Nobody needs a movie to tell them that bicycle couriers are crazy, but they’re certainly interesting enough characters to build one around. Premium Rush is the result, a smaller-scale chase film that definitely has a lot of rush, though it isn’t quite a premium experience.
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Many people are creeped-out by stop-motion animation, which is probably why it has been so effective in light-hearted spookfests like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Coraline. Add to this list ParaNorman, a dark but lovable film that turns comedy horror into fun for (almost) the whole family.
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It’s surely no coincidence that The Campaign appears just three months before the real elections in the United States. Just like the usual arc of a real political campaign, however, the movie generates a lot of excitement in the early going, but ends up limping to the finish.
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As times change, technology improves, and stories resonate differently with new generations, it’s to be expected that a film remake will differ, sometimes radically, from the original. But while the new Total Recall improves on the vision, themes, and action of the Arnold Schwarzenegger version, it leaves out the essential qualities that made the 1990 movie a classic.
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Remember T-Ball when you were a kid? It seemed so easy – the ball just sitting there, ready to be blasted out of the park. Then you stepped up, swung your hardest, and it only went three feet. The Watch is much like this: teed-up perfectly at the comic strengths of its stars, writers, and director, it seems like a home run in the making, but in the end it barely gets on base.
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