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‘The Happytime Murders’ Review: Bad Puppets

3.2

out of 5

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   August 24, 2018

The Happytime Murders could have been so much more. The very idea -- a world where puppets and humans live together, and a hard boiled ex-cop-turned PI has to solve a case which leads into a larger murder investigation --…  Read More

3.2

out of 5

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‘Teen Titans Go! To The Movies’ Review: Every Hero Needs A Movie

4.2

out of 5

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   July 27, 2018

I admit that I'm not a huge fan of the Teen Titans Go! TV series. While I did enjoy the first iteration of the Teen Titans cartoon on Cartoon Network back in 2003, the sudden change of art direction and…  Read More

4.2

out of 5

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‘Hot Summer Nights’ Review: Dealing Weed, Heat, And Hurricanes

4.2

out of 5

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   July 26, 2018

The new film Hot Summer Nights is supposedly based off a true story -- or parts of it are true, at least -- as told by someone who witnessed it all. The narrator, a nameless kid in the small Massachusetts…  Read More

4.2

out of 5

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‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Review: Twice The Heroes, Twice The Fun

4.6

out of 5

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   July 2, 2018

Marvel Studios has done so many things right, and one big feather in their cap has always been the casting of their iconic characters for the big screen. Starting with Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, the studio has…  Read More

4.6

out of 5

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‘Tag’ Review: The Games People Play

4.0

out of 5

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   June 17, 2018

The concept of the new film Tag is brilliant in and of itself. It's made so much better that it's based on a true story, and somewhere in the pacific northwest, a group of friends -- now in their 50s…  Read More

4.0

out of 5

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‘American Animals’ Review: Don’t Feed The Animals

4.2

out of 5

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   June 10, 2018

I love a good true crime story, especially a heist film. There's something about watching the elements coming together throughout the course of the story, and beating back the urge to Google what really happened as it all unfolds. In…  Read More

4.2

out of 5

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‘Hotel Artemis’ Review: Is There A Doctor In The House?

3.8

out of 5

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   June 8, 2018

At first glance, the new film Hotel Artemis looked like it was going to be an ultra violent rip off of John Wick, but underneath its glossy, ultra-cool nourish surface beats the heart of something original. Stacked with a solid…  Read More

3.8

out of 5

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‘Deadpool 2’ Review: Laughs At The Force Of X

4.5

out of 5

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   May 18, 2018

Deadpool 2 had so much to live up to, and at the same time, no pressure at all. The surprise hit 2016 film introduced audiences to the zany, foul-mouthed, fourth-wall-breaking anti-hero, and with a solid R-rating, proved that comic book…  Read More

4.5

out of 5

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‘Measure Of A Man’ Review: The Weight Of It All

4.0

out of 5

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   May 10, 2018

The new film Measure of a Man hit a little too close to home for me personally. That's not a bad thing, by any stretch, but the story of an overweight, awkward teenager spending a summer on a lake resort…  Read More

4.0

out of 5

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‘Tully’ Review: Mommy Issues

3.8

out of 5

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   May 3, 2018

I'm not a mother, obviously, and can never be one. Heck, I can never even be a parent to anything other than a cat or a dog or other pet, so a movie like Tully doesn't resonate with me as…  Read More

3.8

out of 5

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