Category: Movie Reviews
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Something happened on the way to Hereafter: life got really slow
Hereafter – 2010 Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Frankie and George McLaren, Jay Mohr, Richard Kind, Lyndsey Marshal Written by Peter Morgan So, I really like Clint Eastwood. Seriously. And more as a director than an actor, but it’s been close. I think he asks a lot of questions with…
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Bieber’s Never Say Never is a celebration of how fun it is to be young
Never Say Never – 2011 Directed by John Chu Starring Justin Bieber This Is It was a family’s desperate attempt to cash in on the recently deceased cadaver of a workhorse of a singer, songwriter and dancer who himself had tried to ramp up for one last tour to cash in on what was left…
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Catfish : true or not, it is a compelling tale
Catfish – 2010 Directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman Catfish calls itself a documentary, and although this claim is disputed, the story itself is warning enough to those who have used Facebook as a way to create a network of friends that they converse with routinely but don’t really know. How it happened in this film is…
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Hubble shows man’s willingness to “…boldly go…”
Hubble – 2010 Written and Directed by Toni Myers Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio “It’s like performing brain surgery with oven mitts.” That’s the description used to describe the task ahead of them. Hubble telescope, launched into space in 1990, was in need of one last repair. The fantastic telescope has performed well since finally being…
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Forgotten Gems: Along Came Polly is funny in the best, uncomfortable way
Along Came Polly – 2004 Written and Directed by John Hamburg Starring Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown, Alec Baldwin In a very misguided way, I decided that this movie probably sucked when it was a huge hit while being horribly reviewed in 2004. Never a fan of…
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Ron Howard’s The Dilemma fails to earn any sympathy…or laughs
The Dilemma – 2011 Directed by Ron Howard Starring, Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Rider, Queen Latifah, Channing Tatum Written by Allen Loeb The first thoughts that run through my head as I look at Kevin James’ character, Nick, explain to his friend and business partner, Ronny, played by Vince Vaughan, why their…
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Get Low shows the high virtue of forgiveness
Get Low – 2010 Directed by Aaron Scheider Starring Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Sissy Spacek, Bill Cobbs, Gerald McRaney, Lori-Beth Edgeman, Andrea Powell, Scott Cooper Written by Chris Provenzano, C. Gaby Mitchell The human soul is a curious thing. It can go for years at a time helping the mind to deny certain truths, while…
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Cyrus shows that Tomei is without peer
Cyrus – 2010 Written and Directed by Jay and Mark Duplass Starring John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh, Kim Rhodes Marisa Tomei has had an interesting career. She had acted in major motion pictures since 1984’s The Flamingo Kid, but was thought of as a relative newcomer when she surprised the world with…
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The King’s Speech is quiet, humble and dignified
The King’s Speech – 2010 Directed by Tom Hooper Starring Colin Firth, Geoffery Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon Written by David Seidler First thing’s first: The King’s Speech is a great film. It was not, however, the best film of last year. That movie was Inception.…
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I Love You Phillip Morris is one long con after another
I Love You Phillip Morris – 2010 Written and Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Starring Jim Carrey, Leslie Mann, Ewan McGregor, “Being gay is really expensive,” is one of the first things we learn about Steven Jay Russell (Carrey), the protagonist in the movie billed as gay and funny, I Love You Phillip Morris. As…
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