Review – MCU – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
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Review – MCU – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America - The Winter Soldier (2014) Chris Evans Samuel L Jackson Scarlett Johansson Robert Redford Sebastian Stan Anthony Mackie Cobie Smoulders Frank Grillo Spoiler Free thoughts and Notes The second entry in the Captain America series comes in right on the heels of The Avengers, or "Phase 2" of the Marvel Cinematic universe.  I want to take a moment here to comment on how the continuity of these movies have been handled up to this point, since this is the first "post crossover" movie.  This applies to pretty much all of the Phase 2 movies, though it seems to…
Review – Movie – Monster Trucks
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Review – Movie – Monster Trucks

So, I'm kind of a stupid sucker for this sort of thing. Kind of dumb movies based on dumb concepts. Monster Trucks really feels like one of those, in a meeting, guy says "What about, trucks, possessed by MONSTERS. And we could call it.... MONSTER TRUCKS. This is a Nickelodeon film and rated PG, so it's pretty sanitary in it's story and presentation. You're not going to get much more than what you might expect. There's quite a few faces that you'll recognize in here as well, though the stars are Lucas Till, from MacGuyver as "Handsome outcast loser kid"…
Review – MCU – The Incredible Hulk (2008)
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Review – MCU – The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Spoiler Free Thoughts and Review The Incredible Hulk seems to be a really hard hero to get right for movies.  He's had a few of them and even a live action TV series in the 80s.  The Incredible Hulk is sort of the redheaded stepchild of the MCU.  It came out just after Iron Man.  It's technically sort of part of the MCU, but no one really remembers or cares that it's part of the MCU.  Part of this confusion is the change in actors from the movie and his next appearance in The Avengers.  They traded out Edward Norton…
Review – Movie – Warcraft (2016)
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Review – Movie – Warcraft (2016)

I have to say, I was pretty excited to see the Warcraft movie.  I don't currently play World of Warcraft but I got pretty deep into the game in recent years.  I played all of the original Warcraft games back in the day as well, especially Warcraft 2.  I also enjoy films such as The Lord of the Rings, which kind of felt like the same idea, a large sweeping epic. Ultimately, I ended up really let down by this movie.  I'm not sure that it's really a bad movie, it's just not particularly amazing, despite the pretty impressive visuals. …
Review – Movie – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
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Review – Movie – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

So, the first Michael Bay Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live action movie kind of got a lot of flack.  To be fair, though, it's not actually directed by Michael Bay, it's just produced, so it's not as awful of a live action remake as The Transformers movies are, it was however quite a departure from what people think of when they think Ninja Turtles. The second film in this series is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, and it seems to be the answer to what a lot of people wanted and expected from the first movie.  Where…