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Friday, May 24, 2013

Movie Reviews: Hangover Part III, Fast & Furious 6

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. The Hangover Part III One sentence plot: "The Hangover Part III" is the third and final film in director Todd Phillips' record-shattering comedy franchise. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 88 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 27 Reviews: "The first movie left you with an exhilarating rush. All that Part III leaves is, well, a hangover." Rolling Stone Full Review "The Hangover Part III gives off such a stench of creative decay that it hardly seems possible that even Phillips or his co-writers have any use for …

Friday, May 3, 2013

Robert Downey Jr. is Back in "Iron Man 3': Movie Reviews

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. Iron Man 3 One sentence plot: Marvel's "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 99 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 80 Reviews: "But for all the clanking armies of iron knights on display to dazzle the eager kid in each of us, this summer epic rings hollow. There's no one home inside the suit." Rolling Stone Full Review "This installment actually flirts with satire, sending its hero-in-a-can on a …

Friday, April 12, 2013

Movie Reviews: Harrison Ford in Jackie Robinson Biopic '42'

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. 42 One sentence plot: "42" tells the story of two men-the great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey-whose brave stand against prejudice forever changed the world by changing the game of baseball. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 97 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 68 Reviews: "It's a sports film nonsports fans can love; it's a family film that never preaches; it's a biopic that also takes in the world and people around its subject." New York Daily News Full Review "'42' can feel …

Friday, March 29, 2013

Movie Reviews: Bruce Willis & The Rock Team Up as G.I. Joes

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. G.I. Joe: Retaliation One sentence plot: In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 82 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 35 Reviews: "Good luck recalling any other would-be set pieces a couple of days after you've seen Retaliation." Boston Globe Full Review "A more sure-footed shoot-'em-up that finds some heart, wit and perhaps enough …

Friday, March 15, 2013

Movie Reviews: Steve Carell, Buscemi as Vegas Magicians

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone One sentence plot: Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt's growing ego. But lately the duo's greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they've grown to loathe each other. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 98 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 41 Reviews: "You watch it thinking that it should be smarter and funnier, but you…

Friday, March 1, 2013

New Movie Reviews: Jack the Giant Slayer, Phantom, Snitch

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. Phantom One sentence plot: Ed Harris plays the captain of a Cold War Soviet missile submarine who has recently been suffering from seizures that alter his perception of reality. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 83 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 20 Reviews: "To sustain tension, you need the kind of claustrophobic camera movement, high-strung talk and gritty character development that are badly needed in any submarine movie and are sadly missing in Phantom." New York Observer Full Review "The potential for …

Friday, February 22, 2013

Movie Reviews: Snitch, A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. Snitch One sentence plot: In the fast-paced action thriller 'Snitch', Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 96 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 67 Reviews: "'Snitch' is more of a dramatic thriller than an action movie, and director Ric Roman Waugh fills it with close-ups, dark interiors and tense faces." Seattle Times Full Review "This movie executes …

Friday, February 15, 2013

A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Side Effects: Movie Reviews

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. A Good Day to Die Hard One sentence plot: John McClane (Bruce Willis) heads to Russia in this fifth installment of the Die Hard film series. Skip Woods (The A-Team) provides the script, with Max Payne's John Moore directing. Jai Courtney co-stars as Willis' son. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 82 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 13 Reviews: "Few fans of the series would disagree that this sclerotic fifth installment should probably be the last." Slate Full Review "This is the Magpie School of action …

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Movie Reviews: Parker, Hansel and Gretel, Mama

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. Parker One sentence plot: Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don't steal from people who can't afford it and don't hurt people who don't deserve it. Moviefone viewer score: 85 Reviews: "How does Hackford fall so far off the rails with the pedestrian crime thriller Parker, based on the 19th book in the Parker series by the late Donald E. Westlake (no slouch himself, with scripting credits on The Grifters and The Stepfather)? For starters, Westlake didn’…

Friday, January 18, 2013

Movie Reviews: Mama, Broken City, Gangster Squad & Zero Dark Thirty

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters near Richfield: Southdale AMC and Theaters at Mall of America. Mama One sentence plot: Guillermo del Toro presents 'Mama', a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. Moviefone viewer score: 84 Reviews: "What's under the bed? Who's behind that door? What's making those vaguely satanic noises? These and other thought-provoking questions are entertained in Mama, a visually polished but overly repetitive chiller." Variety. Full Review "It never hits the high notes of Mr…

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