Category: Movie Reviews
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Amanda Seyfried answers Vanessa Redgrave’s call in Letters To Juliet
Letters to Juliet Directed by Gary Winick Starring Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Chris Egan, Gael García Bernal, Franco Nero Written by José Rivera, Tim Sullivan based on the book by Suzzane Harper Juliet’s Wall has been a place for forlorn lovers since the 1930’s. People (over 3/4’s women) have written letters to Juliet, explaining their situation,…
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Millennium Trilogy, Part 1: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is a journey towards righteousness
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Swedish) Directed By Niels Arden Oplev Starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taube Written by Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg as an Adpatation of the original novel written by Stieg Larss0n As someone who witnessed the gang rape of a girl, named Lisbeth, when a young man of 15,…
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Downey Jr. grows into the IRON MAN 2 suit
Iron Man 2 Directed by John Favreau Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johanssen Written by Justin Theroux, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, Jack Kirby The thing that irritates me about reading reviews is when you see an unlikely critical darling of a summer…
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Gervais and the Ghost Town citizens are quite charming
Ghost Town Directed by David Koepp Starring Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Dana Ivey, Aasif Mandvi, Alan Ruck Written by David Koepp and John Kamps David Koepp has had part in very many blockbusters. The writer of great movies like Jurassic Park, Spiderman, Carlito’s Way and Men in Black, good…
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Carell and Fey are not enough to keep me awake through Date Night
Date Night Directed by Shaun Levy Starring Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Ray Liotta, Mark Ruffalo, Common, J.B. Smoove, William Fichtner, Kristin Wiig What an immense amount of talent that showed up for a movie that plays like the married version of Adventures In Babysitting. I have two little girls…
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Cool Papa E’s Complete Harry Potter Movie Series Reviews
Having spent the first 2 movies avoiding Harry Potter, I was intrigued by the choice of director to finally watch Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. That movie, with its time-turner, Buckbeak and the incredible Gary Oldman, impressed me enough to give the rest of the series a chance. Still, I kept the series…
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Travolta and Rhys Meyers Not So Lovable in From Paris With Love
From Paris With Love Directed By Pierre Morel Starring John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and no one else worth mentioning Wow, this movie stinks. I was first introduced to this movie’s driving force, co-producer and co-writer Luc Besson in the 90’s with the incredible Leon: The Professional. That movie is a standard by which many action…
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Forgotten Gems: Outsourced shows that even India has its pride
Outsourced Directed by John Jeffcoat Starring Josh Hamilton, Ayesha Dharker, Asif Basra, Arjun Mathur, Siddarth Jadhav Written by George Wing, John Jeffcoat It’s almost impossible to go through any working space these days without finding someone who has been laid off. It happened to me in 2004, and although I eventually landed on my feet,…
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Jude Law is one of the self-loathing Repo Men
Repo Men Directed by Miguel Sapochnik Starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Liev Schreiber, John Leguizamo From the opening scene, when Law as Remy easily “collects” on a man who is past due on an organ of some kind, you can tell where this movie is going. He is good at what he does,…
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Forgotten Gems: August Rush
August Rush Directed by Kirsten Sheridan Starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terence Howard, Robin Williams Written by Nick Castle, James V. Hart, Paul Castro There is an amazing moment toward the end of August Rush, when our wayward protagonist, August Rush, plays a guitar duo with his father. Neither is aware of…
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