Laramie Movie Scope

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Laramie Movie Scope is an ongoing series of movie reviews, news, links and commentary, scoping out the film industry, penned by local film critics Robert Roten and Patrick Ivers. Roten is a member of the Online Film Critics Society and his reviews are also linked at rottentomatoes.com and both his and Ivers reviews are linked through the Movie Review Query Engine. LARIAT is delighted to post them as a free public service to filmgoers everywhere.
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This site is normally updated daily, click your browser's refresh or reload button to get the latest version. Click on the underlined movie titles below to read Robert Roten's reviews (links to Movie Review Query Engine reviews of selected films marked by * are also underlined).

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Now Showing

Fast & Furious 6[3 stars]*
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

The Great Gatsby[3 stars]
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

The Hangover Part III[2.5 stars]*
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Iron Man 3[3 stars]
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Mud[3.5 stars]
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Oz: The Great and Powerful[3 stars]
Playing at the Wyo Theatre, 309 S. Fifth St., Laramie. Shows at 7 p.m. daily, rated PG, running time 130 minutes. All tickets $3.

Star Trek Into Darkness[3 stars]
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Ending this week

The following movies are likely to leave town this week:

The action comedy Pain and Gain leaves town on Thursday. The last show is Wednesday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. The science fiction film Oblivion and Mud both leave town on Friday. The last time to see Mud is today, Thursday.

Oblivion[3 stars]
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Pain and Gain[2 stars]*
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

New movies this week

The release schedule is fragmented this week, with one major release, the comedy sequel The Hangover Part III opening with a late show on Wednesday, followed by a Thursday full schedule opening. Another major release, the action sequel Fast & Furious 6 has a Thursday late show, followed by a full schedule opening Friday. The other big opening, the adventure animated film Epic opens Friday. It used to be that most movies opened on Friday. You can't rely on that anymore.

The Hangover Part III[2.5 stars]*
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Fast & Furious 6[3 stars]*
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Epic[2.5 stars]*
Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

* Denotes a composite (calculated average) rating, using data found at Metacritic.com, or at the Movie Review Query Engine, or at Movie Review Intelligence.

Click here for Movie Review Query Engine reviews of Epic
Click here for MRQE reviews of Fast & Furious 6
Click here for MRQE reviews of The Hangover Part III
Click here for MRQE reviews of Pain and Gain
Click here for reviews of current and upcoming films at the Movie Review Query Engine
Click here for more reviews and ratings of current and upcoming films at Movie Review Intelligence
Click here for more reviews and ratings of current and upcoming films at Metacritic.com

Click here for links to web sites with showtimes, running times, and MPAA ratings for movies showing in most U.S. metropolitan areas. There are also links to movie information for theaters in Laramie and specific cities in Wyoming and Colorado.

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Coming Attractions:
Reviews or previews of movies
which haven't been shown in Laramie yet

Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry[3.5 stars]
Arbitrage[3.5 stars]
Another Earth[3 stars]
Beyond the Black Rainbow[1 star]
Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story[3 stars]
The Central Park Five[3 stars]
Citadel[2 stars]
Cloud Atlas[4 stars]
Compliance[4 stars]
Cosmopolis[3 stars]
Deadfall[3 stars]
The Deep Blue Sea[2.5 stars]
First Position[4 stars]
The Flat[4 stars]
God Bless America[4 stars]
Goon[3 stars]
The Good Doctor[3 stars]
Headhunters (Hodejegerne)[3 stars]
Holy Motors[2 stars]
The House I Live In[3.5 stars]
How to Survive a Plague[4 stars]
The Hunter[3 stars]
The Impostor[3.5 stars]
The Innkeepers[2 stars]
The Invisible War[4 stars]
I Wish (Kiseki)[3 stars]
Jack & Diane[2 stars]
Jiro Dreams of Sushi[3 stars]
The Last Samurai (1974) (DVD review)[4 stars]
The Last Stand (2013)[2.5 stars]
The Loneliest Planet[2.5 stars]
The Magic of Belle Isle[3 stars]
Marley[3 stars]
Middle of Nowhere[3 stars]
Neighbouring Sounds[3 stars]
Nobody Walks[3 stars]
On the Road[2 stars]
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia[2.5 stars]
Room 237[2 stars]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower[4 stars]
Samsara[3 stars]
Seven Pscychopaths[2 stars]
Sleepwalk With Me[3 stars]
The Sound of Noise[3.5 stars]
Take This Waltz[3 stars]
360[3 stars]
Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie[no stars]
The Turin Horse[2 stars]
2 Days in New York[3 stars]
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning[no stars]
V/H/S[1 star]
Your Sister's Sister[2.5 stars]

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Bob's review vault[vault button for movie review archive index page]

Following are links to over 2,000 archived reviews
of movies starting with the following letters:

A through B   C through D   E through G   H through I
J through L   M through N   O through Q   R through S   T through Z

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