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Movie review: McCarthy shines as ‘The Boss’
April 15th, 2016
–It would be easy to dismiss Melissa McCarthy. She long played a supporting character on TV, then got her own starring gig on “Mike & […]
Movie review: A ‘Big Fat Greek’ comedy sequel
April 8th, 2016
–Back in April 2002 a little comedy movie opened with just over $597,000 on 108 screens. That could easily have been near the end. Even […]
Movie review: Despite the hype, ‘Batman v Superman’ underwhelms
April 1st, 2016
–This clash of the titans has been a long time coming. I don’t mean Batman fighting Superman, though that’s true. No, I mean the battle […]
Movie review: ‘Divergent’ series sputters with ‘Allegiant’
March 25th, 2016
–Young adult book series adapted into film series have been all the rage in recent years. Last fall we saw one popular series — “The […]
Movie review: ‘Young Messiah’ explores unwritten history of Jesus
March 17th, 2016
–We are just over a week away from Easter Sunday, the most important day of the year for Christians. It’s a time when we remember […]
Tina Fey brings humor to the battlefield
March 11th, 2016
It’s hard to believe sometimes, but it’s been more than a decade since the war in Afghanistan began. The latest movie, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” goes […]
President is in peril in ‘London Has Fallen’
March 6th, 2016
There are different kinds of movies during different seasons that allrequire a different kind of evaluation. Action movies serve a specific purpose. While theymight not […]
Movie review: ‘Race’ the story of an American hero
February 26th, 2016
–In the early 1930s in Cleveland, Ohio, people were looking for a hero. It was the height of the Great Depression, poverty was high and […]
Movie review: ‘Deadpool’ a different kind of superhero movie
February 18th, 2016
–One of the most reliable staples at the movies and on TV are superhero stories. They remain wildly popular and Marvel and DC Comics seem […]
Movie review: Limp jokes and story sink ‘Dirty Grandpa’
February 4th, 2016
–When you see Robert De Niro is in a movie, it conjures a certain idea. De Niro is a two-time Oscar winner who has done […]
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