I wasn’t in a big hurry to see Total Recall. Yes, with the promise of a three-breasted women and an awkwardly fat cyborg face chanting “two weeks” I was intrigued, but it was little more than that. So unlike my normal movie-going experience, in this particular case I snuck a peek at some reviews floating around the inter-web. While I don’t totally disagree with many of the reviews that found the film trivial, suffering from a lack of depth and…
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The Dark Knight Rises 2012
Between the Avengers and Amazing Spider-Man reviews, I felt it necessary to provide a “forward” or “preface,” explaining the history and importance of the franchise. Not here. If you don’t already know that The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s swan song to one of the greatest movie trilogies ever, then stop reading. If you haven’t seen Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, then you are missing out on some of the best art of the last decade. If that’s…
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Safety Not Guaranteed 2012
Chances are you didn’t know this movie existed. But with up-and-comers Mark Duplass (Humpday, My Sister’s Sister, The League) and Audrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation, Scott Pilgrim) helping first time director Colin Trevorrow create a film that is all at once charming, thrilling, mysterious and shockingly poignant, it’s definitely a film not to miss.
The premise is simple enough: Seattle Magazine writer Jeff (Jake M. Johnson – Nick Miller from New Girl) decides to research a classified ad in the…
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2012
Unlike most films I review, discussing Amazing Spider-Man requires a sort of disclaimer. Although not technically a re-make, this film is a reimagining of the Spider-Man origin with an entirely new creative team behind it. It is also the first Spider-Man film overseen by the new Marvel Studios. While this isn’t an excuse for a film series to be re-launched from scratch, I didn’t find it all that surprising that Marvel wanted to start over with the new studio (which…
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