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"The Best Is Yet To Be" is a weekly installment
of Jackie's views of living in the South and how
it affects our mental, physical and spiritual lives.
It is a celebration of life and points out the positive
nature of the enjoyment the simple pleasures
of life offer. It is a rendering of thoughts that are
sad, funny, inspirational, and/or reflective.
The overall theme is that life just keeps getting
better and better.
    




JACKIE's Movie Reviews

The Great Gatsby

Mud

Tyler Perry Presents Peeples

Iron Man 3

Pain & Gain

The Big Wedding

The Place Beyond the Pines

Home Run

Oblivion

42

Scary Movie 5

 Evil Dead

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Current Television Reviews

Nurse Jackie and The Borgias

 A Mother's Rage

Romeo Killer:
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Bates Motel

The Bible

Vikings

Monday Mornings

Dallas

The Makeover

Prosecuting Casey Anthony

Amish Murder

Cougartown

Christmas With Holly

 Holiday Spin

The Christmas Consultant

Titanic: Blood and Steel

 

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Video Interview: Charles Martin

Video Interview: Jeffery Deaver - Author of XO

Video Interview: Karen spears Zacharias - Author of The Silence of Mockingbirds

 
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Sister Act

 

 

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TITLE SCORE
(1-10)
RATING
Admission

5

PG-13 - Profanity & Sexual Situations

You expect more from Tina Fey but you don’t get it in this only average film
The Big Wedding

4

R - Profanity, comic violence
& Sexual Situations

Big letdown as the cast of this crude film includes Keaton/Sarandon/Williams & De Niro

The Call

6

R - Profanity & Violence

Berry is great as a 911 operator but when she becomes an adult Nancy Drew the movie fails
The Croods

8

PG - Mild Violence

An exceptionally funny & warm-hearted family film; the voice actors & animation are A+

Evil Dead

 4

R - Violence & Profanity

I think this new version has more chopping off limbs/more spewing blood than the original
42

9

PG-13 - Profanity & Violence

This story about Jackie Robinson’s entry into the major leagues is 2013’s best movie to date
G. I. Joe: Retalliation

5

PG-13 - Violence & Profanity

Dwayne Johnson is the star - Tatum and Willis are bit players.
The Great Gatsby

8

PG-13 - Profanity & Violence

Director Baz Luhrmann gives this classic story some "Moulin Rouge" like Baz – amatazz

Home Run

7

PG-13 - Mild Violence & Adult Themes

An inspiring tale of an alcoholic baseball player who finds redemption through coaching kids

The Host

5

PG-13 - Violence & Profanity

Based on a book by Stephanie “Twilight” Meyer but the script is silly and meandering
Iron Man 3

6

PG-13 - Violence & Profanity

Robert Downey, Jr. soars in the title role; all else are just there for support.

Mud

6

PG-13 - Profanity & Violence

McConaughey & a solid supporting cast make this subdued drama better than it ought to be

Oblivion

7

PG-13 - Profanity, Violence & Brief Nudity 

Tom Cruise is at his best in this twisting and turning sci-fi flick

Olympus Has Fallen

7

R - Profanity & Violence

Action packed adventure has echoes of the original “Die Hard” with Butler as the new Willis
Pain & Gain

5

R - Violence, Profanity & Nudity

A true story about three losers that is neither dramatic nor funny, but the acting is good

The Place Beyond the Pines

5

R - Profanity & Violence

Great cast does its best but a meandering script leads to a weak ending that doesn’t satisfy

Scary Movie 5

2

PG-13 - Profanity, Comic Violence, and Gross Humor

They saved the worst till last – that is assuming there will be no more

Spring Breakers

3

R - Nudity, Profanity & Violence

The message is if you want to enjoy spring break then drink, do drugs and then kill people
Tyler Perry Presents Peeples

6

PG-13 - Profanity, Violence &
Sexual Situations

Perry’s best film in a while; he leaves Madea at home and goes for the drama

Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Councelor 

6

PG-13 - Profanity, Violence & Sexual Situations

  Perry’s best film in a while; he leaves Madea at home and goes for the drama

Jackie's Rating Scale

Scale of 1 to 10

1 - Make them pay you to see it
2 - Take an enemy to see it
3 - Pick a comfortable seat so you can sleep through most of it
4 - Be alert for the good parts that are few and far between
5 - Not the best, not the worst, but right in the middle
6 - Unexpectedly good
7- Worth telling a friend about
8 - Renews your faith in moviemaking
9 - You'll want to stay put and see it twice
10-You'll come out with stars in your eyes



 
 
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