weekender: That’s ‘Incredible’

IN THEATERS: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (PG-13) Starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey Story by Chad Kulgen & Tyler Mitchell and Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Screenplay by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Directed by Don Scardino … Continue reading

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