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Movie Review: Jurassic World
I was twelve years old when I first saw the original Jurassic Park in the theatres. For a kid obsessed with dinosaurs, it was a cinematic experience to remember. Based on the Michael Crichton novel and directed by Steven Spielberg, Jurassic Park was the movie event during the summer of 1993. Surely a big-budget remake helmed by a relative unknown director couldn’t capture the same magic as t...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Sizing Up the New Jurassic World Trailer
I’m back, dear readers. I had a great time on my vacation – I was across the pond in London, in case anyone was wondering – and I’ve returned to bring you more analysis of the latest and greatest movie trailers. As I mentioned, I’d written four Trailer Trashin’ columns to be released over the time I was gone, covering four of the biggest trailers that dropped in the later p...[Read More]
Astonishing New Jurassic World Trailer Debuts
A new trailer for Jurassic World, the long-awaited fourth film in the Jurassic Park series, has been released (see above) and it looks like we may actually be treated to a film worthy of the original. We can only hope that it will be able to scrub the memories of The Lost World and Jurassic Park III out of our collective minds. The film stars Chris Pratt and that is all you really need to know be...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Extraterrestrial Misfits Go to War in Guardians of the Galaxy
Hello again, dear readers. After a longer-than-anticipated absence, I’m back, and I hope all of you have seen Godzilla by now. We’re truly in the summer movie season as this point, with big movies like X-Men: Days of Future Past and Maleficent coming out week after week, and last Friday saw the release of the Tom Cruise-starring sci-fi actioner Edge of Tomorrow. In the meantime, this o...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Marvel Goes Cosmic with Guardians of the Galaxy
It’s the last week of February, dear readers, and that means that, hopefully, spring will finally be on its way before long. And that also means we’re almost out of the cinematic dumping ground that is the beginning of the year, so people who want to see something good at the theater will have other options than merely seeing The Lego Movie again. But in the meantime, trailers are cont...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Lego Movie
Cast aside any doubts you might have had, because The Lego Movie is wickedly funny, smartly written, surprisingly heartfelt, and will almost certainly end up being one of the best family films of 2014. As I’m sure was the case for many people of my generation, I loved playing with Legos when I was a kid. And when the news first broke that a feature film based on Lego was in the works, I was ...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Delivery Man
Delivery Man is an English-language remake of a Canadian film titled Starbuck (2011) and was written and directed by Ken Scott. Scott also made the original and clearly he is committed to the material. This film is the story of Dave Wozniak (Vince Vaughn), who while in the midst of many troubles of his own, is informed that he is the father of 533 children – Wozniak had made over 600 donations to ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Little Yellow Dude Comes Alive in The Lego Movie
This past weekend, Monsters University debuted at the number one spot in the box office. I haven’t seen it yet, but I plan to when I get the chance. In the meantime, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ examines our first look at what could be one of next year’s big family films, The Lego Movie. Premise: Emmet (Chris Pratt), an ordinary guy, is mistakenly thought to be the extraord...[Read More]
Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Picture was a particularly contentious category at the 85th Academy Awards. With no clear frontrunner like The Artist last year or The Hurt Locker in 2008, the category actually seemed up for grabs until the waning moments of the ceremony itself. Typically, Best Picture buzz builds for a certain film throughout awards season and by the time Oscar night rolls around, we’re all pretty sure who ...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Five-Year Engagement
The Five-Year Engagement has all the stuff great romantic comedies are made of. It sports a superb cast and side-splitting consistent laughs through-out, with plenty of memorable one-liners that will keep you smiling for days after. The unforeseen chemistry between the two main love interests really does work baring the practicality of them fitting together being so seemingly mismatched. The film ...[Read More]
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