Bottom line: While this sequel doesn’t offer the surprise factor of its big brother of two summers ago, I still laughed. A lot. The “wolf pack” reassembles — somewhat reluctantly — for the wedding of mild-mannered dentist Stu (Ed Helms, TV’s “The Office“) to a lovely Asian woman (Jamie Chung, “Sucker Punch“), whose father hates […]
Limitless
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The Hangover Part II
Bottom line: While this sequel doesn’t offer the surprise factor of its big brother of two summers ago, I still laughed. A lot. The “wolf pack” reassembles — somewhat reluctantly — for the wedding of mild-mannered dentist Stu (Ed Helms, TV’s “The Office“) to a lovely Asian woman (Jamie Chung, “Sucker Punch“), whose father hates […]
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Limitless
Then a chance meeting on the street with a former in-law introduces him to a wild, new experimental drug called NZT-48 that unlocks all of the brain’s synapses to make you super-smart and super-productive before the effects wear off. Suddenly, he’s not only on a creative spree, but making a fortune playing the stock markets, […]
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Sucker Punch
One of the worst-reviewed films of the year thus far, it likely will see its reputation repaired and popularity improved as time goes by. Once upon a time, everybody loathed “Blade Runner,” too. That’s not to say writer/director Zack Synder’s follow-up to “Watchmen” is any kind of masterpiece. Easily the least satisfying of his four […]