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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Movie Reviews: J.J. Abrams' 'Inventive, Surprising' Star Trek Sequel

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters in the Shakopee area: Marcus Shakopee Cinema, Five-Star Cinema in Chanhassen and AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18. Star Trek into Darkness One sentence plot: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 89 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 86 Reviews: "Abrams boldly goes into Star Trek Into Darkness, and crushes it again. It's more fun and more intense, without giving less…

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Movie Reviews: Mark Wahlberg as a Bodybuilder Extortionist

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters in the Shakopee area: Marcus Shakopee Cinema, Five-Star Cinema in Chanhassen and AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18. Pain & Gain One sentence plot: Based on the unbelievable true story of a group of personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 96 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 50 Reviews: "It all leaves you pondering whether you have just seen a monumentally stupid movie or a brilliant movie about the nature and consequences of stupidity." The New York …

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Movie Reviews: Tom Cruise With Space Guns on an Evacuated Earth

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters in the Shakopee area: Marcus Shakopee Cinema, Five-Star Cinema in Chanhassen and AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18. Oblivion One sentence plot: On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man's confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 98 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 59 Reviews: "When you go to a futuristic, dystopian, post-apocalyptic barn dance starring Tom Cruise and his space guns, you expect a little zap with your thoughtful pauses." Chicago…

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Movie Reviews: Bruce Willis and The Rock as G.I. Joes

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters in the Shakopee area: Marcus Shakopee Cinema, Five-Star Cinema in Chanhassen and AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18. G.I. Joe: Retaliation One sentence plot: In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 82 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 35 Reviews: "Good luck recalling any other would-be set pieces a couple of days after you've seen Retaliation." Boston Globe Full Review "A more sure-footed shoot-'em-up that …

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Movie Reviews: Nick Cage as Animated Caveman

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters in the Shakopee area: Marcus Shakopee Cinema, Five-Star Cinema in Chanhassen and AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18. The Croods One sentence plot: The Croods tells the story of the world's first family road trip: When their cave is destroyed, the Crood family must embark on a comedy adventure into strange and spectacular territory in search of a new home. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 95 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 79 Reviews: "Despite a few too many mother-in-law jokes, "The Croods" nicely makes it clear that even before they had fire, families understood how important it…

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Movie Reviews: Steve Carell, Buscemi are Vegas Magicians in 'Burt Wonderstone'

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters in the Shakopee area: Marcus Shakopee Cinema, Five-Star Cinema in Chanhassen and AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone One sentence plot: Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt's growing ego. But lately the duo's greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they've grown to loathe each other. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 98 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 41 Reviews: "You watch it thinking …

Friday, March 1, 2013

Movie Reviews: Jack the Giant Slayer, Phantom, Snitch, A Good Day to Die Hard

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at the Marcus Shakopee Cinema. Phantom One sentence plot: Ed Harris plays the captain of a Cold War Soviet missile submarine who has recently been suffering from seizures that alter his perception of reality. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 83 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 20 Reviews: "To sustain tension, you need the kind of claustrophobic camera movement, high-strung talk and gritty character development that are badly needed in any submarine movie and are sadly missing in Phantom." New York Observer Full Review "The potential for screw-tightening suspense gets lost amid the …

Friday, February 15, 2013

Movie Reviews: A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Side Effects, Identity Thief

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at the Marcus Shakopee Cinema. A Good Day to Die Hard One sentence plot: John McClane (Bruce Willis) heads to Russia in this fifth installment of the Die Hard film series. Skip Woods (The A-Team) provides the script, with Max Payne's John Moore directing. Jai Courtney co-stars as Willis' son. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 82 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 13 Reviews: "Few fans of the series would disagree that this sclerotic fifth installment should probably be the last." Slate Full Review "This is the Magpie School of action filmmaking: Anytime things start to make so little …

Friday, February 1, 2013

Movie Reviews: Bullet to the Head, Warm Bodies, Parker

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at the Marcus Shakopee Cinema. Bullet to the Head One sentence plot: A hitman (Sylvester Stallone) and a New York cop team up to get revenge on the killers who murdered their old partners in this action thriller from veteran tough-guy filmmaker Walter Hill. Moviefone viewer score: 57 Reviews: "Stallone strolls through the carnage as a mean, no-bullshit old sod who is roped into doing some honest-to-goodness heroics after he’s double-crossed by the mob. Seeking revenge, he pairs up with a technophilic cop, forming an unlikely—if generically made-for-measure—alliance to bring …

Friday, January 25, 2013

Movie Reviews: Parker, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at the Marcus Shakopee Cinema. Parker One sentence plot: Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don't steal from people who can't afford it and don't hurt people who don't deserve it. Moviefone viewer score: 85 Reviews: "How does Hackford fall so far off the rails with the pedestrian crime thriller Parker, based on the 19th book in the Parker series by the late Donald E. Westlake (no slouch himself, with scripting credits on The Grifters and The Stepfather)? For starters, Westlake didn’t pen this script, and the John J. …

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