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MOVIE REVIEW Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Simian Cinema Starring Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell; directed by Matt Reeves This week’s review is written by Caesar,  an ape critic who can amazingly utter  rudimentary English (as opposed to French,  or Portuguese, or Swahili) with some helpful translation: “Grunt akkk humans uhhh […]

MOVIE REVIEW “22 JUMP STREET” “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2″ by Doug Young HOW TO WRITE ABOUT 22 SEQUELS 22 Jump Street Starring Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube, Wyatt Russell, Amber Stevens; directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller How to Train Your Dragon 2 Starring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, […]

MOVIE REVIEW “SNOWPIERCER” by Doug Young CLICK ON THE TWO IMAGES BELOW TO READ CLICK BELOW FOR IMAGE #1 CLICK BELOW FOR IMAGE #2 [linebreak style=”simple”] Unfortunately we can’t describe Doug Young adequately in strictly iambic pentameter, so we’ll just tell you that he is an award-winning (and poetic) film critic and that he is […]

MOVIE REVIEW “LIFE ITSELF” A documentary about the life, and death, of film critic Roger Ebert by Doug Young I arrived at the theater and took a seat in my favorite location — on the aisle in the section to the right of the screen (as you face forward) about midway back so that the […]

MOVIE REVIEWS “Captain America” by Doug Young [linebreak style=”simple”] Unfortunately we can’t describe Doug Young adequately in strictly iambic pentameter, so we’ll just tell you that he is an award-winning (and poetic) film critic and that he is “Filmoholic” Critic Man, aka Doug Young, who is a senior environmental policy advisor to Colorado Gov. John […]

MOVIE REVIEWS “The Unknown Known” by Doug Young [linebreak style=”simple”] MOVIE:  THE UNKNOWN KNOWN WE KNOW THE UNKNOWN TOP SECRET MEMORANDUM To: Colorado Republicans From: Unknown Knowers Date: April 12, 2014 Re: The Unknown Known, a  documentary of former Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld A new documentary called The Unknown Known has been released to coincide […]

MOVIE REVIEWS “NOAH” by Doug Young [linebreak style=”simple”] MOVIE:  NOAH WHAT WOULD DEMOCRATS DO from the “Book of Demcrat, Chapters 6-12 Chapter 6: Noah Cometh 6:1: And the Democrats said, “Let there be enlightened public policies.” 6:2: And lo, the blessed children of Holy Woodland doth bring forth a film, created in the image of […]

MOVIE REVIEWS “THE LEGO MOVIE” by Doug Young [linebreak style=”simple”]   [linebreak style=”simple”] Unfortunately we can’t describe Doug Young adequately in strictly iambic pentameter, so we’ll just tell you that he is an award-winning (and poetic) film critic and that he is “Filmoholic” Critic Man, aka Doug Young, who is a senior environmental policy advisor […]

MOVIE REVIEWS “Artistic Tragedy” by Doug Young [linebreak style=”simple”] I have been devastated by the recent cinematic news. Indeed, the movie world has been reeling this past week, stunned by the recurring revelations. It’s especially unsettling as I have essentially ignored the alleged personal transgressions of this cinematic artist for about 20 years. In essence, […]

MOVIE REVIEWS “American Hustle” & “Wolf of Wall Street” by Doug Young [linebreak style=”simple”] See(k)ing double $$ AMERICAN HUSTLE Starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K.; directed by David O. Russell THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, […]