Category: Movie Reviews
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Ethan Hawke’s Daybreakers Needs Time To Flesh Out New Ideas
Daybreakers Directed by Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig Starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman Ethan Hawke is a long way away from Dead Poet’s Society. At that point, the sky was seemingly the limit for the next big thing. This has not been any sort of fall from grace. Instead…
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Denzel Washington protects the integrity of The Book of Eli
The Book of Eli Directed by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes Starring Denzel Washingon, Mila Kunis, Gary Oldman, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Michael Gambon, Frances De La Tour, Tom Waits, Malcom McDowell Screenwriter Gary Whitta There seems to be a new apocalypse movie every season. I have reviewed 5 this year already. One would think this…
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Duhamel makes When In Rome a fun trip…almost
When In Rome Directed By Mark Steven Johnson Starring Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Houston, Bobby Moynihan, John Heder, Danny DeVito When In Rome spends most of its time in New York. I have to say this, because I felt a little ripped off by this. Of course, the Guggenheim provides some memorable moments, but…
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Post Grad is awkward at times, but allows major talent to roam
Post Grad Directed by Vicky Jenson Starring Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch, Carol Burnett, Rodrigo Santoro One thing I felt while watching this movie was joy, and a good amount of it. It is nice to see Michael Keaton back on-screen being the happy-go-lucky guy from Mr. Mom and Night Shift. I…
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Amy Adams helps differentiate Leap Year from all of the others
Leap Year Directed by Anand Tucker Starring – Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow This is an incredibly tough field to cover in a movie. There are so many bad ones, you find yourself in a rut, waiting for the next Nora Ephron, Nancy Meyers, Judd Apatow or Rob Reiner effort and hoping…
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The Road is hopeless, heartsick and brave
The Road Directed by John Hillcoat Starring Viggo Mortenson, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael K. Williams, Charleze Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce The Road is impeccably acted, well-directed and with an excellent screenplay. Even so I can never watch this movie again. My heart could not handle it. Taking a view of the apocalypse to the point…
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Pirate Radio is a boat full, but it’s fun
Pirate Radio Directed by Richard Curtis Starring – Tom Sturridge, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Talulah Riley So, pretty much everything you hear on the trailer voice over here is bunk: That said, this still is a pretty good flick. Hoffman’s character was not the person who…
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Pixar: Cool Papa E and Family Rank The First 10 Pixar Movies
Pixar – The First 10 Marking the release of Toy Story 3 marking the release of the 11th Pixar Film, I thought it was an obvious point for a review of the series. Each one of these films has been a classic or near masterpiece and the best animated film of the year. With that…
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Extraordinary Measures is intense, concise and anything but hopeless
Extraordinary Measures Directed by Tom Vaughan Starring: Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Keri Russell, Courtney B. Vance Screenplay adapted by Robert Nelson Jacobs from the book, “The Cure: How a Father raised $100 million – and Bucked the Medical Establishment – in a Quest to Save His Children” by Geeta Anand Brendan Fraser has two modes:…
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Whip It has some nice performances
Whip It Directed by Drew Barrymore Screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on her own novel Starring: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Daniel Stern, Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, Juliette Lewis, Andrew Wilson In the wake of the phenomenon that was Juno, Ellen Page was nominated for an academy award. She was on a nice little roll,…
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