Category: Movie Reviews
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CPE’s Prometheus / Predator / Alien Universe Chronological Timeline Reviews
With the release of the first good Predator film in almost 25 years, and the making (by Ridley Scott) of an Alien prequel, Prometheus, now is a great time to review the two series as a whole. Both series have gone to hell and back (sometimes together), but overall, the entire series has provided many intense,…
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These Predators hardly take anyone out like chumps…
Predators Directed by Nimród Antal Starring Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Louis Ozawa Changchien Screenplay story by Robert Rodriguez adapted by Michael Finch and Alex Litvak When I heard that Robert Rodriguez was involved with the making of the new Predators movie, I was thrilled.…
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How to Train Your Dragon is perfectly fun
How To Train Your Dragon Directed By – Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois Featuring the Voices of – Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig Story by – Cressida Cowell adapted by Adam F. Goldberg, Peter Tolan, Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders Dreamworks has been…
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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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Chan makes a fine Karate Kid out of Jaden Smith
The Karate Kid (2010) Directed By Harald Zwart Starring Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Hensen, Wen Wen Han, Zhenwei Wang, Michelle Yeoh Screenplay adapted by Christopher Murphey from the original Robert Mark Kamen script Jaden Smith is a star who has nowhere to go but up. Jackie Chan is a star who’s been up so…
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Gyllenhaal Brings The Wacky Pain in Prince of Persia The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia – The Sands of Time Directed by Mike Newell Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina At first, I thought that this movie was trying to outdo Brokeback Mountain in the homo-erotic delights. Having seen more of Jake Gyllenhaal’s chest hair than I ever wanted to see in the first 15 minutes,…
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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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Jennifer’s Body wants to be a Heather
Jennifer’s Body Directed by Karyn Kusama Starring Amanda Seyfried, Megan Fox, J.K. Simmons, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons Written by Diablo Cody Okay I need to admit, I did not think that Juno was the end all be all of cinema. It was nice to see the unborn child treated like it was alive for a…
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Kutcher and Heigl have their moments in Killers
Killers Directed by Robert Luketic Starring Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Mull, Rob Riggle Written by Bob DeRosa and Ted Griffin Everyone has an opinion about Ashton Kutcher. If you are honest, when you saw that name, I am pretty sure some feelings (maybe positive, most likely negative) ran through your…
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