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These ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ should stay in the sewer

With so many action franchises vying for our attention, rolling out an unimaginative blockbuster simply isn’t acceptable. Show us something different, something we haven’t seen before. Take the time to create a story populated by interesting characters, with identifiable goals and genuine emotions. It’s baffling that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was unable to muster any of these things. That it was too lazy to construct a proper story, yet motivated enough to include an entire scene dedicated to promoting Pizza Hut perfectly illustrates what a cynical cash grab this movie is. Back to the sewers with you!

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‘Bad Grandpa’ is a little bit slapdash and a little bit dangerous

Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa Written by Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville, and Jeff Tremaine Directed by Jeff Tremaine USA, 2013 “You can get away with a lotta stuff. You just gotta try.” That line from Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa is not only an adequate description of the movie itself, but will one day serve as a fine epitaph …

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‘The Last Stand’ renews some of that old Schwarzenegger muscular magic

The Last Stand Directed by Kim Jee-woon Written by Andrew Knauer U.S.A, 2013 The unofficial motto for The Last Stand could very well be something along the lines of ‘the more things change the more they remain the same.’ It was not so long ago that Arnold Schwarzenegger, star of the film under review, was …

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