Category: Movie Reviews
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Corner Gas, Episode 28: Rock On!
The Writers – Brent Butt & Chris Finn Director – Wendy Hopkins A brief synopsis – Lacey discovers the truth about Dog River’s name. Brent, Wanda and Hank reform the band, Thunderface, not everyone is happy about this. Oscar claims that a famous country singer stole his song, Davis disputes the claim. The best line –…
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: British in repose
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – 2012 Director John Madden Starring Dame Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel, Tena Desae Screenplay Ol Parker “Why would you not go out? There’s so much to see. All life is here, Mrs. Ainsle.” The relationship between India and England is…
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Cabin In The Woods: Good work, Zombie arm
Cabin In The Woods – 2012 Director Drew Goddard Starring Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kanz, Anna Hutchinson, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Sigourney Weaver Screenplay by Goddard and Joss Whedon Cabin In The Woods is one of the coolest, most original horror stories every made. It’s Toy Story for the genre. All the most remarkable things one could…
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Blade Runner: Director’s Cut it’s not just the effects that aren’t special
Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut – 1992 (1982) Director Ridley Scott Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah, M.Emmett Walsh, Edward James Olmos, William Sanderson, Joanna Cassidy, Brion James, Joe Turkel Screenplay Hampton Fancher, David Peoples based upon the story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick “This was not called execution, it was called retirement.”…
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Forgotten Gems: First Blood
First Blood – 1982 Directed by Ted Kotcheff Starring Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, David Caruso, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett, Chris Mulkey Written by Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, Sylvester Stallone based on the novel by David Morrell There was a time when Stallone didn’t need 32 costars to carry a film. In the case of First Blood, he…
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Friends with Kids: I’m pretty sure they’re cooler than we are
Friends with Kids – 2012 Written and Directed by Jennifer Westfeldt Starring Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristin Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox, Edward Burns From the moment the camera starts, we are treated to a cover of the book, The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins. That’s life in the big city. You get…
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Darling Companion: Woof.
Darling Companion – 2012 Directed by Lawrence Kasdan Starring Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Shepard, Richard Jenkins, Dianne Wiest, Mark Duplass Written by Lawrence & Meg Kasdan What the hell is this? Lawrence Kasdan at one time, was one of the best talents in Hollywood. The Empire Strikes Back, the better half of Return of the…
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Corner Gas, Episode 27: Doc Small
The Writers – Mark Farrell and Paul Mather Director – Jeff Beesly A brief synopsis – Hank is unable to stay at his place, and Brent tries to avoid following up on his offer to house his buddy. Lacey is convinced to convince a young doctor to stay in the town. Brent has a run of good luck…
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The Bourne Legacy changes direction, not the pace
The Bourne Legacy – 2012 Director Tony Gilroy Starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Scott Glenn, David Strathairn, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Stacey Keach, Donna Murphy, Željko Ivanek Written by Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy It wasn’t until many years after the fact that this reviewer discovered that there had been a 3rd Smokey and the Bandit…
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