half way through summer--seen a movie yet?

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/13_actofkilling.htm> The Act of
Killing
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - If director Joshua Oppenheimer occasionally loses his way
in his own narrative, leaving key details out while concentrating on less-
critical minutiae, where this picture demands attention is in its chilling
portrait of indoctrination and evil, those responsible for so many deaths
taking for granted the value of life itself.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/13_fruitvalestation.htm> Fruitvale
Station
★★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - At its universal core, "Fruitvale Station" is about the
sheer fragility of life itself, and it is nothing short of unforgettable.
The film is a devastating portrait of the fallibility of man and the
importance of appreciating what one has while it's still here.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/13_fruitvalestation.htm> Read the
Full Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/13_todolist.htm> The To Do List
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Loose and limber, proudly R-rated and wickedly amusing, the
film goes out on a limb, not always trekking down the most conventional or
expected path. If not a new classic of the genre, do credit "The To Do
List" for acknowledging that girls think about sex as much as guys.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/13_todolist.htm> Read the Full
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/13_wolverine.htm> The Wolverine
★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - "The Wolverine" is exceedingly pedestrian and shockingly
limited in scale for a big-budget, summer-released Marvel comic book
adaptation, the kind of film a person sits and watches while wondering all
along why anything on the screen is worth caring about.
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almost done

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Get out of the heat this weekend

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/13_conjuring.htm> The Conjuring
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - With a sure-footed elegiac pace and a keen understanding that
anticipation and what we don't see is sometimes more affecting than the
payoff, "The Conjuring" plays like a loving throwback to cinema of the
'70s, the director comfortably joining company as reputable and varied as
Alfred Hitchcock, John Carpenter, William Friedkin and Roman Polanski.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/13_girlmostlikely.htm> Girl Most
Likely
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - A plodding, familiar indie comedy about "finding yourself"
that wades too often into sitcom territory. As an extended pilot for a
television series, it might be acceptable. As a feature film, it is
unfocused, underdeveloped, and not worthy of the top-notch cast it's drawn.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/13_girlmostlikely.htm> Read the
Full Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/o/13_onlygodforgives.htm> Only God
Forgives
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - Provocatively suggestive and worthy of multiple viewings,
"Only God Forgives" nevertheless works best as a motion picture of
atmosphere and style over substance. A defiant and sinister piece of
experimental, Grand Guignol cinema, not easy to forget or to deny.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/o/13_onlygodforgives.htm> Read the
Full Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/13_red2.htm> Red 2
★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - A forgettable, made-by-committee production with actors who
should know better. The drama is weightless. The action is on the level of
a mid-range spy show on television. By the end, one thing is exceedingly
clear: Frank Moses would be wise to hang up his arsenal of weapons and
retire for good.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/13_red2.htm> Read the Full Review >>


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Finishing touches

Coming Coming together. Stone choice- Taj Mahal

The kitchen is coming together

Kitchen remodel

BJGE team in action remodeling a kitchen in Washington DC metro area. Take
a look. Start to finish will be 12 days!!
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The kitchen begins to come together

Day 1 kitchen demo done

A new renovation begins. Day 1

Just in time for the 4th

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/13_despicableme2.htm> Despicable Me
2
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Eager to please, then over please (those Minions really are
more effective in smaller doses), "Despicable Me 2" is pleasant as it plays
out, but also glaringly lacking when stacked up next to its shrewder,
sweeter, more inventive predecessor.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/13_despicableme2.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/e/13_europareport.htm> Europa Report
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Now on VOD, In Select Cities August 2nd - "Europa Report" accomplishes a
fair amount with very little. This is a well-made film, one that is
admirable for what was achieved even as it slightly disappoints for what it
could have been under less-restrictive production circumstances.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/e/13_europareport.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/l/13_loneranger.htm> The Lone Ranger
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - If "The Lone Ranger" weighs itself down again and again, at
least it finally delivers during a stunning third-act set-piece that at
long last incorporates all of the elements that should have been readily up
on the screen throughout.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/l/13_loneranger.htm> Read the Full
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/13_waywayback.htm> The Way Way Back
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - Tough and tinged with the kind of nostalgia that's both
bitter and sweet. Very funny at times, sometimes painfully so, "The Way Way
Back" deserves to become a go-to summer movie.
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