Category: 4.5 Stars
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Cool Papa E Reviews James Bond Films of Daniel Craig
Bond is 50, and he gets younger all the time. After a solid start with Sean Connery in the ’60’s and a flirtation with model George Lazenby, and then back to Connery. It’s easy to pick on Roger Moore. Most of his Bond films were crap, but they weren’t necessarily wrong in picking him, they…
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Halloween Gems: Cool Papa E Reviews The Firefly Films Of Rob Zombie
It’s a nearly classic duo of films waiting for a third. Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects have a place in the sickened hearts of cult followers. He had something big on the horizon when he was derailed by the quick but unfulfilled success of the Halloween remake and its dud of a…
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October Classics: Cool Papa E’s favorite Baseball Films
The season of the year has come where, despite football’s best efforts, it’s baseball’s time to shine. A few readers have been after me for a while to come up with a list of the best baseball films of all time, and one might think it’d be a bit easier than it turned out to…
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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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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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Possession is as good as it gets for it’s kind
The Possession – 2012 Director Ole Bornedal Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgewick, Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport, Grant Show, Matisyahu, Ella Wade Screenplay Juliet Snowden, Stiles White There is a scene early in the film, Possession, where, with the process already started, older sister Hannah (Davenport) notices her sister, Emily (Calis) acting lethargically while the first-born practices a…
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Cool Papa E Reviews the Bourne Film Series
The Bourne Identity Release Date – June 14, 2002 Directed by Doug Liman Starring Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Julia Styles, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Written by William Blake Herron, Tony Gilroy Review – Based on the Robert Ludlum film almost in name only, Doug Liman took the nuts and bolts of the espionage from the experiences of his father…
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The Dark Knight Rises: A full return on investment
The Dark Knight Rises – 2012 Directed by Christopher Nolan Starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marian Cotillard Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolan made a wise choice with the ending of The Dark Knight when he decided to imbrue two of the integral characters with…
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ted has the stroke of genius for those not immersed in Family Guy
ted – 2012 Directed by Seth MacFarlane Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, MacFarlane (voice), Giovanni Ribisi, Joel McHale, Patrick Warburton, Matt Walsh Screenplay MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Wellsley Wild I have seen, perhaps, 2 episodes of The Family Guy. When it came out, I was caught up in The Simpsons and the humor seemed derivative. Then I got married,…
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Cool Papa E Reviews Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight / Batman Series
One of the best examples of a reboot in cinematic history, Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy comes to an end July 20, 2012. As sad as it will be that it has ended, it has been a historic masterpiece and one wonderful ride. The best thing it did was to cleanse the visionary palate of a…
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