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Review of 22 Jump Street (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 11 Jun 2014

When the film turns to new material and characters, it's fun to watch. There's just not enough of those new comic moments…

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Review of Ernest & Celestine (2012)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 11 Jun 2014

It glows with a childlike innocence but never grinds into the sticky-slapstick sentiment that marks so much of today's coldly calculated animated…

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Review of The Signal (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 11 Jun 2014

Eubank's directing style jumps around as he goes from shaky hand-held shots to sequences filmed with so little movement they play as being very cold…

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Review of Words and Pictures (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 11 Jun 2014

Words and Pictures resonates with a clever and endearing energy that harkens back to the days when Doris Day and Rock Hudson dominated the box office…

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Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 04 Jun 2014

Edge of Tomorrow is the kind of film that can be enjoyed time after time…

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Review of The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 04 Jun 2014

There are some very good moments, especially a powerful eulogy scene…

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Review of Maleficent (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 28 May 2014

If only the script had been as good as Jolie's performance and the beautiful visuals from Stromberg, this would have been a summer sleeper beauty…

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Review of A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 28 May 2014

If Seth MacFarlane ever corrects the bad habits he's developed as a director, he could become the Mel Brooks of the 21st century…

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Review of Blended (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 21 May 2014

If you can get through the first 20 minutes of Blended - a nonstop regurgitation of old jokes, annoying characters and unfunny ideas -- don't…

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Review of Belle (2013)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 21 May 2014

It's good, but it never reaches the dark political and emotional tones of a movie like 12 Years a Slave…

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Review of Million Dollar Arm (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 15 May 2014

The money matters dilute the sports angle so much it keeps the film from being the home run it should have been…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 14 May 2014

Gareth Edwards, director of the new Godzilla, tries to deal with some character development and the franchise mythology, but in the end the…

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Review of Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 07 May 2014

The Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return has some smart writing and heart-touching moments, making it a brave addition to a familiar franchise…

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Review of Neighbors (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 07 May 2014

What could have been a smart comedy about the battle of the ages too often finds itself in such a loss for anything funny that it resorts to…

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Review of Moms' Night Out (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 07 May 2014

The big problem is that none of the moms are interesting…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 30 Apr 2014

This Spider-Man doesn't end up amazing, but it still weaves enough of an action film web to please rabid readers of the comics and those who…

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Review of Dom Hemingway (2013)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 23 Apr 2014

The brutal emotions of the script mixed with the untethered performances make Dom Hemingway the kind of movie that viewers will either deeply…

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Review of Heaven Is for Real (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 16 Apr 2014

Wallace has created a movie that has a message that goes beyond preaching to the choir. That's when the work is at its best…

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Review of Draft Day (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 09 Apr 2014

Draft Day shouldn't be your No. 1 pick if you are looking for a great movie. But it does have enough talent to make it worth taking a chance on…

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Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 02 Apr 2014

A film that shows great muscle through a fresh perspective but remains loyal to the elements that have made past films a hit…

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