Category: Movie Reviews
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Silver Linings Playbook: Who says crazy can’t be funny?
Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 Written and Directed by David O. Russell Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Julia Stiles, Anupam Kher, Shea Wigham, John Ortiz, Brea Bree Pat: How old are you? Tiffany: Old enough to have a marriage end and not wind up in a mental hospital. I can’t be…
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Corner Gas, Episode 40: Picture Perfect
The Writers – Mark Farell and Paul Mather Director – Rob De Lint A brief synopsis – Oscar declares war on the lawn ornaments next door. Brent needs a new camera. Wanda goes from teammate to competitor (along with Davis) when Hank and Lacey kick her off of their trivia team. Karen tries to train Davis how to…
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Corner Gas, Episode 39: Trees A Crowd
The Writers – Brent Butt and Paul Mather Director – Mark Farell A brief synopsis – Brent and Hank find that their old tree house infested with a new crop of kids, who run them off. This starts a war to reclaim their lost fort. Davis tries to pin Wanda down with the authority vested in him, with…
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The Impossible: Harrowing, simple and beautiful
The Impossible – 2012 Director J.A. Bayona Starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pedergast, Sönke Möhring, Geraline Chaplin Screenplay Sergio G. Sánchez The Impossible is a simple story covering the most incredibly horrific event one could ever imagine happening to a person, a family or community. In this story, we see the Bennett family, on…
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Parental Guidance – The more dedicated you are, the better it gets
Parental Guidance – 2012 Director Andy Fickman Starring Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, Joshua Rush Screenplay Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse Almost every ounce of my being made me want to resist this movie. But not all of them. Thank goodness for that. There is a lot of talent on the screen…
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Hitchcock is the director, but Mirren is the star
Hitchcock – 2012 Director Sasha Gervasi Starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette, Danny Houston, Jessica Biel, James D’Arcy Screenplay John J. McLaughlin based on the book Alfred Hitchock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello Psycho is one of the most celebrated films of all time. It came after one of the greatest financial successes of the career of…
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CPE & Em: Oz the Great and Powerful (****) fits like a glove
Oz the Great and Powerful – 2012 Directed by Sam Raimi Starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King Screenplay by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire based on the books by L. Frank Baum It was a movie that I had no idea needed to be made. There are 14 books written…
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Bully: You are not alone. Ever.
Bully – 2011 Director Lee Hirch Written by Cynthia Lowen “Pretty much a good day for me would be people leaving their hands off of me.” – Bullied student If I could write a letter to my 15-year-old self, I would have a lot to say. The first thing I would say is to hold on. I…
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Red Dawn: It’s a thankless job, but thank God its not Invasion U.S.A.
Red Dawn – 2012 Director Dan Bradley Starring Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Brett Cullen, Will Yun Lee Screenplay by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore, based on the original screenplay by John Milius and Kevin Reynolds The thing about Red Dawn, in any incarnation is the sheer lunacy of the…
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