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Review of Bad Lucky Goat (2017)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

First-time full-length feature director Samir Oliveros knows how to tell a good story and doesn't allow his auteurist impulses to get in the…

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Review of Rock-A-Doodle (1991)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

The problem…

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Review of Lost Horizon (1937)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

A thought-provoking drama that's worth watching if for no other reason than to be aware of this culturally significant film…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

It's the Salazar show, and Javier Bardem does a good job of bringing him to life--even if his appearance seems to be inspired by Alice Cooper…

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Review of Theeb (2014)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

Nowar uses the Wadi Rum setting in much the same way as American director John Ford used Monument Valley: as an iconic symbol, but also as…

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Review of Despicable Me 3 (2017)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

How much you enjoy Despicable Me 3 may depend on how much you like Gru's 'minions'--those capsule-shaped little guys in blue overalls that…

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Review of It (2017)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

Viewers who notice such things will find it extra creepy or clever or both that It returns 27 years after that first 1990 TV adaptation…

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Review of Pilgrimage (2017)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

Pilgrimage is an average movie with above-average atmosphere and cinematography, thanks largely to the Irish landscapes where it was mostly…

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Review of The Glass Castle (2017)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

A powerful film that falls somewhere between the spontaneity and anti-establishment defiance of Captain Fantastic and the fierce independence…

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Review of The Miracle Worker (1962)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

The Miracle Worker structurally has much in common with a Western…

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Review of Cars 3 (2017)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 15 Jan 2018

For the first 15 minutes or so Cars 3 seems like a dash-for-the-cash affair…

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Review of Agent Cody Banks (2003)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 25 May 2016

The Bond films never feel dated, and neither does Agent Cody Banks…

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Review of The Sum of Us (1994)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 25 May 2016

Sexual orientation aside, it's the kind of film that can have you looking past family member faults and focusing on what's important…

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Review of Zoolander 2 (2016)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 24 May 2016

Fifteen years after Zoolander . . . Zoolander No…

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Review of A Royal Night Out (2015)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 14 May 2016

While critics have taken this WWII-era film to task for its blatant historical inaccuracies and eyebrow-raising plot, I feel compelled to say,…

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Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 08 Apr 2016

A trio of writers led by Lawrence Kasdan put the fun and fast-paced serial adventure back into Luke Skywalker's galaxy, and, just as importantly…

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Review of Father Goose (1964)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 02 Apr 2016

A fun lightweight adventure, one of the better Cary Grant films, and a darned good starter romantic comedy because of all the other distractions…

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Review of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 02 Apr 2016

There's more action this time around, and less deliberate manipulation of the Marvel universe…

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Review of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 02 Apr 2016

To enjoy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 you'll need to relax and just enjoy the colors and creative visuals…

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Review of Noah and the Last Days (2014)

By James Plath (543) for Family Home Theater (140) on 02 Apr 2016

Infusing Noah's story, however fictional or true you believe it to be, with the kind of rock creatures we saw in GalaxyQuest is like trying…

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