Adrian Torres, Author at Boom Howdy

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REVIEW: ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul’ Gets Stuck in the Mud

Adrian TorresMay 19, 2017

Live action kids movies are a tricky beast. They have the desire to occupy the same space as their animated brethren, yet are tethered to the limits and logic of reality. In that regard, the Diary of a Wimp Kid series deserves some credit navigating ... Read More...

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REVIEW: ‘Norman’ May Be Slight, But It Doesn’t Require Much Fixing

Adrian TorresMay 19, 2017

When most people think of older actors, they unfortunately regulate them to wise or doddering grandfatherly roles. Almost wanting to constantly lash out at those individuals, Richard Gere has spent a little over a decade making sure that people under... Read More...

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King Arthur: Legend of the Snore

Adrian TorresMay 12, 2017

The majority of people have heard tell of King Arthur, his knights of the round table and the sword, Excalibur. Countless stories litter the centuries in one format or another and more than a fair share of them happen to be of the cinematic variety. ... Read More...

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The Promise Places A Premium On Daft Love Over Historical Genocide

Adrian TorresApril 21, 2017

"They don't make them like they used to." A trite and cliché phrase if there ever was one, yet at the same time is usually apt whenever it gets doled out. Gone are the days when sweeping epics graced the screen several times a year. The Promise wants... Read More...

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Review: The Fate of the Furious

Adrian TorresApril 14, 2017

16 years and 8 films into The Fast and the Furious franchise, signs of wear and tear have begun to show. This shouldn't really come as a surprise, since the last 2 pictures tried to replicate the perfect storm that was Fast Five, just missing the mar... Read More...

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REVIEW: Ghost In The Shell

Adrian TorresMarch 31, 2017

Combining technology, action and a healthy dose of philosophy, Ghost in the Shell would seem to be easiest of manga properties to make the transition to live action. Sadly, it just misses the mark, turning in a visually sumptuous but soulless affair.... Read More...

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Review: The Boss Baby

Adrian TorresMarch 31, 2017

Basically known only as "that movie where Alec Baldwin plays a talking baby in a suit", The Boss Baby is DreamWorks Animation's latest attempt to distract the masses from whatever Disney or Pixar film awaits over the horizon. The title really captur... Read More...

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REVIEW: Saban’s Power Rangers

Adrian TorresMarch 24, 2017

Here it is, the long awaited (by a small handful), $105 million gritty reboot of Saban's Power Rangers. Striking while the iron is dead cold, Rangers follows in the footsteps of just about every single other retread that's come out in the past decade... Read More...

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SXSW Review: The Relationtrip

Adrian TorresMarch 22, 2017

As technology grows, fashions change, icebergs erode and social media changes the way we interact with one another, there's still a couple questions that stay the same. Chiefly among them, "can men and women simply just be friends?" That building blo... Read More...

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SXSW Review: Patti Cake$

Adrian TorresMarch 20, 2017

When discussing a movie from 2017 that features music as a main component, there's a good chance that people will want to bring up La La Land. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Though that film, which does have universal affecting comments on l... Read More...

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