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Foxcatcher, a review by Antares

Foxcatcher (2014) 76/100 - My wife rented this at Redbox because she was interested in seeing Steve Carell's Oscar nominated performance, but for my money, Channing Tatum should have got the nomination instead. After the film finished, I jumped on the web to read about the story, having only a faded memory of the incident. I also found one of the films that Du Pont had commissioned, telling of his involvement in team Foxcatcher, and it's here where I found Carell's performance a bit over the top. Carell tries too hard to paint Du Pont as a creepy, space cadet who just wants mommy's recognition and love. In the video I watched, he seems kind of normal, yet kind of a nerdy narcissist. No thousand yard stare and only the occasional stilted delivery of words when he speaks. The way Carell portrays him, you should see men in white coats, in the periphery, chasing him with butterfly nets. The story itself is very methodical and at times a bit too slow to keep the average viewer's attention span. But the performances by Tatum and Ruffalo keep you interested throughout. A lukewarm recommendation from me.

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on March 21st, 2015)

Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United, a review by Danae Cassandra

Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United
Year of Release: 2013
Directed By: Eric Radomski, Leo Riley
Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Fred Tatasciore, Dee Bradley Baker
Genre: Action

Overview:Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United is a must-own movie event that will blow you away!

My Thoughts:
This is a poorly done direct-to-video superhero smashfest.  The animation is frankly terrible - shoddy, cheap, awkward, blurry, poorly focused, and with terrible character design.  The script reads like a throw-away monster-of-the-week 80's comic - there's no depth, not much character and the lines are incredibly cheesy.  I did chuckle a couple of times, and I'd rather watch this than 12:08 Out of Bucharest, so that's gotta count for something.  However, unless you have a small child who's a big fan of these characters (for whom the cheesy dialogue and poor art won't matter so much) you can feel good about skipping this.

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall: 2/5

(From Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United on January 20th, 2014)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

6. Sense & Sensitivity
Original Air Date: 11/9/1999
A sensitivity seminar for Kate's police squad backfires with near disastrous results when Angel tries to discover who has taken a contract out on Kate's life.

Guest Stars:
Elisabeth Rohm
John Capodice
John Mahon
Ron Marasco

My Thoughts:
Not really a favorite episode of mine. It is alright... but sensitivity thing played more silly then funny. Though there was a couple giggles in it. Storyline really wasn't that interesting. Really just an average filler type episode.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on February 24th, 2010)