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Movie Reviews: Despicable Me 2, The Lone Ranger, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain

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Despicable Me 2  

Joe Williams, STLToday.com: "This loony ’toon is dizzy with wonderments, especially in 3-D. The spindly-limbed character design owes more to Charles Addams’ family than to Walt Disney’s kingdom, while the story and settings evoke James Bond on laughing gas..." Full Review

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The Lone Ranger  

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Mathew DeKinder, STLToday.com: "The Lone Ranger is just not a character that translates well to our era of irony where we like our heroes to be morally conflicted and brooding. This is probably why Disney’s update of The Lone Ranger has a wildly uneven tone and feels like it was being reworked all the way up to the projection booth..." Full Review

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Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain

  • Run Time: 75 mins. 
  • StarringKevin Hart
  • Rated: R

Kevin C. Johnson, STLToday.com"Though Hart’s concert is a good-looking show with an impressive set that’s far removed from the brick walls and dark curtains of many comedy shows, it’s clear the “Let Me Explain” movie was done in a hurry and on the cheap..." Full Review


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