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  • Dark Shadows 2012

    ★★½ Watched 12 May, 2012

    Its become pretty standard for Tim Burton to make a highly stylized film featuring dark and mysterious characters played by the likes of Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter so there should be a certain comfort level for audiences when viewing "Dark Shadows". I expected it to be quirky, dark, humorous, and a little off and for the most part that's about what I got, although more of one than I was actually hoping for.

    Barnabas Collins (Depp) is the…

  • The Raid: Redemption 2012

    ★★★★★ Added

    On one of the posters for this movie it says "The Best Action Movie in Decades". While I may not go that far, I would still have to rank "The Raid: Redemption" as one of the most entertaining martial arts movies I have ever seen.

    Yes, I said ever. Deal with it.

    Iko Uwais, who is an expert in Silat (a traditional Indonesian martial art), stars as Rama who is a rookie member of an elite SWAT team that is…

  • The Cabin in the Woods 2012

    ★★★★★ Added

    "The Cabin in the Woods" has been sitting on the shelf for a couple years while Warner Brothers was dealing with bankruptcy issues and other financial woes. Now that all of that stuff has been cleared up, it is time for director Drew Goddard's love letter to the horror movie genre to get out in front of audiences.

    This is a tough review for me to write as there are so many things about the movie that should not be…

  • The Avengers 2012

    ★★★★★ Watched 04 May, 2012

    People have been waiting for this movie for years...decades even. The anticipation has been building ever since the first Iron Man movie came out and we first heard Samuel L Jackson as Sgt. Nick Fury say the words, "I'm here to talk to you about the Avenger initiative".

    He wasn't just talking to Tony Stark in that post credits scene, he was talking to all of us. Now, after five movies featuring Earth's Mightiest Heroes on their own, Marvel Comics,…