recent movie reviews
Dark Shadows Review
Dark Shadows - if you like Tim Burton, this is a good campy one. If you don't, this is a bad campy one.
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The Avengers Review
The Avengers - High-powered alpha generation in a super hero beta-like wrapper. They put it all on the line here....stars, all the best of Comic-Con, Toy Story writing.....and the best one-liners delivered by Robert Downey Jr. and The Hulk.
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Damsels in Distress Review
Damsels in Distress - These damsels are not in as much distress as this filmmaker must be after waiting for years to make a boring film.
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Safe Review
Safe - Statham is ALWAYS a Safe bet for a fun action film that makes you want to go unshaven and start a new high vol fund.
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The Five Year Engagement Review
The Five-Year Engagement – We should all be so lucky as to live our lives in a holding pattern like this. Beautiful fiancé, intellectually-stimulating enlightened college town, great sandwiches and dill-infused potato salad…with a taco truck in Frisco on the side. Funny guy, funny situation, funny end sweet ending.
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Bernie Review
Bernie – This is more than a Weekend at Bernie’s. It is a sweet and complex “thriller” that shows that even a redneck Texas town can find value in exotic arbitrage.
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The Raven Review
The Raven – Quote the Raven, nevermore…do I go to a scary movie, but rather go to an intelligent, well-acted period thriller like The Raven.
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Darling Companion Review
Darling Companion – There are SO many empty nesting, dog-loving, family-managing couples out there who want desperately to see a great film that resonates with their stage in life…..too bad this one has the elements, but not the spark or dialogue to make it work.
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The Lucky One Review
The Lucky One – Life or death, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous schmaltz or go see The Three Stooges…..
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The Raid: Redemption Review
The Raid - Redemption - this was a assault on my senses with little or no story and less yet in redeeming value.
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Rich Marin has worked the sell-side and buy-side of Wall Street for 35 years. He has been a movie buff since his high school days at the Pasquino Trastevere in Rome. When the crash hit in 2007 he got "deuced" by the NY Times for going to see Evan Almighty and Mr. Brooks "while Rome burned." His biggest regret was getting busted viewing such weak films and wonders what makes for a slow news day. He advises, teaches about and runs hedge funds.....but his best mind share is reserved for the movies he sees whenever he can without the paparazzi catching him out.