★★★★★★★☆☆☆
  One thing that is supposed to set me apart from other sites that review movies, is that I don't have an agenda.  I don't have the connections that a lot of other sites have, I don't get to interview the directors, or cast.  I'm just a guy given a voice by the internet that maybe ten people read.    That being said, I can say that I liked Transformers, and I also liked the Transformers 2 IMAX version.  No, these are not movies that I watch over and over again. There were multiple eye rolling moments in the second film, especially some of the horrific attempts at comedy, but they were fun, summer popcorn action movies.  We are now at Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which should be the last Michael Bay Transformers film, and I am here to tell you, it is BY FAR the best of the series.
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★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ For Adults
★★★★★★★★☆☆ For Kids
This isn't the easiest review to write, because I've always felt that the first Cars movie was the bottom of the barrel for Pixar.   I just couldn't get into the world, or even really the characters.   In a way, the world creeps me out.  So when watching Cars 2, I had to check my brain at the door, and just watch the show, and not try to figure out if the machines killed all of the people, or why the cars need gas, but eat and drink, then I started to remember a phrase from the intro of my favorite TV show.  "Just repeat to yourself its just a show, I should really just relax."
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★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
The Hangover was one of those comedies that catch you off guard. I went to the original just expecting a few laughs and it ended up being one of the best of the year. Now comes The Hangover Part 2.

I wasn't sure how they could make sequel, but you find out early on that they made the exact same movie.

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★★★★★★★★☆☆
First, I will admit I am a junkie for J.J. Abrams, with the exception of Mission Impossible III. So I went into this expecting to love it, and I did. Every lens flare moment of it. This is the best movie of the summer so far, that I've seen.

One thing I noticed while in line, or sitting in the theater waiting for the movie to start, was that nobody really knew what to expect. Half of the people thought it was a monster movie, even possibly Cloverfield 2, although I can't imagine too many people are running around NYC with a super 8 camera these days. A few people were expecting horror, others expecting E.T.

What the film actually turns out to be, is a total throwback to Spielberg movies of old. A small town drama, with a pinch of adventure and alien thrown in.
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Labels: 2011, New Release