Running Time: 1 hr, 52 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: J.J. Abrams Quick Impressions: I’ve been excited about this movie for over a year. Long has it been my number one must-see for 2011. Amazingly (given the limited information revealed in trailers) the film delivered exactly what I expected. Equal parts …
X-Men: First Class Running Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Matthew Vaughn Important Disclaimer: As much as I love comic-book-based movies and cartoons, I have never been an avid reader of comics and cannot pretend to be an expert on X-Men and what is and is not canonical …
Running Time: 2 hours, 12 minutesRating: PG-13 Director: Matthew Vaughn [Note: I found writing a spoiler-free review impossible, but I do call out spoilers ahead of times in brackets. To avoid spoilers, skip the remainder of the paragraph after you see the brackets.] Important Disclaimer: As much as I love …
(I try to avoid spoilers, but I do discuss the plot pretty freely.) Running Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Rating: PG Director: Jennifer Yuh Quick Impressions: What a beautiful movie! The colors were so vibrant, and the opening sequence so stylistically done that I wished I were seeing it in …
(I try to avoid spoilers, but I do discuss plot points.) Running Time: 2 hours, 21 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Rob Marshall Quick Impressions: When Jack Sparrow was introduced, I inwardly groaned, thinking that the franchise had lost its sparkle. The first twenty to forty minutes of the movie felt …
(I try to avoid spoilers, but I do discuss the plot pretty freely.) Running Time: 1 hour, 54 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Kenneth Branagh Quick Impressions: Very enjoyable movie experience overall. We opted out of 3D at the last minute after hearing it was a post-conversion. Some of the portal …
