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He Got Game (1998) – Review

January 9, 2019January 8, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1998, Bill Nunn, Denzel Washington, He Got Game, Jim Brown, John Turturro, milla jovovich, Ned Beatty, Ray Allen, Roger Guenveur Smith, Rosario Dawson, Spike Lee

He Got Game is a dense and overly complicated family drama with aspirations of becoming a sports classic. This is

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Mr. Deeds (2002) – Review

March 16, 2016 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2002, adam sandler, Allen Covert, Conchata Ferrell, Erick Avari, Jared Harris, John Turturro, mr. deeds, Peter Gallagher, Steven Brill, winona ryder

Mr. Deeds makes a critical error and never recovers. It positions Adam Sandler as the straight-man and casts Winona Ryder

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Anger Management (2003) – Review

May 9, 2015March 11, 2015 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2003, adam sandler, Allen Covert, Anger Management, jack nicholson, January Jones, John Turturro, Jonathan Loughran, Krista Allen, Kurt Fuller, luis guzman, Lynne Thigpen, marisa tomei, woody harrelson

Anger Management is about stunt casting, this is a case of the poster one-sheet selling the gimmick. Two large personalities

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Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) – Review

January 6, 2015 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2014, Arron Paul, ben kingsley, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Ridley Scott, sigourney weaver, Stars: Christian Bale

Historical inaccuracies be damned, Ridley Scott’s biblical epic is a rousing achievement. Anchored by two solid leading men in stars

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Top 5 Best Alien Invasion Movies

January 25, 2013January 28, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments abigail breslin, aliens, bernie mac, Bill Pullman, Dakota Fanning, david goyer, Dean Devlin, Donald Sutherland, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, jeff goldblum, joaquin phoenix, John Turturro, Jon Voight, Justin Chatwin, M. Night Shyamalan, michael bay, Robert A. Heinlein, roland emmerich, Rory Culkin, shia labeouf, steven spielberg, Ted Elliot, Terry Russo, The Puppet Masters, The Sixth Sense, Tim Robbins, tom cruise, transformers, Tyrese Gibson, Unbreakable, war of the worlds, will smith

This is my list of the top five best Alien Invasion movies. This has been an incredibly popular sub-genre dating

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Miller’s Crossing (1990) – Review

June 4, 2012 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1990, Albert Finney, Frances McDormand, Gabriel Byrne, gangster movies, hit the dutchman, joel & ethan cohen, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Miller's Crossing, mobsters, sam raimi, Steve Buscemi

There is a word that bests describes the Coen brother’s irish mafia tale, brooding. This beautiful looking film is all

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Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (2011) – Review

July 2, 2011 Trevor Anderson 0 Comments alan tudyk, hugo weaving, john malkovich, John Turturro, julie white, kevin dunn, Leonard Nimoy, megan fox, michael bay, rosie huntington-whiteley, shia labeouf, steve jablonsky, transformers, transformers 2, transformers 3, Tyrese Gibson

4 Stars Michael Bay perfects the Transformer movie with Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Easily the best in the series

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Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) – Review

July 2, 2011 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, julie white, kevin dunn, megan fox, michael bay, shia labeouf, transformers, transformers 2, transformers 3, Tyrese Gibson

2 1/2 Stars A somewhat disappointing follow up to the enormously successful Transformers. The fact that this sequel out grossed

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Transformers (2007) – Review

July 2, 2011June 25, 2014 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments Action, Anthony Anderson, John Turturro, Jon Voight, Josh Duhamel, megan fox, michael bay, paramount, sci-fi, shia labeouf, transformers, Tyrese Gibson

I have long been an admire of Michael Bay’s work and yet Transformers blindsided me, frankly. For years Bay had