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Son of Batman

(Michelle Koesten) 5/7/2014 10:27 AM EDT
I wasn't looking forward to Son of Batman. Of course I know about Batman and have watched all the feature movies, but this was a cartoon for kids. Apparently, I was wrong on that score. This movie was definitely not like the cartoon version I remember as a kid, and it's PG-13-rating-appropriate. The style of the movie reminded me more of a ... Read More

Veronica Mars: The Movie

(Michelle Koesten) 5/1/2014 12:05 PM EDT
For fans of Veronica Mars, the TV series about a teenage outcast and private detective, the long awaited film version of the television show was a long time coming. It had been seven years since the television show went off the air, and hungry fans who were longing for more of one of their favorite characters were given a unique opportunity to help... Read More

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

(Michelle Koesten) 4/25/2014 11:44 AM EDT
Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) has a lot of adversity in his life. His job as a Negative Asset Manager at Life Magazine is in question, with the magazine having been taken over by new management. They have all been told that the next issue is the final printed one. Walter's new boss is a snarky, condescending character who delight... Read More

The Other Woman

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 4/24/2014 10:30 AM EDT
If "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", what about three women? So is the premise of "The Other woman", the female empowerment comedy directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. "The Other Woman" follows the travails of a wife who finds out her husband is che... Read More

Norma Rae

(Chris Rebholz) 4/16/2014 2:36 PM EDT
Lots of people probably rolled their eyes when Sally Field was announced as the star of Norma Rae, Martin Ritt's 1979 film about a blue collar union activist in the Deep South. Sally Field? In 1979, Field was hardly the celebrated actress she is today. Sure, she had proven her acting bona fides in the television movie Sybil, but for many she wa... Read More

The Nut Job

(Chris Rebholz) 4/15/2014 2:49 PM EDT
In the current state of CGI animation, projects are either massive blockbuster entries with a regal voice cast or disposable cartoons with actors taking work to impress their kids. "The Nut Job" follows last Thanksgiving's "Free Birds" in the forgettable category, with the potential of a spiraling 3D caper featuring squirrels an... Read More

Fargo

(Chris Rebholz) 4/15/2014 2:40 PM EDT
A film about greed and violence that is sometimes classified as a comedy proved to be Joel and Ethan Coen's first major breakthrough to mainstream audiences. Earning seven Academy Award nominations and winning two—Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress—Fargo shows the darkest and brightest sides of humanity against a backdrop of ... Read More

Draft Day

(John Delia) 4/11/2014 3:18 PM EDT
With the NFL Draft a month away, the movie Draft Day will be hoping for a lengthy run at the box-office. The film takes you to the innards of high pressure picking and trading not seen during a real NFL draft. We saw one side of the coin, player management, in the movie Jerry Maguire when it was released in 1996, but here we get a Hollywood l... Read More

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

(Paul Kates) 4/9/2014 9:02 AM EDT
Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" makes its long anticipated debut on the small screen with the release of various home entertainment editions. "The Hobbit", set 60 years before "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy brings us Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Gandalf (Sir Ian McK... Read More

Dragons: Defenders of Berk Part 1

(Chris Rebholz) 4/4/2014 11:04 AM EDT
If you're a fan of DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon", they you need to check out this follow-up animated TV series "Dragons" if you haven't already. The first season of this show was subtitled "Riders of Berk" and included 20 episodes. The second season which just finished airing this month was subtitle... Read More