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★★★½★ Monkey Kingdom
Full of beautiful cinematography, and plenty of “how did they even film that” moments.
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★★★★★ Unfriended
Boring and sometimes bloody, but mostly just a bloody mess.
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★★★★★ True Story
Fantastic performances keep the suspense building.
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★★★★★ The Longest Ride
The flashbacks might be better than the present day story, but the cast help it rise above the clichéd Sparks tropes.
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★★★★★ Furious 7
The perfect way to kick the blockbuster season into high gear before Summer of Awesome 2015 finally arrives.
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★★★★★ Get Hard
Never mean-spirited, but always in bad taste.
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★★★★★ Home
Boring and humorless, avoid at all costs.
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★★★½★ Insurgent
Better than the first, but still not great.
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★★★½★ Cinderella
A gorgeous production with a plodding pace, the animated 'Frozen Fever' short is the only reason worth going.
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★★★★★ Run All Night
A boring repeat of Neeson's film past.
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★★½★★ Chappie
A convoluted mess that never comes together no matter how many nuts and bolts Blomkamp uses.
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★★★★½ Focus
A smart script, clever direction, and sexy performances help send February out on a high note.
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★★★★★ The Lazarus Effect
A quartet of good actors trying to make the dumb script look smarter than it is.
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★★½★★ Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Nowhere near as awesome as the first, but there are at least a few laughs.
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★★★½★ The DUFF
Far from a classic, but way better than its trailer.
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★★½★★ Fifty Shades of Grey
To quote a friend walking out of the screening: “At least it was better than the book.” How’s that for faint praise?
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★★★★★ Kingsman: The Secret Service
Hilarious, classy, razor sharp, and brutal.
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★★★★★ Seventh Son
Not the disaster everyone expected.
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★★★★★ The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
A hilarious romp that keeps insanity running wild, ensuring everyone is having a good time.
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★★★★★ Jupiter Ascending
February is one of Hollywood’s “dump months” and there isn’t a more fitting time to release 'Jupiter Ascending.'
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★★★★★ Project Almanac
Way more fun than I anticipated, and winds up being the best new film of January.
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★★★★★ Blackhat
Nothing more than standard operating procedure when it comes to January releases.
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★★★★★ Taken 3
The only thing 'Taken' here is your 109 minutes.
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★★★★★ Selma
One of 2014's best, and most important, films.
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