Category: Drama
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Clooney’s The American can never rest
The American – 2010 Directed by Anton Corbijn Starring George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Rueten, Paolo Bonacelli, Irina Bjorklund, Johan Leysen Screenplay by Rowan Joffe Hit man movies have only so far to go. You are usually making the hit, and then becoming the target. There are other options, where one becomes entangled along the way,…
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The Kids are All Right…Dad’s a Pandora’s Box
The Kids are All Right – 2010 Directed by Lisa Cholodenko Starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson Written by Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg The myth of Pandora’s Box has been portrayed as a misogynist rant against the women’s womb over the last 140 years or so. True or not, there…
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Twilight: Eclipse story is good, action better, head shots a little close
Twilight: Eclipse Director David Slade Starring Robert Pattison, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard, Billy Burke, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellen Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Anna Kendrick Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer There’s a point in Eclipse, the third movie in…
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Robin Hood sucks all of the fun out of life
Robin Hood (2010) Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, Mark Addy, Kevin Durand, William Hurt, Danny Huston, Oscar Isaac Screenplay Brian Helgeland Ridley Scott has made some of the best films of all time (Alien, Black Hawk Down), some great films (Gladiator, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, American…
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What do they sell over there?…Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love Director – Ryan Murphy Starring – Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, James Franco, Richard Jenkins, Javier Bardem, Viola Davis, Christine Hakim Screenplay by – Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt based on the story by Elisabeth Gilbert There are many times in the midst of watching Eat Pray Love that I feel myself wanting to…
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Sex and The City 2 presses all hot buttons very routinely
Sex and The City 2 Written and Directed by Michael Patrick King Starring – Sara Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Chris Noth, John Corbett One gets the feeling, watching 4 very distinctive, yet alternately shallow (at the beginning) and unconvincingly deep (always just before credits roll) women, that Michael Patrick King must…
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Please let this be the Last Song
The Last Song Directed by Julie Ann Robinson Starring Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear, Liam Hemsworth, Kelly Preston, Bobby Coleman Written by Nicholas Sparks, Jeff Van Wie I get tired of people giving Miley Cyrus the grief, even if she is not the greatest actor, she is a decent singer. This movie is not her fault.…
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Freeman, Damon and Eastwood Give Invictus a Simple Grace
Invictus Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath…
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Classic: Monsoon Wedding lets it rain down
Monsoon Wedding Directed by Mira Nair Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vasundhara Das, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome Written by Sabrina Dhawan Mira Nair has made a career out of beautiful films that empower women and men in most unusual ways. Her female characters, seemingly entrenched in tradition, make strides in their lives within the…
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Forgotten Gems: August Rush
August Rush Directed by Kirsten Sheridan Starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terence Howard, Robin Williams Written by Nick Castle, James V. Hart, Paul Castro There is an amazing moment toward the end of August Rush, when our wayward protagonist, August Rush, plays a guitar duo with his father. Neither is aware of…
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