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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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Tagged before midnight, blue jasmine, despicable me, elysium, great gatsby, i'm so excited, iron man, kick ass, monsters university, much ado about nothing, only god forgives, star trek, way way back, we're the millers, world's end
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The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: The Somewhat Tolerable
Check out the awful 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 infringement is intended and all images … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 guns, bling ring, conjuring, epic, heat, man of steel, now you see me, paranoia, red, ripd, this is the end, to do list, white house down, wolverine, world war z
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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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Tagged big wedding, mark wahlberg, matthew mcconaughey, mud, pain and gain, robert de niro, starbuck
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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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Tagged 300, after earth, fast and furious, grown ups, hangover, internship, lone ranger, mortal instruments, one direction, pacific rim, percy jackson, planes, rapturepalooza, smurfs, turbo
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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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Tagged ben affleck, from up on poppy hill, gimme the loot, hayao miyazaki, lords of salem, oblivion, rob zombie, shane carruth, to the wonder, tom cruise, upstream color
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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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Tagged 42, ashley tisdale, company you keep, disconnect, harrison ford, james mcavoy, jason bateman, not today, room 237, scary movie 5, shia labeouf, trance
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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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Tagged 3d, chris o'dowd, evil dead, jane levy, jeff goldblum, jurassic park, place beyond the pines, ryan gosling, sapphires
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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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Tagged beyond the hills, channing tatum, exorcism, g.i. joe, host, kim kardashian, saoirse ronan, stephenie meyer, temptation, tyler perry
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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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Tagged admission, croods, elle fanning, gerard butler, ginger and rosa, inappropriate comedy, james franco, kristen stewart, lindsay lohan, nicolas cage, olympus has fallen, on the road, spring breakers, tina fey
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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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Tagged call, gael garcia bernal, halle berry, incredible burt wonderstone, kirsten dunst, nicole kidman, no, steve carell, stoker, upside down
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