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Review of Ant-Man (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 16 Jul 2015

Marvel delivers once again...it'd be nice to see more (story) innovation before it becomes too obvious the same plot structure keeps getting…

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Review of The Gallows (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 16 Jul 2015

are teens so narcissistic today that they film themselves crying into their phones waiting to be killed off…

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Review of Inside Out (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 06 Jul 2015

it's great to see Pixar still has their story telling machine fully operational...this is all about feelings, and Disney/Pixar has no qualms…

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Review of Terminator Genisys (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 03 Jul 2015

Critics seem to hate it while audiences mostly approve...it's clear that John Connor's mission isn't the one (they) care about: they prefer…

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Review of Interstellar (2014)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 30 Jun 2015

after building up the drama of personal sacrifice, it feels too much like a cheat no matter how many endings are tacked on before the credits…

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Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 24 Jun 2015

Feminist? Absolutely. Detrimental to the film? Not in the slightest...it's a movie of heavy metal imagination and bone-grinding engineering…

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Review of San Andreas (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 13 Jun 2015

dispenses with ridiculous complications like those employed in 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow…

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Review of Jurassic World (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 12 Jun 2015

Underdeveloped characters and a meandering middle act culminates into the ending we want to see...and that doesn't disappoint…

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Review of Unfriended (2014)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 19 May 2015

While it looks done on the cheap, it's effective; who knew the classic 'cabin in the woods' could be reworked as the chatroom online…

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Review of Furious 7 (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 02 May 2015

while the effects shots and stunt work keep you on the edge of your seat, you can't shake that feeling that it's all one Wile E…

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Review of It Follows (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 29 Mar 2015

both memorable and controversial, inspiring the kind of water cooler horror-fan talk that the 'The Ring' managed to generate before it was…

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Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 29 Mar 2015

exactly the kick-ass, intellectual, science-fiction story everyone says they wish was made more often…

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Review of Divergent (2014)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 29 Mar 2015

a journey that puts (Tris), her family, and the entire 23rd century in danger before Buck Rogers can get back to save it…

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Review of Project Almanac (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 26 Mar 2015

for a self-aware time travel flick, it does hit all the right pop-culture tropes and has fun with the idea…

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Review of Chappie (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 07 Mar 2015

an R-rated fairy tale with...technology as magic. While 'Chappie' is easy to love, his film fails to elicit the same emotion…

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Review of Birdman (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 01 Mar 2015

if you'd prefer to re-watch Tim Burton's 'Batman' than anything that wins an Academy Award, 'Birdman' is NOT the movie you're looking for…

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Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 01 Mar 2015

if you'd prefer to re-watch Tim Burton's 'Batman' than anything that wins an Academy Award, 'Birdman' is NOT the movie you're looking for…

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Review of The Lazarus Effect (2015)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 28 Feb 2015

Ms…

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Review of Dracula Untold (2014)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 22 Oct 2014

For those Dracula fans who've yearned for a bad-ass vampire laying waste to his enemies rather than talk them to death, this one's for you…

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Review of Annabelle (2014)

By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 04 Oct 2014

(just) enough atmosphere and original scares to satisfy your Halloween craving...let's have a REAL case file from the Warrens for the next…

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