Category: Fantasy
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Snow White and The Huntsman: Bread is definitely not meat
Snow White and the Huntsman – 2012 Director Rupert Sanders Starring Charleze Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Stewart, Sam Clafin, Sam Spruell, Ian McShane, Toby Jones, Bob Hoskins, Nick Frost, Ray Winstone, Eddie Marsan, Brian Gleeson,Johnny Harris Screenplay Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock, Hossein Ameni Julia Roberts probably wanted to fire her agent after watching Snow White and The…
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CPE & Em review Mirror Mirror: Bread is meat
Mirror Mirror – 2012 Director Tarsem Singh Starring Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Lily Collins, Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Sean Bean, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Danny Woodburn, Martin Klebba, Sebastien Saraceno, Jordan Prentice, Mark Povinelli, Joe Gnoffo, Ronald Lee Clark Screenplay by Marc Klein and Jason Keller CPE’s Review: Julia Roberts has waited for a role like this…
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The Avengers: A bold initiative that delivers on every level
The Avengers – 2012 Written & Directed by Joss Whedon Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Gweneth Paltrow, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Clark Gregg When Marvel announced, in 2005, that there was a plan to develop The Avengers into a major motion picture, most people outside of…
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Dream House is almost as good as the story surrounding the movie
Dream House – 2011 Directed by Jim Sheridan Starring Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Martin Csokas, Elias Koteas, Taylor and Clair Geare Written by David Loucka The director and stars of Dream House balked at promoting the film, essentially due to the way the movie was cut after its test screenings. What’s more, Rachel Weisz and Daniel…
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Immortals: More Fighting and Chicks in Sepia Tone
Immortals – 2011 Directed by Tarsem Singh Starring Henry Cavill, Freda Pinto, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt, Stephen Dorff, Luke Evans, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz Screenplay by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides At the beginning of Immortals, Zeus, in his “Old Man” disguise, gives the following exposition: “When this world was still young, long before man or beast roamed…
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part I: Watching Grown Men Cry
Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – 2011 Directed by Bill Condon Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattison, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellen Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Anna Kendrick, Sarah Clarke Written by Melissa Rosenberg based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer There is a point after Bella (Stewart) has…
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is very nearly a classic
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – 2011 Directed by Troy Nixey Starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson Written by Guillermo Del Toro, Matthew Robbins based on the original story by Nigel McKeand Guillermo Del Toro has a fascinating sense of what makes something scary. Each of the films he has written and/or…
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