Adam Shankman is back in the center seat taking on another Broadway show turned movie. This time, we are heading to the decade of big hair, LP Records and Power Ballads. Yes, the 2009 musical tribute, nominated for five Tonys and currently playing on Broadway is getting the big screen tribute. Will this rose have its thorn or hit us with its best shot? Here’s my rad review of Rock of Ages.
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Posted by frinavdar
Finally! We have a movie in 2012 that is worth every minute and every penny. If your kids (or you, for that matter) cannot stop singing “Circus! Afro!” then go ahead and see Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted in 3D. It is the most clever, fun, and exciting animated film to hit theaters in a long time.
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Have you ever had a song or jingle stuck in your head for a long time? That’s what happened to me when I first heard the now infamous Afro Circus line on television. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted delivers the fun and excitement for the whole family this weekend! The third chapter in the Madagascar takes the Central Zoo Fab Four on a new journey they will never forget.
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Posted by frinavdar
Drive plays out like it was filmed in the wrong decade. It is a love letter of sorts to a genre of yesteryear echoing earlier films of McQueen and Eastwood. Even the opening credits scrawl flashes by in 80s-esque hot pink that transport you back to a time that relied on practical effects, coherent plots with an emphasis on performance over disorienting cuts meant to muddle the action. Essentially, Drive is the anti-Michael Bay movie, a giant middle finger to the lazy and generic directorial style (McG and Shawn Levy, I’m looking at you) that routinely flood the multiplexes with the same triteness each weekend.
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Comedy movies have a way to make us laugh and breathe easier through the tough times. Who knew that being downsize could spun into movie magic? Recently, we had movies like Up in the Air where we witness a man whose sole job is to terminate you when the boss does not have the guts to and The Company Men focuses on three men who were downsized from the corporate world. This time, we have Mr. Larry Crowne, a happy-go-lucky middle-aged man who has to reassess his life after being terminated from his mid-level management position at a big box company because he never acquired a college education. With no family and the mortgage on his home defaulting, Sophomore actor/director Tom Hanks turned Crowne into movie that tugs at heartstrings and leave you smiling after it’s over.
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