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Movie Review: Epic

Rebecca Murray — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:48 +0000

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Animated kids movies these days understand that there are at least two distinct demographics that come to each showing: children and their parents. The goal is to fascinate and wow the wee ones while still making the time enjoyable, or better yet, actually entertaining for the adults who will [...]

Movie Review: Fast and Furious 6

Rebecca Murray — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Building on the momentum of Fast Five, racing into theaters now is Fast & Furious 6 (or just Furious 6 according to the opening credits). For those who didn’t watch any of the previous installments, a quick recap of the entire series is in the opening credits – though [...]

The Hangover Part 3 Review: We’re Glad It’s Over

Rebecca Murray — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:29 +0000

Reviewed by Kevin Finnerty “Where is he?! Leslie Chow stole 21 million in gold from me and I figure the Wolf Pack has the best chance to find him. Doug is my insurance,” says Marshall (John Goodman) to Stu (Ed Helms), Phil (Bradley Cooper), and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) who’ve just been run off the road [...]

Movie Review: The Hangover Part 3

Rebecca Murray — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:29 +0000

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Getting a jump on a busy movie weekend, The Hangover Part III is hoping to remind people of the first film and erase the bad taste left in audiences’ mouths after the second. How successful was the film in doing that? I suppose “somewhat” is about the best answer [...]

Star Trek Into Darkness Movie Review

Rebecca Murray — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:07 +0000

Reviewed by Kevin Finnerty “I request permission to go after him,” says James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) to Starfleet Command after an attack from within their own organization has left the fleet without many of their commanders and incredibly weak in director J.J. Abrams sequel to his 2009 summer blockbuster, Star Trek Into Darkness. [...]

Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

Rebecca Murray — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:20 +0000

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion It’s not a really well kept secret what J.J. Abrams and company were planning to do with the sequel to their successful reboot of the Star Trek movie franchise. If there’s one movie in the canon that stands out and has engendered both more parody and more devotion than [...]

Movie Review: The Great Gatsby

Rebecca Murray — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:06:19 +0000

Reviewed by Kevin Finnerty “Jay, you can’t repeat the past,” says Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire). “Can’t repeat the past? Of course you can,” responds Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) to his one and only true friend in Baz Luhrmann’s screen version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway has left [...]

Iron Man 3 Movie Review – An Entertaining Sequel

Rebecca Murray — Fri, 03 May 2013 23:08:11 +0000

Reviewed by Kevin Finnerty “I’m not afraid of you. You’re a coward. No politics here, just good old fashioned revenge,” says Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in a media blitz to the terrorist known as The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) after an attack has left a close friend of Tony’s on the critical list in the [...]

Movie Review: Iron Man 3

Rebecca Murray — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:40 +0000

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Hello there. You’re at the beginning of a review for Iron Man 3 … which I’m not sure why you’re reading because this isn’t the kind of movie affected by critics. Fanboys and fangirls have been squeeing with delight ever since the first teaser trailer hit the Internet; their [...]

Movie Review: Arthur Newman

Rebecca Murray — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:58:44 +0000

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Loyal readers know that if I could inject one emotion into a film, it would be melancholy. I love a good wallow and if there’s one thing that Arthur Newman is able to do, it’s allow the main characters to feel, experience, and dwell on their pain. Starring [...]