Daily Archives: July 2, 2013

Movie Review, “Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain”

In the timeline of the standard stand-up comic’s career, Kevin Hart has surged past “young, angry and hungry,” seems to be avoiding Dave Chappelle/Andy Kaufman burnout and is settling just shy of fat, happy and car collecting (Seinfeld, Leno, Chris Tucker). The little … Continue reading

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Holiday movies: “Ranger” takes a pounding, much love for “Despicable”

This Juy 4 sees Disney’s “The Lone Ranger”  taking MASSIVE abuse for its violence, a bloody PG-13 action Western “comedy” with a staggering body count and a serious miscalculation in tone. I thought Armie and Johnny were fine, but Gore … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Paula Patton stars in “Baggage Claim”

She didn’t get much of a bounce from “Precious,” but Paula Patton did land the lead in this romantic comedy about a lovelorn stewardess who re-connects with her exes (her “baggage”) to see if anything of them is marriage material. … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Not your granddaddy’s “Lone Ranger”

Saying the new “Lone Ranger” has “tone issues” is just code for “I could have done without the bad guy tearing out somebody’s heart and taking a bite out of it.” The folks who did the “Pirates of the Caribbean” … Continue reading

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