The A-Team (2010) Play Movie

The A-Team is reasonably good fun. If you're a 12-year-old boy riding an intense Cherry Pepsi buzz and totally devoted to destroying some brain cells, that is.. I pity the fool who fails to share the popcorn.. The characters ... are without interest. Their problems are not our problems. But the sheer motion, the spectacle and the flashes of wit take The A-Team out of the realm of garbage. It's fun.. No onea(TM)s coming to a big-screen version of the lunkheaded TV show expecting The Hurt Locker. ...

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Stardust (2007) Watch Full Movie

An overstuffed, overlong epic with a tongue-in-cheek approach that repeatedly begs unfavorable comparisons with The Princess Bride.. Stardust suffers from uneven pacing and some cheesy-looking special effects. But the fine cast keeps things watchable.. . Stardust [feels] episodic and clunky, constantly straining for the impression of overall coherent design that Gaiman renders invisible.. . Everybody has a lot of fun here.. No, Stardust isn't a children's movie. It's a movie for anyone, of any a...

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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Full Streaming

For the most part, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" is the hard-charging, mind-boggling spectacle fans are looking for. Smash indeed.. The amazing thing about Avengers: Age of Ultron is that it's reasonably enjoyable while feeling less like a movie than an epic sowing of seeds for multiple Marvel properties.. As before, the greatest fun is in watching the original Avengers, all fine actors who've made the characters their own.. It is, in short, more disposable than the mere mortal blockbusters it was d...

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Alice in Wonderland (2010) Full Streaming

Indecision haunts every frame. The result is a clattering, hectic spectacle that by the end has run out of inspiration. It's a home for abandoned ideas.. No knockouts here. No tkos, either.. . . Its single biggest failing -- an affront to Lewis Carroll and the charms of nonsense literature -- is the fact that it makes sense.. Burton, one of the great visual artists in Hollywood history, is incapable of making an uninteresting movie. Still, I'm not looking forward to the sequel promised in the la...

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Full Streaming

Finding Nemo is laced with smart humor and clever gags, and buoyed by another cheery story of mismatched buddies: a pair of fish voiced by Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres.. Be forewarned: Whether through ego, avarice, or unchecked enthusiasm, Jackson has wandered deep into the realm of fan fiction.. Finding Nemo works terribly hard for every scrap of charm or humor it imparts.. I recommend this movie to everyone out there want to see an epic action movie that delivers to every sense of the wor...

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) Watch Streaming

Craig has settled into a well-suited, grim-reaper role. Even when James flirts and trysts, his creased face suggests an unmovable weight.. The James Bond franchise turns 50 with a stellar entry that fires on all cylinders as an action picture but also casts a modest glance backward to its illustrious past.. The effect of so many Oscar-calibre actors speaking the generic dialogue is like watching pro ballplayers play T-ball.. Collins and the Lawrences have crossed the uncanny valley separating im...

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Total Recall (2012) Online Streaming

. The best stuff in Jumper comes early, while the movie is still busy explaining its scenario. It's only when all the pieces are in place and the story actually kicks in that things start to fall apart, and quickly.. . The remake has no grace notes, or grace, no nuance, no humanity, no character quirks, no surprises in the dialogue and no humor .... The effects look great, but is that even worth noting when smart high-schoolers can make monsters on their laptops? What movie's effects don't look ...

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