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Elsewhere Review: This is Where I Leave You

Nutshell:  I’d give This is Where I Leave You at B.  The Altman family may be dysfunctional, but the film is a well-oiled machine.  Funny, inappropriate as hell, and so much like real life it’s oftentimes uncomfortable.  Luckily the cast … Continue reading

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Wayback Review: Real Steel

Watching Shawn Levy’s This is Where I Leave You last night made me think back to the last movie of his I’d caught at the ol’ multiplex.  Herewith, my review from Atomic Popcorn of Levy’s Real Steel.  *theatrical bow* Nutshell: … Continue reading

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Movie Review: If I Stay

Nutshell: I’d give If I Stay an A-. This is a movie that pulls all the right strings at all the right times.  Yeah it’s in your face about it, but the story and it’s actors suck you in so … Continue reading

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Review in a Flash: When The Game Stands Tall

Sometimes I’m too lazy for a full-out piece. Sometimes everything I’ve got to say about a film can be summarized in a sentence or two. Sometimes it’s both. So herewith, a quick-n-dirty on the high school football film When The … Continue reading

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Elsewhere Review: Into the Storm

First posted on Geek for e: the original can be found here. Nutshell: I give Into the Storm a C.  It’s a passing grade, but only just.  I was pulled into the action and loved the FX, but couldn’t get … Continue reading

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Review in a Flash: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Sometimes I’m too lazy for a full-out piece. Sometimes everything I’ve got to say about a film can be summarized in a sentence or two. Sometimes it’s both. So herewith, a quick-n-dirty on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Nutshell: … Continue reading

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Wayback Review: Restless

Originally published on Atomic Popcorn: read the original piece here. I’d nutshell this, but honestly?  I’d almost forgotten I’d seen this, and that intrigued me enough to re-post.  But I do remember it pulled all the right strings, and had … Continue reading

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Elsewhere Review: Lucy

[Actually this is more of a “posted it on Geek for e as a favor, but wrote it for here” kinda thing. You with me? Oh who cares about the backstory — on with the show!] Nutshell: I’d give Lucy … Continue reading

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Elsewhere Review — The Purge: Anarchy

First posted on Geek for e, the original piece can be found here. Nutshell: I give The Purge: Anarchy an A-.  Much more of a thriller than it’s original claustrophobic predecessor, Anarchy shows viewers all the chaos on the streets, … Continue reading

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Wayback Review: Midnight in Paris

After getting out of the screening of Magic in the Moonlight — review coming soon — I couldn’t help but think about the last film of Woody’s that I saw. So, without further ado, the review from Atomic Popcorn. The … Continue reading

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