Alan Mowbray and Eric Tiansay
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‘Guardians’ Reaches for the Stars With Galactic Thrills, Humor
Move over Star Wars, there’s a new space adventure in another galaxy far, far away, but this one has a more comedic tone. Touted as a space opera rather than a superhero movie, Guardians of the Galaxy is cut in the mold of Star Wars, which is evoked in the movie’s poster. But due to its intense …
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Review: ‘The Croods’ Offers Prehistorical Laughs
It’s being hailed by some movie critics as “an animated Avatar,” but the best compliment for The Croods is it’s arguably DreamWorks Animation’s most family-friendly movie and far from rude awakening—which should appease Christian families. That’s significant, considering DreamWorks Animation is known for using plenty of potty humor and risqué double entendres in movies such …
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‘The Hobbit’ Rings In Very Intense, Epic Adventure
“In the hole in the ground, there lived the hobbit.” The classic opening line in The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 children’s literature classic finally hits the big screen in Peter Jackson’s new film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, but it’s not necessarily a family-friendly movie and Christian elements are not clearly evident. Almost a …
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‘Rise of the Guardians’—Not Naughty, Very Nice
You better watch out. You better not cry. Better not pout. I’m telling you why. A reimagined Santa Claus and his friends are coming to town. Just in time for the holidays, Rise of the Guardians unites the most famous fictional characters of childhood—Santa Claus (voiced by Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Tooth …
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‘The Avengers’ is a Marvel to Behold
Arguably the most highly anticipated movie of the year with a reported staggering budget of $220 million, Marvel’s The Avengers finally hits theaters with lots of hype and hoopla—after two Iron Man films, two Hulk flicks with two different Hulks, plus Thor and Captain America movies. So what can we say now that all those …
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‘The Avengers’ is a Marvel to Behold
Arguably the most highly anticipated movie of the year with a reported staggering budget of $220 million, Marvel's The Avengers finally hits theaters with lots of hype and hoopla—after two Iron Man films, two Hulk flicks with two different Hulks, plus Thor and Captain America movies.
So what can we say now that all those characters are together in one place in The Avengers? Believe the hype and hoopla!
The action starts as Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and his colleagues at S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate) are protecting and collecting the energy of the Tesseract. A holdover from the Captain America movie, the Tesseract is a small, glowing blue cube with an unlimited source of energy and the gateway to different portals in space.
