Review: Mirror, Mirror (2012)
Posted On 30 Mar 2012 By Bartleby. Under 2012, 3 Stars (Fantastic), Action-Adventure, By Genre, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Reviews.
Mobsters Rating: Somewhere between the casting of Julia Roberts as the evil queen and the first buffoonish trailer, I lost all possible interest in Tarsem Singh’s Mirror, Mirror. Of the two competing Snow White movies, I thought it was this summer’s Huntsman that really resembled a Tarsem project; Mirror had ... Read More
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Review: The Lorax (2012)
Posted On 02 Mar 2012 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2012, Animated, Family/Kids, Musical, Reviews.
Mobster's Rating: In a theater nearby, Today you can find, A movie that’s got green on its mind, Trundle on in, get snug in your seat, Chomp on your popcorn, Prop up your feet, And get ready for the tale of the Lifted Lorax… Based on a book by that Seussiest of Seusses, The Lorax tells of nature, Abused ... Read More
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The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn–Nathan’s Take
Posted On 23 Dec 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3.5 Stars (Exceptional), Action, Action-Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family/Kids.
Mobsters Rating: With the dual releases of ‘War Horse’ and ‘The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn’, the Spielberg I remember from my youth returns to the big screen. Both films have a kind of wide-eyed wonder and narrative simplicity that serves to make them feel like matinee ... Read More
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Surviving Christmas (2004)
Posted On 07 Dec 2011 By Heather. Under .5 Stars (Pathetic), 2004, Comedy, Family/Kids, Holiday Movies!.
Is there some requirement for newer Christmas films to be awful movies that defecate all over the spirit of Christmas? Surviving Christmas was almost as bad as Christmas With The Cranks and right on par with Fred Claus.
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Review: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
Posted On 01 Dec 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3.5 Stars (Exceptional), Action, Action-Adventure, Animated, By Genre, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Reviews.
Reviewed by: Droid (Read his other reviews and ramblings at Werewolves on the Moon) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) Director: Steven Spielberg Motion capture cast: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Toby Jones, Mackenzie Crook, Daniel Mays, Gad Elmaleh, Joe Starr Running time: 107 ... Read More
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Review: Hugo (2011)
Posted On 23 Nov 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 4 Stars (Phenomenal), Action, Action-Adventure, By Genre, Drama, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Reviews.
Mobster's Rating: With the fantastic ‘Hugo’, based off Brian Selznick’s Caldecott winning children’s novel, Martin Scorsese returns to a measure of his former glory. It’s always interesting to watch a filmmaker testing new waters, and in Hugo, a PG-rated big-budget family picture, the great director attempts a genre and format he’s ... Read More
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Review: Puss in Boots (2011)
Posted On 28 Oct 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3 Stars (Fantastic), Animated, By Genre, Comedy, Family/Kids, Reviews.
Mobsters Rating: There’s almost nothing of the Shrek films in Dreamworks new spin-off, Puss in Boots. Since that franchise has long since devolved into easy pop culture—and poop culture—references, this is a decidedly good thing. Puss surprises by being a much better movie than any of the Shrek films; a frothy, ... Read More
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Review: Real Steel (2011)
Posted On 07 Oct 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3 Stars (Fantastic), Action, Action-Adventure, Family/Kids, Reviews, Science Fiction, Sport.
Mobster's Rating: Jean Luc Godard once said that the best way to criticize a movie is to make another movie. This thought popped into my head while watching Shawn Levy’s Real Steel, Touchstone/DreamWorks' newest giant robot adventure. I have no idea if Levy set out to craft an indictment of Michael ... Read More
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Review: Super 8 (2011)
Posted On 10 Jun 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3 Stars (Fantastic), Action, Action-Adventure, By Genre, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
I am a proud child of the 80s; a once flannel-wearing, Goonies-watching, Zebra-gum chewing, Q-bert playing brat who recalls a time when there were new episodes of The Snorks, Small Wonder and Manimal airing on fuzzy network television. I present this context because JJ Abrams Super 8 has been specifically ... Read More
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Review: Kung-Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Posted On 27 May 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3.5 Stars (Exceptional), Action, Action-Adventure, Animated, By Genre, Comedy, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Reviews.
Mobsters Rating: ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ is the kind of movie that gives sequels a good name. Helmed by first time director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, the new installment isn’t a simple rehash, but makes good on the promises of the original and pushes the franchise to new heights. Not pausing to recap, ... Read More
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Review: Rango (2011)
Posted On 04 Mar 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3.5 Stars (Exceptional), Action-Adventure, Animated, By Genre, By Star Rating, Comedy, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Reviews, Western.
Running time: 85 min. Rating: PG for rude humor, language, action and smoking. Director: Gore Verbinski Writers:John Logan (screenplay), John Logan (story) Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton, Stephen Root, Bill Nighy Mobsters' Rating: Gore Verbinski seems well-suited to the world of animation. Based solely upon ... Read More
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