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Movie Review -- 'The Lego Movie 2' is Filled With Fun, Adventure and Plenty of Memorable Music
Posted by Matt Eckholm on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 12:00 AM By Matt Eckholm / February 10, 2019 Comment
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, is unique in the sense that it’s the second film in a series, while it’s the fourth film in the Lego Movie franchise. The success of the first film led to The Lego Batman Movie (an entertaining diversion), followed by Lego Ninjago (the less said about it the better), but those films occupy some other corner of the larger Lego Universe. It was a valid question of whether Warner Animation Group could live up to the hype of the first adventure of Emmet (Chris Pratt), Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), and Batman (Will Arnett).

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Movie Review -- 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' is a Dinosaur Disaster
Posted by Matthew Deery on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 12:00 AM By Matthew Deery / June 23, 2018 Comment
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is just short of a flat out failure -- it’s only marginally better than Jurassic Park III, which is an awful, awful film. Even despite this, lock in this fifth chapter to rake in out of this world profits. 

This movie will be adored by domestic audiences and is almost definitely a not-soon-to-be-extinct franchise. After the screening I attended earlier this week, the audience clapped and cheered once the credits rolled — walking out, everyone was buzzing and chatting with praise of the film. Given my knowledge of American audiences,...

Movie Review -- 'The Magnificent Seven' Doesn't Match the Original, But Still Full of Thrills
Posted by Jason Ingolfsland on Monday, September 26, 2016 at 12:00 AM By Jason Ingolfsland / September 26, 2016 Comment

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Westerns and remakes run at the core of Hollywood tradition so much that it’s surprising it took the studios this long to get to The Magnificent Seven. Originally a remake of the cinematic classic Seven Samurai by legendary director Akira Kurosawa, The Magnificent Seven tells a story that deeply resonates because it has all the right ingredients: underdog heroes, revenge, righteous indignation, and standing up to ruthless villains even when the cards are stacked against you. While Director Antoine Fuqua does his best retelling...