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16 Sep

Brad’s Status

Max SchindlerMovie reviews
Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller) has a satisfying career and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento where he lives with his sweet-natured wife, Melanie (Jenna Fischer), and their musical prodigy son, Troy (Austin Abrams), but it?s not quite what he imagined during his college glory days. Showing Troy around Boston, where Brad went to university, he can?t help comparing his life with those of his four best college friends: a Hollywood bigshot (Mike White), a hedge fund founder (Luke Wilson), a tech entrepreneur (Jemaine Clement), and a political pundit and bestselling author (Michael Sheen). As he imagines their wealthy, glamorous lives,…
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16 Sep

Liar’s Dice

Max SchindlerNew DVD release
Skip It Liar's Dice, India's unexpected submission to the 2014 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film, is admirable in its combination of ambition and unwavering devotion to a specific vision, but the ambition is frequently stunted by a lack of resources, and the vision is more frustrating than rewarding. Making her debut as a feature writer/director following an acclaimed short film (Kelkkunnundo, aka Are You Listening?), Geetu Mohandas, strives to craft an unusual, uncompromisingly bleak road movie. Dice achieves that bleakness, but also a heavy dose of tedium as well. It has been five months since Kamala (Geetanjali Thapa) has…
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16 Sep

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wanted – Bebop & Rocksteady

Max SchindlerNew DVD release, , , , , ,
Rent It Nickelodeon's 2012 revamp of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is slowly winding down after five seasons of action and adventure, and the show's been much better than its treatment on DVD thus far. With only one or two stretches of below-average episodes to its name, TMNT has done an excellent job of appealing to old and new fans alike with a strong mixture of comedy, action, danger, and no shortage of drama during some of the series' darker moments. It's been a fun rid...Read the entire review
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16 Sep

PAW Patrol: The Great Pirate Rescue!

Max SchindlerNew DVD release, , ,
Recommended PAW Patrol is one of Nick Jr.'s most popular shows in years, packed with all the harmless action and cornball jokes that kids and most parents can't help but snicker at. The Great Pirate Treasure is the newest themed collection of PAW Patrol episodes on disc; it doesn't really change anything about the show's formula or characters, and doesn't have to. Most episodes go like this: the six PAW Patrol canines (klutzy firefighter Marshall, aquatic expert Z...Read the entire review
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16 Sep

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Magical Movie Night

Max SchindlerNew DVD release, , , , ,
Rent It In 10 Words or LessA trio of shorter, interconnected Equestria Girls adventuresReviewer's Bias*Loves: My daughterLikes: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the Equestria Girls films, Equestria Girls musicDislikes: oversaturationHates: SpikeNote: In the interest of full disclosure, I am friends with one of the writers involved in this release, and have made every effort to not allow that to influence my review.The MovieSo, a little under a year after the release of Legend of Everfree, and my now 11-year-old daughter has less interest in the My Little Pony franchise, which mens for this release, I was on my own,…
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16 Sep

Dracula in Vegas

Max SchindlerNew DVD release,
Recommended The Movie:Filmmaker Nick Millard has had an interesting career. He started off making softcore skin flicks in the sixties and then made the switch to hardcore once the seventies rolled around. But once 1975 hit, he turned his back on smut and made a few horror films: Satan's Black Wedding and Criminally Insane being the two most popular. A few years later he'd churn out .357 Magnum and then take a break for a while but once the eighties rolled around and camcorders became readily available, Nick made a comeback! Not only did he make a sequel to Criminally…
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16 Sep

Behind the Mask: The Batman: Dead End Story

Max SchindlerNew DVD release, ,
Rent It The Film:Might seem hard to believe at this point, but there was a time in the late- 90s to early- 00s where big-screen Batman underwent something of an identity crisis. The creative folks behind the character's live-action iterations were unsure of whether to explore the character's dark, brooding elements from the comics -- something embraced by the wildly successful Batman: The Animated Series -- or return to the vibrant campiness of the 60s show, resulting in Schumacher's Batman & Robin and a period of silence afterwards. Sandy Collora knew what to do with the character, though, which led…
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