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SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Ender’s Game”

ENDER’S GAME: Watch It At Home – Breaks The Rules, But Doesn’t Win the Game You don’t often see a $110M (plus marketing) YA adventure, intended to kick off a new movie franchise, as resolutely o...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

Everything is a little smoother in 2002’s HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. The young actors give more assured performances; Steve Kloves’ script, having gotten so much exposition out of its w...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”

THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND – Sunday 10PM on AMC Even as AMC announced the upcoming termination of the WALKING DEAD mothership after one more super-sized season, the network went all-in on the franchise, unveili...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Taken 2”

TAKEN 2: Watch It At Home – “Particular Set of Skills” Indeed As silly sequels to mindless hits go, TAKEN 2 is fairly entertaining, at least for a while. The first movie, of course, was a sur...

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THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE: Buy A Ticket – The Odds Remain in This Franchise’s Favor Gary Ross did a fine, gritty job as director and co-writer of the first Hunger Games adaptation, one especially attu...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

It was all so cute when it started… David Yates’ 2009 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE is surprisingly funny at times–surprising, because in all other ways the film was, up to that point, by far t...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”

JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT: Watch It At Home – Tom Clancy’s Hero Is Plugged Into A Routine Action Movie The fourth movie incarnation of Tom Clancy’s emblematic hero Jack Ryan (in 5 films) finds him muc...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Worth A Ticket: Simian Power Although it’s positioned as the last big adventure epic of the summer, for most of its length Rupert Wyatt’s RISE OF THE PLA...

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Glass Onion” & “Pearl”

GLASS ONION (Netflix – November 4 in theaters, December 23 online): After Rian Johnson’s Knives Out broke through to become one of the increasingly few non-IP-based mainstream hits in the market ($311.6M wo...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Beautiful Creatures”

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES: Watch It At Home – Many Witches, Little Magic BEAUTIFUL CREATURES can’t be dismissed as merely an overlong TV episode meant for the CW, but it never really comes together, either. Ric...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Final Destination 5”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Final Destination 5”

FINAL DESTINATION 5 – Watch It At Home: Death Takes No Holiday There’s only one thing worth mentioning in FINAL DESTINATION 5… and it’s the one thing I can’t talk about. Let’...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”

G.I. JOE: RETALIATION: Not Even For Free – Endlessly Dumb Exercise In Boom-Boom Action There’s a difference between making a movie for 11-year old boys and having a script that seems to have been written by...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Ender’s Game”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Taken 2”

THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Glass Onion” & “Pearl”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Beautiful Creatures”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Final Destination 5”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Final Destination 5”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”

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