Tag: Selena Gomez

Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 3.5

Getaway (2013)

Getaway starts with an impressive exercise in economy of language as Brent Magna (Ethan Hawke) steals a souped-up Mustang under duress from a mysterious…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 4.0

Spring Breakers (2013)

People often joke that the damned are better off than the souls destined for heaven because “hell is where the party’s at”. The saying…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 2.5

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Bear with me. I’m going somewhere with this. Back in 1993, when NBC announced its concept for the first ever Star Trek spinoff, I…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 3.5

Princess Protection Program (2009)

Ever since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs hit the silver screen in 1937, the Walt Disney company has cultivated our daughters’ curious desire…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 2.5

Monte Carlo (2011)

Sometimes it helps not to know too much about a production before reviewing it. Take, for example, Tom Bezucha’s Monte Carlo, which tells of…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 4.0

Ramona and Beezus (2010)

Based on the children’s novels by Beverley Cleary, Ramona and Beezus features a great deal of Ramona (Joey King) with just a touch of…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 4.0

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009)

Back when I was a tween, before the term even existed, we didn’t have Internet piracy, Twilight, or the Disney Channel. If we wanted…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 1.0

Another Cinderella Story (2008)

Let’s face it. You don’t watch a movie called Another Cinderella Story for innovation and compelling drama. As its title indicates, the teen rom-com…

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