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Title: Lucy Director: Luc Besson Writer: Luc Besson In theaters: July 25, 2014  from Universal Pictures Genre: Sci-fi/Action Rating: R Rating: 2½ out of 5 stars A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. Lucy is not a good movie, but since we were using a gift card and just having a night out since Amber's out of town for the week, it was fun enough. First, you have to overlook that it's not actually true that people only use 10% of their brain, a "fact" the movie is based on. I'm okay with overlooking that, although I do think they could have made more or less the same movie with a different base theory that wouldn't have immediately turned some people off. It's like the movie is stuck. It wants to be an action flick, but how much action can you really have when the main character can control people, objects, is...

Title: Muppets Most Wanted Director: James Bobin Writers: James Bobin and Nicholas Stoller In theaters: March 21, 2014 from Walt Disney Pictures Genre: Comedy Rating: PG Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Disney's "Muppets Most Wanted" takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe's most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine - the World's Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit the Frog - and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon. We, of course, went to see Muppets Most Wanted on opening weekend.  We had to wait until Sunday, though, because we went to a Winter Jam concert on Friday, which was awesome. I am a Muppets fan, have been since I was...

Title: The Monuments Men Director: George Clooney Writers: George Clooney and Grant Heslov Based on: The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter In theaters: February 7, 2014 from Columbia Pictures Genre: Action-Adventure Rating: PG- 13 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys – seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 – possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements. The Monuments Men is not the type of...

Title: The Heat Director: Paul Feig Writer: Katie Dippold In theaters: June 28, 2013 by 20th Century Fox Genre: Action, Comedy Rating: R Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Purchase: Amazon DVD | Amazon Instant Video Uptight FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn and foul-mouthed Boston cop Shannon Mullins couldn't be more incompatible. But when they join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies. The Heat is a funny, female buddy-cop movie. Ashburn and Mullins are opposites. Ashburn is uptight, uncomfortable with people, all bottled up. Mullins is loud, obnoxious, but gets along with people at least some of the time. The one thing they have in common is that they both want to get the bad guy. At first, it's almost a competition, but eventually, predictably, they find working together as a team brings better results. And it is predictable. The plot is definitely not the reason to see this one - McCarthy and Bullock are. They're funny and fun to watch. The...