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Fast & Furious 6…cars, racing, action, repeat-set up for #7

Fast and Furious is the brother from another mother of The Expendables. In a number of years we’ll be saying ‘really, there are 5 Expendable movies now’? By then Fast and Furious will be on their 10^th movie, will make hundreds of millions of dollars and be a guilty movie experience that people will semi enjoy. Continue reading Fast & Furious 6…cars, racing, action, repeat-set up for #7

Iron Man 3 is less Iron, more Man-but very entertaining

The next movie after an excellent movie is challenging. Iron Man 3 and The Dark Knight Rises should go bowling. They’d talk about how great they were, mention their previous entries and then Iron Man mentions that his previous movie was actually The Avengers. Then Batman would laugh, talk about the Justice League Movie (yeah…right) and Iron Man would go on talking about Avengers 2. Continue reading Iron Man 3 is less Iron, more Man-but very entertaining

G.I. Joe: Retaliation review, redemption for the franchise

G.I. Joe: Retaliation was supposed to be released in the summer of 2012. It was delayed; people blamed Channing Tatum, the competition it was up against or the filming of the 3D. G.I Joe: Retaliation is fast cutting action that seems like a cousin to the action films of the late 80’s. There are some laugh out loud funny one liners; the plot moves fast, there are dozens of ninjas, The Rock and Bruce Willis. Continue reading G.I. Joe: Retaliation review, redemption for the franchise

Oz the Great and Powerful review: perfectly entertaining

I’m not a fan of 3D movies and prequels are simply an excuse to revisit tired film franchises with new actors. I have thought both of those things in the past and sometimes they are true. Factor in that Oz is iconic material, you’re messing with arguable the most beloved movie of all time and any references will ruffle the feathers of people regardless of how well made the movie is. Rest easy denizens of Oz, the new movie is at its best- truly wonderful and at its worst an OK movie with lots of fabulous effects. Continue reading Oz the Great and Powerful review: perfectly entertaining

Any day is a good day to watch A Good Day to Die Hard

The early reviews weren’t too kind about the new Die Hard movie. My twitter feed was abuzz with sayings like ‘this Die Hard dies dead and should labeled DNR’. It scored 1 tomato on Rotten Tomatoes. After watching the movie a good retort is that any day is a good day to watch A Good Day to Die Hard.

To be clear, this is not a great movie. It’s not Lincoln, Argo, Life of Pi or even Battleship. It’s not as awful as the really (good) bad reviews are and it’s not as great as…well nobody is saying that it’s great, but it is good and entertaining if you have the right attitude. Continue reading Any day is a good day to watch A Good Day to Die Hard

6 tips on taking small children to a movie theater

We saw Skyfall when it was it theaters, great movie if you haven’t seen it. The theater was packed and seating was limited. In front of our seats was a young couple with a 3 month old in their baby carrier. The specter of a crying newborn was almost as scary as Javier Bardem’s performance was creepy. Continue reading 6 tips on taking small children to a movie theater

Escape From Planet Earth giveaway-$25 Visa gift card and alien swag

Escape from Planet Earth is the animated story of Scorch, an astronaut who likes adventure and discovering new worlds. One day Scorch receives a distress call from a notoriously dangerous planet. Despite his nerdy brother’s warnings, Scorch gets in his rocket ship to the dangerous planet for his latest rescue. Continue reading Escape From Planet Earth giveaway-$25 Visa gift card and alien swag

Dad Spends a Night in the Mancave: The Expendables 2 review

We reviewed The Expendable when it came out and it was serviceable, but not really entertaining. I remember that The A-Team came out about the same time and we loved that movie. At the time I even said that the wrong movie received the green light for a sequel. Fast forward two years, The Expendables 2 is out on video and is entertaining, fun, brisk and worth your mancave time. Continue reading Dad Spends a Night in the Mancave: The Expendables 2 review