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Review – In the Heart of the Sea
★★☆☆☆ I was horribly disappointed with In the Heart of the Sea. I know, working with elements is how a director proves the size of their manhood. Ron Howard has been seeking scripts with large scale natural elements since Backdraft….
Review – Interstellar
★☆☆☆☆ I was viciously disappointed with Interstellar. I just can’t find the words to correctly describe how disappointed I was, especially after all of the hype and seeing 8.6 out of 10 star ratings posted all around the Web. Well,…
Review – The Waiting Time
★★★★☆ I must say, The Waiting Time turned out to be surprisingly good. No, it’s not James Bond with beautiful women and lots of stuff blowing up, this is more along the lines of “Smiley’s People” with just a touch…
Review – Set Up
★★★★☆ I actually enjoyed Set Up. Of course it is hard for a guy not to like a movie featuring a classic Pontiac GTO which looked rather stunning. Even though they had big name actors it appears they didn’t have…
Review – Leviathan
★☆☆☆☆ Leviathan was a weird movie. I don’t mean science fiction twists and turns or blood and gore, just weird. Normally when I see subtitles pop up for a DVD I eject the disk and return it. My major criticism…
Better yet – hug someone even if you don’t like them
I turned on MPR this morning as I was driving to Perkins for breakfast. The highway was empty near 9am and I found out why when I got to Perkins. Everyone had beaten me there. I heard a blurb which…
Review – Last Vegas
★★★★★ It’s difficult to find a Morgan Freeman movie I don’t like. It’s also difficult to put a bunch of big names in a movie and pull it off. I remember during the 1970s when At the Movies was on…