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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of State of Play

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Becky and I escaped the Denver Spring snow storm yesterday to see State of Play, at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO yesterday afternooon. The Fandango website at State of Play describes the movie as follows…

“Oscar® winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in a blistering thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist embroiled in an case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders. Crowe plays D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey, whose handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party’s contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out…”

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Sate of Play is a blockbuster spring thriller that has plenty of star power, with Rachel McAdams, Russell Crow and Ben Affleck.  The story is definitely different and it’s pretty entertaining, while thought provoking.  There is a political conspiracy with a company that is getting paid billions to manage war profiteering, which makes the film believable given what we’ve seen in recent years.

Goblin Network AdState of Play is the complete opposite of a blow up everything, unrealistic flick like Fast & Furious and instead is a thought provoking, edge of your seat thriller that is very well done.  The characters are entertaining, the acting is great and the story is realistic.  Although, it was probably funded by a newspaper because part of the story is about the newspaper being controlled by a media giant and competing with online bloggers.

The bottom line is that State of Play is a great flick that we both enjoyed.  It’s one of the better movies we’ve seen this year for quality of content and entertainment value.  If you’re looking for a blow-up, shoot em’ up type flick go to Fast & Furious because this is not your film, but this is more like a Michael Clayton type film.

We both thought it was worth the price of admission and are rating it as Worth The Trip.

John –  *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip
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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy
John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of Hannah Montana: The Movie

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hannah-montanaBecky and I took the kids to see Hannah Montana: The Movie

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last week at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at Hannah Montana describes the movie as follows:

“Director Peter Chelsom takes the Disney Channel phenom to the big screen in a feature film extravaganza. Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) struggles to juggle school, friends and her secret pop-star persona; when Hannah Montana’s soaring popularity threatens to take over her life – she just might let it. So her father (Billy Ray Cyrus) takes the teen home to Crowley Corners, Tenn., for a dose of reality, kicking off an adventure filled with the kind of fun, laughter and romance even Hannah Montana couldn’t imagine..”

The Review
Hannah Montana: The Movie is a great new movie starring Miley Cyrus and her real life Dad Billy Ray Cyrus.  It’s about her fictitious character Miley Stewart who plays the character Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel and the challenges the young girl faces being a superstar.

Goblin Network AdThe story was great and there is a very good moral message about the importance of family and not getting caught up in fame and fortune.  The movie was very well done and we all enjoyed it and thought it was Worth The Trip.  Bianca of course, is a huge Hannah Montana fan, so she liked it more than any of us, but it was a great family film.

I was surprised that our boys liked it too and it’s very clean cut movie with great music and plenty of fun.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

Corban – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – *** Worth The Trip
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. Find his consignments at JFRCars.com. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

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John & Becky's Movie Review Of Fast & Furious 4

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fast-and-furious-poster-2Becky and I went to see Fast & Furious 4, at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO on opening night. The Fandango Georgia Rule buy website at Fast & Furious describes the movie as follows…

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker return to the film franchise that helped to launch each of their respective careers as the Fast and the Furious series winds to a close under the creative eye of Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift director Justin Lin. Fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) is back in Los Angeles to seek out the truth behind a high-profile crime, but his presence in town doesn’t sit well with Agent Brian O’Conner (Walker)…

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Vampires vs. Zombies video  is a guy flick for sure.  Beautiful women, muscle cars, fast cars, plenty of adrenaline and action from start to finish.  The story is a continuation of the previous films with Vin Diesel’s character running from the law and Paul Walker’s character working for the FBI undercover to catch the bad guys.

Goblin Network AdThere was a waiting line to get into this film and it was pretty much sold out at AMC when we went to the theater.  Of course, what does that say about our society when there is a waiting line to get into see the fourth installment of this film.  I was surprised there was enough content to make four of these movies, but it’s all about the action and the cars.

There is plenty of action and a bunch of extremely far fetched scenes, like most action films, but it wasn’t as bad as many that we’ve seen in the action genre over the years.

If you’re a car fan, you’ll love this film because there are so many great vehicles.  You will also scratch your head a few times and say, “That’s not possible!”, but it’s still pretty darn fun.  There are few parts of the film that should have made it rated R instead of PG-13.  They definitely pushed the ratings envelope with this one.  It was funny though listening to some of the teenagers talk about the cars they couldn’t afford and one of them said to his buddies, “I can watch that movie at least five more times!”

and I could see it again too.

I was surprised Becky liked it as much as she did.  I thought for sure she was just seeing it for me.  If you’re a car guy, it’s a Don’t Miss It, otherwise it was Worth The Trip.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – *** Worth The Trip
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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

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John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of Adventureland

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adventurelandBecky and I had the kids sleep over at my brother’s tonight, so we decided to see Adventureland Cinderella Man rip , at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Fandango website at Adventureland describes the movie as follows…

It’s the summer of 1987, and James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg), an uptight recent college grad, can’t wait to embark on his dream tour of Europe. But when his parents (Wendie Malick and Jack Gilpin) announce they can no longer subsidize his trip , James has little choice but to take a lowly job at a local amusement park. Forget about German beer, world-famous museums and cute French girls-James’ summer will now be populated by belligerent dads, stuffed pandas, and screaming kids high on cotton candy…

The Review
Adventureland is promoted by the studio as a comedy with a few actors from Saturday Night Live, so we were expecting a comedy. Instead of a comedy, we got a two hour drama that was more depressing and boring than actually funny.

Becky and I saw the trailer for this movie a number of times and thought it was going to be a pretty fun flick, but the best thing Goblin Network Adabout this movie were the cars. There was a Pacer that one of the main characters drove and a Plymouth Duster was driven by another of the characters. That’s pretty sad when the most exciting thing in the movie are those two vehicles! There were a couple funny parts, but overall it was a very lame attempt at comedy.

One of the main character’s Mom had died and her Dad had married a bald woman to replace her Mother, so she was whacked out and sleeping with a married guy.  The other main character was super smart, but smoked dope the entire movie and was working at Adventureland to try to raise money to go to graduate school at an Ivy League school where he had been accepted.  Another really pretty girl in the film was an air head who’s Dad had lost his job and she was whacked out.  The entire movie was about a bunch of misfits who had to work at this lame amusement park and their lives were depressing.

We can’t even recommend Adventureland as a good rental. Our advice is to skip this flick all together and you’ll be glad that you didn’t waste your time or money. It’s sure to be showing up on one of the cable channels as a late night movie sooner than later, so if you’re really bored some night you can tune in then.

John – * Don’t Bother
Becky – * Don’t Bother
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John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.comSurf’s Up divx

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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of 12 Rounds

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12roundsposter1Last week Becky and I decided to go see the new movie with John Cena called 12 Rounds, at the Kerasotes theater in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at 12 Rounds describes the movie as follows.

WWE star John Cena headlines his sophomore action picture as a police officer whose wife is kidnapped in New Orleans. Daniel Kunka provides the script, with Deep Blue Sea’s Renny Harlin handling the directing duties for the 20-million-dollar Fox Atomic/WWE Films production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide…

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12 Rounds stars another professional wrestler turned movie star, John Cena, as an ordinary cop with amazing abilities.  His character finds himself at the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up busting a mass murderer by accident.  In the process of the arrest he accidentally gets the criminal’s girlfriend killed while trying to arrest them both.  It wasn’t really his fault, but the bad guy thinks he was responsible and is out for revenge.

Goblin Network Ad12 Rounds is like a cross between a Bruce Willis Die Hard film and Speed, if you ever saw that one, with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves.  There is plenty of action and excitement as you go on 12 Rounds of mayhem caused by the bad guy sending the cop on wild goose chases around the city to prevent potential disasters from taking place.

The movie has some great plot twists and it’s actually pretty exciting and not a bunch of sex or swearing in the film, just plenty of non-stop action.  We both thought it was pretty entertaining and although we didn’t know the actor from his wrestling career, he pulled off this character really well.

Becky and I both thought 12 Rounds was Worth The Trip and if you don’t get a chance to see it in the theater, be sure and put it on your rental list.  We both like action flicks, so this one lived up to its expectations.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip
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John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates The Breed the movie in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.comFour Rooms release

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John & Becky's Movie Review Of Monsters vs. Aliens

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monstersvsaliensposterBecky and I took the kids to see Monsters vs. Aliens on Saturday, along with a few other neighbor kids for Conroy’s Birthday, at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The Yahoo

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“When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. Alerted to the threat of this new monster, the military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a covert government compound…”

The Review
Monsters vs. Aliens is another great Dreamworks animated film that is knocking it doing monstrous sales at the box office. Like Shrek and other Dreamworks flicks, this one is very entertaining and had a great story to go along with the animation. It’s also available in 3D, but we cheaped out and didn’t spring for the $9 for the 3D version. We spoke with a number of friends who saw it in 3D and said it was worth the extra dough, so keep that in mind if you decide to go see it.

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The kids loved this movie and I’m sure we’ll be buying it when it hits the DVD racks. In the meantime, it’s definitely Worth The Trip and probably a Don’t Miss It.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

Corban – **** Don’t Miss It Cinderella Man movie download
Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. Find his consignments at JFRCars.com Home on the Range download . He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com