The Croods

☆☆☆1/2


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Nicolas Cage gives one of his best performances (with an all star cast: Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman) in this fun family comedy as Grug, the overprotective father of a prehistoric family facing what they think may be the end of the world.

“The Croods” offers some amazing animation.

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Starts a little slow…but picks-up in the second half.

Rated PG
1 hr. 32 min.

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Oz The Great and Powerful

☆☆☆1/2


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Based on the work of Frank Baum, “Oz the Great and Powerful” is an enjoyable…and at times visually stunning…film starring James Franco as Oscar Diggs (Oz), a magician/con man who is swept away to the Land of Oz…where the people have been waiting for a man name Oz to arrive, defeat the wicked witch, and become ruler of their land.
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Even though this isn’t the same story as “The Wizard of Oz,” it’s tough to revisit such an iconic film. Viewers familiar with the classic, will have a difficult time not comparing this release to the original (both story and characters).

Rated PG
2 hr. 7 min.

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Jack the Giant Slayer

☆☆1/2

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Bryan Singer directs “Jack the Giant Slayer,” an enjoyable (at times) fantasy adventure telling the familiar story of Jack (Nicholas Hoult of “Warm Bodies.”) a young farmer who trades his horse for magic beans…that grow into a beanstalk that puts the town in danger of a “giant invasion.”
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Limited Character Development

Too Much Potty-Humor

Rated PG-13
1 hr. 54 min.

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