Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Download Movie

Last time out, in Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson adapted a children's book by Roald Dahl. Now, in Moonrise Kingdom, he's made one of his own.. It's an adventure, a love story, a biblical allegory complete with approaching storm, a mash note to composer Benjamin Britten and a profoundly touching discourse on the needs of troubled children.. It's a fable about what it feels like to be 12 years old and afflicted, from head to toe, by a romantic crush the size of a planet.. One knock against some o...

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The Wolverine (2013) Online Streaming

Like most superhero films, "The Wolverine" depends mostly on sheer mechanics -- both in front of and behind the camera -- and on that level it's a resounding success.. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water mostly nails what has always made the character, and his brightly coloured underwater world, so endearing: the abundant innocence, the welcome lack of cynicism and the out-and-out stupidity.. Instead of expounding a tedious origin story or staging an epic battle for apocalyptic stakes, "The...

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Divergent (2014) Online Streaming

The performances -- namely from stars Shailene Woodley and Theo James and Kate Winslet in a juicy supporting role -- always make the movie watchable and often quite engaging.. Ironically for a film about non-conformity, it adheres to the playbook rather slavishly.. Although not quite as well-focused as The Hunger Games, Divergent employs many of the same elements: a futuristic post-war setting, a strong heroine, a romance, and a struggle against the oppression inherent in the status quo.. Promet...

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The Brothers Grimm (2005) Download Movie

Don't expect new horizons in the annals of odd-couple, comedy-action flicks.. A darker, deeper fantasy epic than the Rings trilogy, The Chronicles of Narnia or the Potter films. It springs from the same world of quasi-philosophical magic, but creates more complex villains and poses more intriguing questions.. . . A pretty good fantasy -- with different bits of Potter and Jules Verne and Narnia all mixed up together into something new.. . Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's decision to pursue a movie car...

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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) Play Streaming

Surrounding the flashy heroics, however, is a lot of stilted drama. Unresolved subplots make the movie longer than it needs to be.. As always, the biggest screams emanating from the audience come when Lautner bares his chest.. ... a lesson in prehistoric hilarity.. Viewers who value the little things, such as passable acting and dialogue not stolen from a sixth-grader's diary, will once again walk away dazed, dumbfounded and partially deaf from all the surrounding squealing.. If you're going to ...

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The Guardian (2006) Download Movie

A workmanlike story, an unusual setting, a game cast and a righteous message kind of get lost in the film's excesses. And an imbalance in the leads hampers this by-the-book service-academy drama.. Full of visual dazzle, engaging characters and a reasonably sprightly narrative.. Ice Age comes closer than any other recent animated film to the Looney Tunes ideal.. It's clever enough to amuse adults, yet sufficiently kid-friendly to delight tykes with diminutive attention spans.. From the squirrel's...

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War of the Worlds (2005) Online Streaming

War of the Worlds' is a picture without a thought in its pretty head: the Tom Cruise movie to end all Tom Cruise movies.. There's stuff to make you go 'Wow!' but nothing you'll remember the next day.. . A spectacular-looking film, but its ambivalent story and viewpoint ultimately drag it down.. The Four Feathers has rewards, from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes.. Extravagant in movie terms but stingy in emotional ones, it embodies all of Spi...

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