Tag: Tom O’Keefe Movie Reviews

Review: Seth Rogen Becomes Superhero For “The Green Hornet”

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 9:29 am   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

To say that production on The Green Hornet has been “troubled” would be more than a bit of an understatement. The film has been in development since the Bush administration…the first Bush administration. It has had numerous “name actors” attached to play the titular hero (George Clooney, Greg Kinnear, Mark Wahlberg, Jake Gyllenhaal) and his […]

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“Tron: Legacy” Movie Review: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde

Posted: December 17, 2010 at 8:29 am   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Let’s cut right to the chase, shall we? Tron: Legacy is a worthy successor to the original Tron. Unfortunately, the original Tron was a complete snooze-fest that would have been a footnote in the annals of Disney history, were it not for its interesting visuals and the fact that it was one of the earliest […]

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“Unstoppable” Movie Review – Denzel Washington, Chris Pine

Posted: November 12, 2010 at 12:46 pm   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Director Tony Scott reteams with Denzel Washington for the action packed Unstoppable. Washington stars as Frank, a grizzled railroad veteran in the twilight of his career who’s teamed with rookie Will (Chris Pine). When unfortunate coincidences collide with incompetence, the railway they work for is faced with a runaway train…on a collision course with another […]

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Movie Review – “Megamind” Starring Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt and Tina Fey

Posted: November 5, 2010 at 10:55 am   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Super-villain Megamind (Will Ferrell) has one goal in life – to destroy his archenemy Metro Man (Brad Pitt).  But after accidentally succeeding he discovers that life is empty and sets out to create a new superhero in the visage Tighten (Jonah Hill).  It’s a great plan until Tighten becomes drunk with power and turns out […]

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“RED” Movie Review | Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 10:38 am   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Bruce Willis plays retired CIA operative Frank Moses in the new action/comedy Red. He is on the run when a non-retired CIA covert team attempts to assassinate him. His solution is to reassemble his old team of aging veterans to figure out why. Like The Expendables the cast consists primarily of *ahem* “mature” movie stars […]

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Review: “Life As We Know It” Starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel

Posted: October 8, 2010 at 12:49 pm   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel star as Holly and Eric in this month’s high-concept romantic-comedy Life as We Know It. The two are bequeathed a child after their mutual best friends unexpectedly die. Unbeknown to Holly and Eric, their friends have named the two of them as the child’s legal guardian in the event of […]

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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Posted: September 24, 2010 at 11:08 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Michael Douglas returns as Gordon Gekko, the role that won him an Oscar, in the cumbersomely titled sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The film opens in 2001 as Gekko is being released from prison having completed an 8-year sentence for the insider trading scandal from the first film. As he reenters the world, abandoned […]

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Going The Distance

Posted: September 3, 2010 at 11:44 am   /   Featured, Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Former couple Drew Barrymore and Justin Long reunite on screen in the new romantic-comedy Going the Distance. Barrymore stars as Erin, a woman getting a late start on a career in journalism whereas Long plays Garrett, who is trying to carve out a place for himself in the record industry. The two are both adamant […]

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The Switch

Posted: August 20, 2010 at 8:05 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston star The Switch, Hollywood’s latest attempt to revive the flagging romantic-comedy genre. With the exception of (500) Days of Summer, it is a formula that has been sorely lacking the last few years; relying increasing on wacky high-concept premises (“She’s the city’s first female firefighter; he’s an arsonist with a […]

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Roger Qbert Reviews “Eat Pray Love”

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 8:31 am   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Julia Roberts returns to headlining films with Eat, Pray, Love. Roberts plays Liz Gilbert, a travel writer “trapped” in an unhappy marriage. And by “trapped” I mean “they have no children and she makes all the money.” Throwing off the shackles of her oppression, Gilbert leaves her husband and takes up with David (James Franco), […]

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