La La Land (2016) – Review
La La Land is a remarkable achievement in every category of filmmaking. It’s even more astounding when you consider that
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Author: Jason Rugaard
The Comedian (2016) – Review
Stand-up comics lead such colorful lives you’d think they would turn those into great movies. Up until this year there
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Star Trek Beyond (2016) – Review
Star Trek Beyond is as well crafted and entertaining as the previous sequels, but it’s also the goofiest and most
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Hands of Stone (2016) – Review
The Robert Duran bio-pic Hands of Stone wants to tell the story of the Panamanian pugilist, but keeps tripping over
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Paterson (2016) – Review
Taking on a Jim Jarmusch film is a lot like reading an abstract poem. Often the theme is hidden between
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) – Review
The Guardians are back to save the galaxy from another threat in the follow-up to Marvel’s surprise smash of 2014.
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The Nutty Professor (1996) – Review
The Nutty Professor is a seminal piece of the Eddie Murphy film cannon. It’s the picture that reconfirmed Murphy as
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A Murder of Crows (1999) – Review
A Murder of Crows tells a tale of over reaching ambition that leads to a great downfall, and then to
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Clean and Sober (1988) – Review
Today it’s considered common consensus amongst moviegoers that Michael Keaton is a “serious” actor. That wasn’t the case back in
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The Great White Hype (1996) – Review
The Great White Hype is an often hilarious comedy about the racial warfare that lies underneath the surface of professional
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Phat Beach (1996) – Review
Hard to believe that the extremely talented Doug Ellin of Entourage fame, directed this nearly unwatchable low-brow comedy. Still, the
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Deadpool (2016) – Review
Ryan Reynolds’ labor of love turns out to be a career defining moment for the actor, and one of the
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Striptease (1996) – Review
Demi Moore sports a four-star physique in a torrid comedy that is more infamous for its advertising campaign than anything
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The Glimmer Man (1996) – Review
The writing on the wall that would signal the end of Steven Seagal’s brief flirtation with superstardom began in 1994
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The Fate of the Furious (2017) – Review
The Fate of the Furious has two innovative action set-pieces that are worth your attention if not the price of
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