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Review by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Based on a novel with an even longer title, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel comes from director John Madden. No, not the football analyst (Yes, I’ll make this joke every time). This is the John Madden who made last year’s The Debt but is probably best known for Shakespeare [...]

Review by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Goth. Goth. Goth. Johnny Depp. Goth. Goth. Goth. Helena Bonham Carter. Goth. Goth. Goth. Danny Elfman. What Tim Burton movie am I talking about? What Tim Burton movie am I NOT talking about? In this particular case, the subject matter is Dark Shadows. Based (every so loosely) on the [...]

Reviewed by Kevin Finnerty “I thought I didn’t qualify. Apparently I’m…what was it? Volatile, self-obsessed, and don’t play well with others,” says Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) who’s at Stark Tower to convince Iron Man to join other superheroes in a fight to protect Earth from an invasion in the [...]

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Reviewing a film like The Avengers is sort of like letting surfers know that the ocean can be fun. There are legions of fanboys foaming at the mouth to see what director/co-writer Joss Whedon has done with the culmination of four origin stories for the characters. There are even [...]

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion It’s a little hard what one can say about Sound of My Voice. From the trailer and the available first 12 minutes one can find online, it’s obvious this has something to do with a cult and possibly time travel. Beyond that, mentioning any specific plot points would be [...]

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion From Aardman Animations, the studio that brought us Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run and Creature Comforts, comes The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Like their other work, the animation is largely of the stop-motion variety, though CGI was used to flesh out background details. The result is a wonderfully detailed [...]

Reviewed by Kevin Finnerty “I’m here for your gold.” “Afraid we don’t have any gold old man. This is a leper boat,” and once again Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) has bungled another looting adventure in the animated comedy, The Pirates! Band of Misfits. After 20 plus years of losing the coveted Pirate of the Year [...]

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion It’s that time of year again. As sure as you can count on the Tax Man wanting his take, you can count on Disney releasing a nature documentary around Earth Day. However, don’t let The Mouse hear you calling Chimpanzee a documentary. It’s about chimpanzees (did the title give [...]

Reviewed by Kevin Finnerty “This isn’t right. We should split up…we can cover more ground that way,” says Curt (Chris Hemsworth). “Really!” responds Marty (Fran Kranz), sarcastically, to his best friend who’s not really himself after almost being killed by something terrifying in the woods in the horror/comedy, The Cabin in the Woods. Curt and [...]

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion As Hollywood marches on with the reboot/reimagine/rehash/remake craze, so comes The Three Stooges. The unparalleled masters of slapstick comedy, Moe, Larry and Curly (no Shemp here) have been watched by generation after generation. Over time, the same glee people derive from watching them poke and hit each other has [...]