Movie Review: Thunderstruck

Title:Thunderstruck

Year Of Release: 2012

Review Date: January 31, 2013

Rating: G

Running time: 94 minutes

Box Office Gross: N/A 

   Site Rating: 6 out of 10 stars

Thunderstruck is the funny, entertaining basketball comedy starring NBA star Kevin Durant. Due to a freak occurrence, Durant loses his basketball abilities to a teenage boy, who takes full advantage of it. Durant, who is first unaware of why his game has gone bad, comically struggles to regain his basketball abilities, providing some of the best laughs in the film.

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Movie Reviews: Ted

Title:Ted

Year Of Release: 2012

Review Date: January 31, 2013

Rating: R

Running time: 106 minutes

Box Office Gross: $515,015,487

   Site Rating: 1 out of 10 stars

"Ted" has got to be one of the crudest, most disgusting films I have ever seen. Originally it was sold as a slightly off the wall comedy about a boy and his mouthy teddy bear as they grow up. However, the movie is filthy, sacrilegious and mocks the disabled. It features scenes such as the teddy bear Ted having sex with a woman, which is sick.

In another scene the foul mouthed teddy bear, who works in a grocery store, brags to his boss, he violated a woman with a cucumber, then sold the vegetable to the public - a family of four with kids. It never ceases to amaze me how many lines some in Hollywood will cross when making movies, in trying to be shocking and irreverent. 

Movie Review: Fire With Fire

Title:Fire With Fire

Year Of Release: 2012

Review Date: January 31, 2013

Rating: G

Running time: 97 minutes

Box Office Gross: N/A 

   Site Rating: 2 out of 10 stars

"Fire With Fire" is a very violent action drama about a firefighter, Jeremy, who is pursued by a terrible, racist gangster, Hagan, as he witnessed the death of a black father and son. As Jeremy tries to protect himself, Hagan begins targeting the people in his life, in a brutal crime spree. This movie has far too much violence and of a very graphic nature, to be enjoyed. It's just too much and it swallows up the storyline.

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Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises

Title:The Dark Knight Rises

Year Of Release: 2012

Review Date: February 28, 2013

Rating: R

Running time: 135 minutes

Box Office Gross: $1,081,041,287

   Site Rating: 4 out of 10 stars

I did not like this film at all and largely due to the Colorado theatre massacre it inspired. "The Dark Knight Rises" is a dark, tedious film with a convoluted storyline. Bruce Wayne, also known as Batman, is again engaged in battle against those seeking to destroy him. This time around the villain is Bane, a masked madman determined to destroy Gotham City. This film dragged too much for my taste and is quite morbid.

Movie Review: The Bourne Legacy

Title:The Bourne Legacy

Year Of Release: 2012

Review Date: February 28, 2013

Rating: R

Running time: 135 minutes

Box Office Gross: $276,144,750

   Site Rating: 4 out of 10 stars

"The Bourne Legacy" is the fourth film in the franchise which originally starred Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, a former soldier given medicine which gave him increased strength. The latest Bourne film stars Jeremy Renner in the same role Damon once occupied. 

Rachel Weisz and Jeremy Renner in "The Bourne Legacy"

"The Bourne Legacy" is a continuation of the same, with Bourne remaining in hiding, whilst trying to unravel what has been done to him, via the medicines he has been repeatedly given by the government, who are now out to get him. "The Bourne Legacy" is a very violent film with a story line that meanders too much, taking away from parts of its message.

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Movie Review: Pitch Perfect

 

Title:Pitch Perfect

Year Of Release: 2012

Review Date: February 28, 2013

Rating: PG-13

Running time: 112 minutes

Box Office Gross: $108,997,015

   Site Rating: 3 out of 10 stars

"Pitch Perfect" is the gross out acappella comedy about a group of university students with a penchant for singing cheesy pop songs without musical accompaniment. While many of the singing voices in the film were up to scratch, the characters were all kinds of nutty. This film scared me and it wasn't even a horror movie - due to the cheesy singing and dancing.

The groups vie to win the national singing competition held in New York. "Pitch Perfect" does have its funny moments, the funniest being the Tonechangers performance. However, the crude sexual references and situations also limited the film's audience.

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