[amazon_link asins=’B0788YKWLB’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’58bc0200-3124-11e8-8077-43f0d751bbc6′]Given the number of sequels that hit theaters in 2017, it’s no surprise that Pitch Perfect 3, with its cast of bankable female stars, hit theaters just in time for the holiday season. However, despite…
[amazon_link asins=’B0767FCYDW’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’a2baee8e-e757-11e7-a754-331df426d35a’]Released in 2014, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar ranks as one of the great contemporary science fiction films. In my 2015 release of the Blu-ray, I wrote that seeing it “at home on a television will not…
[amazon_link asins=’B076BK4DFL’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’a670d6f1-db7c-11e7-8fdc-6933acfcca94′]It will quickly become obvious that I’m not a big fan of Transformers. However, the film does have the distinction of getting me interested in HD DVD vs Blu-ray war that broke out in 2007….
[amazon_link asins=’B073WYP73T’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’43f68703-99a6-11e7-b5b5-17bc19fe115e’]Originally released when I was nine years old, Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial became my favorite movie. I saw it several times, owned many E.T. dolls, and related merchandise. Thirty-five years, and countless movies…
[amazon_link asins=’B073LF8C4K’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’022034f5-964e-11e7-9e2b-d371fa64240a’]When Guardians of the Galaxy arrived in theaters back on 2014, success wasn’t a sure thing. Granted, Guardians had a decent shot at success because of its Marvel pedigree, but the general public’s lack of…
[amazon_link asins=’B071VSDK7R’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’85a80662-9197-11e7-8fca-51a6f4d26166′]As the first decade of the 2000’s came to a close, Matthew McConaughey’s career was in a bit of a rut. He had made a couple of largely forgettable comedies, Fool’s Gold, and Surfer, Dude….
[amazon_link asins=’B06W9GB1R6′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’f498e10f-560e-11e7-a66b-57904545dccf’] A spinoff of The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie gives the Caped Crusader an opportunity to loosen up a bit. The movie brings back Will Arnett as the gravelly voiced superhero and surrounds…
[amazon_link asins=’B06XXCZLRD’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’6dd9157c-52b9-11e7-aca6-c5967a2e69f0′] An accomplished screenwriter with credits like 28 Days Later, Never Let Me Go, and Dredd, Alex Garland made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a science fiction film that imagines a rather scary future…
[amazon_link asins=’B06XXNYHRQ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’c5ce05e4-52ae-11e7-bd34-9d2f6f080eb7′] Based on the Judge Dredd comic book character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, Dredd was first made into a movie starring Sylvester Stallone in 1995, and quickly crashed and burned at the…
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