Review – Tyler Perry’s “Acrimony”

by Armando Vanegas

Tyler Perry’s Acrimony stars Taraji P. Henson as Melinda, a woman in a struggling marriage to Robert, an aspiring inventor. After feeling wronged, Melinda attempts to get what she feels she’s owed from Robert by any means necessary. That’s more or less what the story is about but we also learn how these two got together and what led to what went wrong in their marriage. Even though this sounds like something more nuanced or grounded considering who made it, it’s still the same ol Tyler Perry movie but there’s more ridiculousness than usual.

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Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

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by Kevin Muller

Sequels can either go two ways, they are improvements over the original or extreme downgrades.  The new “Turtles” movie falls somewhere in the middle.    On the bright side, the sequel is much more relaxed and embraces its silliness, which in turn, makes it mindless fun.  Unfortunately, on the flip side, it still has work to do and needs to learn how to prevent the silliness from turning into mind numbing stupidity because for a while it succeeds as pure entertainment.

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