Category: 4 Stars
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Arbitrage: If Ted Kennedy can do it…
Arbitrage – 2012 Written and Directed by Nicholas Jarecki Starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta, Nate Parker Arbitrage uses a couple of old stories, combines them, and with some very good acting turns, makes it worth your time. What starts out as a congenial old guy, Robert Miller (Gere) who dodged…
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For A Good Time Call: More genuine than the real thing
For A Good Time Call – 2012 Directed by Jamie Travis Starring Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller, Justin Long, Sugar Lyn Beard, Mimi Rogers, Nia Vardolos, Mark Webber, James Wolk, Seth Rogen Written by Lauren Miller, Katie Anne Naylon “You know you’re not better than me. You’re not better than phone sex.” Lauren and Katie are at the…
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Sinister: You’ve seen some of it before, but not all of it
Sinister – 2012 Director Scott Derrickson Starring Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Dalton Thompson, Nick King, James Ransone, Clare Foley, Michael Hall D’Addario Screenplay Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill Sinister is a strange name for this film, even if it is technically correct. As defined: threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous, it works. For some reason, I picture Snidely…
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CoolPapaE Reviews The Die Hard Series
Cool Papa E Reviews The Die Hard Series I’ve been waiting for this, like I always do. The evolution of Bruce Willis is most easily categorized with the Die Hard films. When he first hit the big screen as John McClane, he was more of a punk than anything. Skinny, mouthy and not much more…
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The Queen of Versailles: Down but not out
The Queen of Versailles – 2012 Directed by Laura Greenfield Featuring David and Jackie Siegel David Siegel claims to have personally gotten George W. Bush elected President. He claims that it was not necessarily done in a legal fashion. He says this with a mixture of pride and shame. He knows the price that is being paid…
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Django Unchained: If Samuel L. Jackson doesn’t win an Oscar, there is no justice
Django Unchained – 2012 Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Don Johnson, Walton Goggins, James Remar, Michael Parks, Dennis Christopher There is a scene that resonates deeply. On the way into Candyland, Jamie Foxx’s freed slave, Django, rides along a group of men in chains.…
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Looper is wound just right
Looper – 2012 Written and Directed by Rian Johnson Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels, Pierce Gagnon, Garrett Dillahunt, Piper Perabo, Xu Quing, Joe Brennan The only thing that gives one pause in the first 20 minutes of the Looper is the obviously disfigured face of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Even as…
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