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Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi… My favorite

Posted by Tres Barker on December 16, 2015

Posted in: Action, Movie Reviews, Sci-Fi. Tagged: C3PO, Chewbacca, Harrison Ford, Jabba the Hutt, Mark Hamill, R2D2, Rating 4-4.5, Star Wars. Leave a comment

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Re-watching Return of the Jedi brings back some great memories from my younger years. Being the oldest guy on our blog I can say I actually remember every release of the original 3. Return of the Jedi in 1983 was a much anticipated film for me. I was under 10 when I first saw Star Wars: A New Hope. I had matured to a grown 12 year old now with RotJ. I wanted to be the first there, that didn’t happen because I couldn’t drive. However, it was the first family film that my (step)dad took all of us to. It was a good evening. I sat mesmerized at the graphics, the film, what would happen with Luke and his dad, Vader, and what about Yoda?

Had I forgotten any of Empire? (This was before our family ever had a VCR.)

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones – 10 years later

Posted by Tres Barker on November 28, 2015

Posted in: Action, Movie Reviews, Sci-Fi. Tagged: Christensen, Christian, clones, Jedi, McGregor, Portman, Star Wars, Yoda. 1 Comment

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My oldest son, now 21, was young when the prequels started coming out; he was only 8 in 2002 when this movie was released. He enjoyed watching them, and I was pretty Blah about them. I haven’t seen the prequels in at least 6 years and just watched I & II.

Woodlawn: Not just a football movie/Not just a Christian movie

Posted by Tres Barker on October 31, 2015

Posted in: Family, Movie Reviews. Tagged: Christian, family. Leave a comment

The film opens to the grotesque heritage of Alabama during the civil rights era and the bombings of the sixties. Desegregation had been demanded by the government. That lead to schools being “forced together” in the early 70’s.
The film is a true story of what happened when one school, Woodlawn, bused about 500 black students to a school of about 2000 white students. A school where an assistant principal is also a football coach from a previously all white team to suddenly a mostly white team with a few black players.

While We’re Young: Made me age quickly

Posted by Tres Barker on September 26, 2015

Posted in: Drama, Movie Reviews, Romance. Tagged: Ben Stiller, Mt. 16:26, Naomi Watts, Rating 2-2.5. Leave a comment

I am a pretty big Ben Stiller fan. I enjoy most of his comedies and I enjoy most of his dramas. The Museum movies I have enjoyed several times, as well as Mystery Men and Something About Mary. I was one of few people it seems that enjoyed Walter Mitty, let alone watched it multiple times. Along came Polly cracks me up. And I love the Madagascar series. However, there are a few like Tropic Thunder and Zoolander that just do not leave me desiring to watch it again… ever.

So skimming through new releases I find While We’re Young and seeing that Naomi Watts played his wife in the film, I was pretty excited to rent it.

Fanstatic Four: Missed the Bandwagon

Posted by Tres Barker on August 8, 2015

Posted in: Action, Movie Reviews. Tagged: marvel, Rating 3-3.5, sci-fi. 2 Comments

The Fantastic Four.

Marvel’s Original family/team of superheroes.

One of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s most beloved creations.

This movie that Fox created by running along and jumping on the Marvel success band-wagon…

Ant-Man: Did Marvel hit it big or make a little splash?

Posted by Tres Barker on July 18, 2015

Posted in: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Movie Reviews. Tagged: christian movie review, marvel, Rating 4-4.5. 1 Comment

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I saw a Thursday showing of Ant-Man.

I did not go into the theater expecting a lot; but rather, always excited to see a superhero movie. (I don’t want the debate of hero or not since he doesn’t have special powers, but rather a special suit.) The biggest thing I had to brace myself for was Paul Rudd: Superhero.

Minions: Blah

Posted by Tres Barker on July 11, 2015

Posted in: Animated, Family, Movie Reviews. Tagged: animation, christian blog, Rating 3-3.5. 3 Comments

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I just left the Minions movie with my wife, youngest two, and eldest son and his lady.

My youngest 2 would give this a high rating. ( Not perfect , because they can wait until the DVD to see it again they said.)

Jurassic World: When the Egg Cracks

Posted by Tres Barker on June 15, 2015

Posted in: Action, Movie Reviews. Tagged: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, DB Wong, Irrfan Khan, Nick Robinson, raptors, Ty Simpkins. 3 Comments

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I just finished watching Jurassic World with my oldest daughter. As in all of my reviews, I will truly try to not give anything major away about the movie.

We begin with an egg cracking to the birth of a Velociraptor.

Avengers 2: AofU Is it worth the hype?

Posted by Tres Barker on May 3, 2015

Posted in: Action, Movie Reviews. Tagged: captain america, Christianity, marvel, Rating 5, review. 6 Comments

Action
Humor
Explosions
Robots
Humor
Original cast
+ 3 new heroes
And humor

So, it is true that I am probably one of the world’s biggest superhero movie fans. I had to…HAD TO… do the write up for this one.

Home: What Is Being Missed?

Posted by Tres Barker on April 18, 2015

Posted in: Animated, Comedy, Family, Movie Reviews. Tagged: Boov, bullying, Jim Parsons, Rihanna. 1 Comment

I’m going to start by saying, this isn’t my favorite animated film. It’s not a Frozen or Beauty and the Beast level.

However, it is a good movie and worth seeing. With a busy schedule we were unable to get to the theaters right away, so many of our readers that plan to see it probably already have. However, I will still do my best to not put spoilers into the review.