Efron comedy ‘17 Again’ has some good moments, nothing original

Whatever Zac Efron goes, two things follow: Teenage girls, and big numbers at the box office. While this will no doubt apply to his new comedy, 17 Again, it’s not really deserved in this case. While the actors are all in top shape, especially Thomas Lennon as the nerdy best friend, literally entire scenes are [...]

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‘Hannah Montana’ very predictable, very formulaic, oddly fun

Miley Cyrus converts her Disney Channel TV series into a full-length movie with Hannah Montana: The Movie. Last year she released a 3-D concert film as both Miley Cyrus and her pop star alter ego, Hannah Montana. Now she has an actual movie, with all the characters from the show. It’s just exactly the bubbly, [...]

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‘Fast and Furious’ entertaining because it knows it’s simply dumb fun - nothing more

‘The Fast and the Furious’ is an odd series. Not really exceptional in any way, except in that it started with a mediocre first movie then actually got better throughout. Not because of any good plot or good acting (uhh, Bow Wow?). First off, yes, Fast and Furious is almost identical to all 3 previous [...]

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‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ somewhat forgettable

Monsters vs. Aliens is just one in a seemingly endless cycle of 3-D animated films, and doesn’t really do anything to distinguish itself from any of the others. It reportedly cost about $175 million to make and doesn’t really show, given that it’s 80 minutes and has about 2 or 3 action sequences.
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