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[Double Feature] Pete's Dragon

11/30/2016

David: One of the troubles with remakes is the fact that, most of the time (not always – look at the recent DFP review of The Departed) remakes cannot, by their very nature, be original....

Shannon: Pete's Dragon was one of my favorite Disney's movies as a kid. However, I don't really remember much about the original. I tried to order it from disneymovieclub.com but they...

[Double Feature] Home for the Holidays

11/23/2016

by David

by Shannon

David: I’ve raved about some of Jodie Foster’s directorial efforts before. As we all know, I loved The Beaver and I also gave Money Monster a high grade as well. So when we were looking at Thanksgiving...

Shannon: Well, we aren't doing too well with our "Thanksgiving" themed movie choices for this blog. Today's movie review is on the 1995 film Home for the Holidays with Robert Downy Jr and...

[Double Feature] Free Birds

11/21/2016

by David

by Shannon

David: I’ll be completely honest here – I’m pretty easy on animated films. That’s because I do try to take into mind the fact that sometimes simplistic storylines can be the best. I’m not saying you can’t...

Shannon: Okay, so the context of this movie made me think that it was going to be good. It's about a turkey, named Reggie (voiced by Owen Wilson) who is smarter than most of the turkeys...

[Double Feature] Criminal

11/18/2016

by David

by Shannon

David: There aren’t too many directors that are sure enough of themselves to cast a star like Ryan Reynolds and then relegate him to essentially a non-speaking role. But director Ariel Vromen...

Shannon: Starring Kevin Costner, Criminal follows Jericho Stewart, a death-row inmate who was chosen to undergo brain surgery. This wasn't just any brain surgery though, it was a top-secret...

[Double Feature] Bad Moms

11/16/2016

by David

by Shannon

David: There are some movies that you just dread watching. I wasn’t really excited when I found out we were doing this one (I believe per a request from a reader – see, we do it even when...

Shannon: Bad Moms stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn as they play moms who have had enough of all the BS that is going on in their childrens' school, at home, and at work. They've...

[Double Feature] The Jungle Book (2016)

11/14/2016

by David

by Shannon

David: Kids have a tendency to latch onto certain movies, at least for a time. For instance, one of my sons latched onto Monster’s University and would request it almost every single day. It practically...

Shannon: Disney's newest live action movie is The Jungle Book and it's pretty similar to the cartoon version. Which isn't a bad thing actually. The Jungle Book, which I'm sure mostly...

[Double Feature] Tombstone

11/11/2016

by David

by Shannon

David: Westerns are awesome. It’s really a shame we don’t have too many more. We have movies that hold onto the Western ideals, and now we have the terrific Westworld that is...

Shannon: Tombstone follows several people in their small western town of Tombstone (hence the name of the movie). Starring Kurt Russell (Wyatt) and Val Kilmer (Doc), this film is...

[Double Feature] The Departed

11/9/2016

by David

by Shannon

David: It had been quite some time since I had watched The Departed (if memory serves, it was 2008, first year in college, devouring anything I could in the Fantastical World of Film). I’m...

Shannon: The Departed is full of stars: Leo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, and Vera Farmiga. The story-line follows both an undercover cop that...

[Double Feature] London Has Fallen

11/7/2016

by David

by Shannon

David: When I reviewed Olympus Has Fallen, I wasn’t blown away by it, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. However, when I started to see things about the sequel, I was confused. Because...

Shannon: I hope that you remember how much I loved Olympus Has Fallen. Well, this sequel is no exception to that. It's full of action, explosions, Gerard Butler, etc. In this movie, there's...

[Double Feature] Legend

11/4/2016

by David

by Shannon

David: Story’s about famous people, and about famous gangsters in particular, can go several ways. You can have stories like Black Mass, where Depp is terrific but the rest of the story is bad. You can have...

Shannon: Following two twin brothers, Reggie and Ronnie Kray (played by Tom Hardy), on their rise to power in the “gangster” world of 1960s London can be quite scandalous at times. Reggie...

[Double Feature] Pete's Dragon

[Double Feature] Home for the Holidays

[Double Feature] Free Birds

[Double Feature] Criminal

[Double Feature] Bad Moms

[Double Feature] The Jungle Book (2016)

[Double Feature] Tombstone

[Double Feature] The Departed

[Double Feature] London Has Fallen

[Double Feature] Legend

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