TRON: Legacy (2010) Online Streaming

Disney may be looking for a merchandising bonanza with this long-gestating sequel to the groundbreaking 1982 film, but someone in the corporate offices forgot to add any human interest to its action-heavy script.. Tron: Legacy shows off a world where everything is eye candy, and absolutely nothing is brain candy.. An intensive, propulsive political thriller representing a tautly executed return to...

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The Descent (2005) Online Streaming

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Full Movie Streaming

George Lucas had lost his way for many years, gone to filmmaking's dark side. But now he's mustered up completely unexpected reserve for a last-minute redemption.. Revenge of the Sith might be tolerable if it weren't designed to be taken seriously.. But for all the clanking armies of iron knights on display to dazzle the eager kid in each of us, this summer epic rings hollow. There's no one home inside...

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Thor: The Dark World (2013) Download Movie

This action-adventure sequel from Marvel soon turns so dumb and 3-D-murky that it hurts.. It's like a smorgasbord designed to give fans all they can eat -- or a roadside 24-hour buffet that clocks in, blessedly, at a mere two hours. Its welcoming air and variety can't fully disguise its lack of top-notch ingredients.. Dancing above a leaden plot and lumpy dialogue, Mr. Hiddleston moves his fine-boned...

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) Download Movie

This is one of those rare instances when a sequel wouldn't just be warranted - it would be welcomed.. It's got all the ingredients - improbable romances, partial nudity, ridiculous escapes - that make it little more than big-sound and big-picture fodder for the Imax screens it will appear on throughout the country.. This is like an Austin Powers movie directed by Wes Anderson, although Ritchie's personal...

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) Play Movie

It shouldn't surprise you by now to hear that Cruise apparently flirted with on-set danger here, too. And it's impossible to deny that this knowledge adds to the fun.. Immersive, unpredictable and crammed with more sharp plot hooks than a fishing basket. It's one of the best wide-release movies of the summer.. Of the many heists and grabs that litter the movie, none is as blatant as the deft, irrepressible...

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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...

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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) Play Movie

Mainly for "Night at the Museum" diehards.. Thor is essentially Marvel's answer to Superman and, as with The Man of Steel, it can be difficult to craft a tale around a hero who is essentially invincible.. Dancing above a leaden plot and lumpy dialogue, Mr. Hiddleston moves his fine-boned features and graceful body, as if what he were doing matters; he seems imported from a quite different movie.....

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Cloverfield (2008) Download Full

Will Condon's movie convert agnostics to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight cult?. . Melodrama reigns in this supernatural soap opera, even though author Stephanie Meyer's tale takes a decided turn toward the weird and violent.. It all goes wrong just when it should go right.. Kung Fu Panda gets across important and inevitable plot information in ways that are novel and unexpected. Things simply don't happen...

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) Download Full

The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. A movie can have a superb story, amazing cinematography, and mesmerizing writing as well as directing, but without the talent to deliver it all, it finds itself lacking. Great!!. A masterpiece of genre film-making,...

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Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) Online Streaming

It barely matters whether this movie is good or bad. Bay is now the sort of filmmaker -- the only one, perhaps -- whose moviemaking goes beyond such binary banality.. I sincerely enjoyed the Transformer who was literally branded by Oreo.‪. The Transformers are brilliant, brave, world-conquering space travelers. Time to morph into something entertaining.. In the end, though, this is still a movie about...

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World War Z (2013) Full Streaming

World War Z opens with an undeniable bang. But if this is the way the world ends, we're going out with a whimper.. Director Marc Forster can't do much with the stale human story, in which Pitt leaves his frightened wife and daughters on an aircraft carrier to await his return.. [It] does not try to extend the boundaries of commercial entertainment but does what it can to find interesting ways to pass...

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Download Movie

What will allow the remaining films to prosper, is the words that we hear at the start, from an elderly caretaker: "Bloody kids.". Goblet of Fire is more effective in these smaller, more intimate moments than in the bloated bombast of its larger set pieces.. The Transformers are brilliant, brave, world-conquering space travelers. Time to morph into something entertaining.. Kloves has streamlined J....

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Oblivion (2013) Online Streaming

The Transformers are brilliant, brave, world-conquering space travelers. Time to morph into something entertaining.. You're either awestruck, dumbstruck or just plain struck in the face.. More adventurous than your typical Hollywood tent pole, "Oblivion" makes you remember why science fiction movies pulled you in way back when and didn't let you go.. It barely matters whether this movie is good or...

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Full Streaming

. Let's not pretend we're watching art!. Marvelous!. . Unfortunately, it conveys the sense that the machinery has already started to wear down, and the inventiveness to wear thin.. . In scope and ambition, Jediresembles nothing so much as the next level of a computer game, with a new environment, new gadgets and new creatures.. Reasonably fast paced for its 133-minute length, a visual treat throughout.....

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Jurassic World (2015) Watch Full Movie

Even without world-class smarts or amusing mutations, the next generation of "Jurassic" is an enjoyable ride.. In terms of its thrills and graphic design, it still looks like a low-to-mid-range Spielberg effort.. Pratt proved in "Guardians" that he could handle hunky leading man roles, and his combination of physicality, charisma and attitude prove hard to resist one more time.. You don't go to the...

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Interstellar (2014) Play Movie

After the first hour, with its poignant depiction of humanity's decline, Interstellar always seems to be rebuilding its momentum, offering plenty to think about but little to hold on to.. A movie can have a superb story, amazing cinematography, and mesmerizing writing as well as directing, but without the talent to deliver it all, it finds itself lacking. Great!!. This movie is an epic action movie...

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Blade: Trinity (2004) Online Streaming

Lacks anything vaguely resembling a plot, while failing to deliver suspense or thrills.. Watching Blade: Trinity is like being rolled down a marble staircase in an oil drum. The movie is loud, dark, bumpy and not even a little fun.. Diverting but dumb and more goth than gothic, Blade: Trinity builds up to a less-than-epochal smackdown.. This year's entry in the Movies You Admire and Respect but Don't...

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The Martian (2015) Full Streaming

Turns out getting stranded on Mars can lead to a whole lot of fun.. The film is a profound testament to the rare-and underrated-virtue of simply not screwing anything up.. This is science fiction for sophisticated audiences and, as such, a fulfilling and satisfying experience.. It's a brisk, funny piece of competence-porn sci-fi.. A tremendously exciting popcorn spectacle, and also a portrait of extraplanetary...

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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...

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