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October 15, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Machete Kills

October 15, 2013/ John C. Anderson

The ironic Grindhouse killing machine is back in Robert Rodriguez's new movie

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September 09, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Riddick

September 09, 2013/ John C. Anderson

Bald and ruthless interplanetary badass Riddick is back, played by the man who made him a cult sci-fi favorite

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July 26, 2013

Guest Movie Review: RED 2

July 26, 2013/ John C. Anderson

The old cast from "RED" reunites, along with some new faces - but is this sequel already showing cracks and wrinkles?

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July 16, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Grown Ups 2

July 16, 2013/ John C. Anderson

Endless back-flips alone, Mr. Anderson wryly observes, cannot save a film.

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July 09, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Despicable Me 2

July 09, 2013/ John C. Anderson

The reformed super-villain and his minions return in Illumination Entertainment's sequel to their surprise hit in "Despicable Me 2"

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July 02, 2013

Guest Movie Review: The Heat

July 02, 2013/ John C. Anderson

It's a fairly by-the-numbers summer buddy-cop movie - with one important difference!

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June 25, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Monsters University

June 25, 2013/ John C. Anderson

Pixar's latest is a prequel: the story of how Mike and Sully from "Monsters, Inc." first met

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June 13, 2013

Guest Movie Review: The Internship

June 13, 2013/ John C. Anderson

It's a movie about an internship at Google: 2.3 billion Google users are commanded to like it.

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May 30, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Fast & Furious 6

May 30, 2013/ John C. Anderson

The sixth installment (God help us all) of the brainless car-porn series roars into theaters

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April 11, 2013

Guest Movie Review: The Croods

April 11, 2013/ John C. Anderson

A family of Neanderthals navigate the dangers of the pre-historic world in DreamWorks' latest animated feature

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March 11, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Oz the Great and Powerful

March 11, 2013/ John C. Anderson

Director Sam Raimi takes on one of the greatest cinematic classics of 'em all - with decidedly mixed results

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March 07, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Jack the Giant Slayer

March 07, 2013/ John C. Anderson

The old folk tale gets an sfx-laden kid-friendly modern retelling by one of Hollywood's most successful directors

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February 19, 2013

Guest Movie Review: A Good Day to Die Hard

February 19, 2013/ John C. Anderson

John McClane rides again in the latest chapter of the "Die Hard" franchise

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January 29, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Hansel & Gretel

January 29, 2013/ John C. Anderson

The adorable little candy-seeking moppets from the folk tale are all grown up and exceedingly well-armed in "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters"

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January 15, 2013

Guest Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty

January 15, 2013/ John C. Anderson

The controversial new movie about the hunt for bin Laden - and the role torture might have played in that hunt

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December 11, 2012

Guest Movie Review: The Sessions

December 11, 2012/ John C. Anderson

The Oscar race for Best Actor gets a little bit more crowded with the performance of John Hawkes in Ben Lewin's "The Sessions"

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December 07, 2012

Guest Movie Review: Life of Pi

December 07, 2012/ John C. Anderson

A boy and a tiger, trapped at sea - the best-selling novel "Life of Pi" gets a movie adaptation by Ang Lee

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November 27, 2012

Guest Movie Review: Rise of the Guardians

November 27, 2012/ John C. Anderson

Santa Claus ... the Easter Bunny ... the Sandman ... the Tooth Fairy ... figures out of children's story-time band together with Jack Frost to fight an evil that threatens childhood itself

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November 08, 2012

Guest Movie Review: Wreck-It Ralph

November 08, 2012/ John C. Anderson

The dynamic of beloved old video games gets a surprisingly nuanced treatment in the latest offering from Disney

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October 28, 2012

Guest Movie Review: Cloud Atlas

October 28, 2012/ John C. Anderson

Time-bending? Gender-bending? Race-bending? "Cloud Atlas" drifts onto Mr. Anderson's radar.

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