Category: 4 Stars
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Don’t let Draco take care of your chimps
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – 2011 Directed by Rupert Wyatt Starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton Written by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Premise suggested by La planète des singes by Pierre Boulle One of the metrics I like to use to test the effectiveness of a movie is how…
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The Complete Muppet Theatrical Movie Series, Reviewed by Cool Papa E
The Muppet Movie Release Date – June 22, 1979 Directed by James Frawley Starring Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz (The Muppets) Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton Written by Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl Review – The international phenomenon, for the first time on the big screen, would have been an easy film to…
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The Beaver shows that nobody wants to be alone
The Beaver – 2011 Directed by Jodie Foster Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence Written by Kyle Killen I have never pretended to understand depression. Not many people lately have tried to understand Mel Gibson. I have been quite interested in understanding him since his groundbreaking directorial début so many years ago in Braveheart.…
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Cool Papa E Reviews The Chronicles of Narnia Series
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – 2005 Directed by Andrew Adamson Starring William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Liam Neeson (v), Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Ray Winstone (v), Dawn French (v) Written by Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely Review: Much pressure was applied upon the makers of The Lion,…
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Unknown: Take my life, please
Unknown – 2011 Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Starring Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger, Aidan Quinn, Frank Langella, Bruno Ganz and the “Can You Hear Me Now?” guy Written by Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell based on Out of My Head by Didier Van Cauwelaert If you’d ever seen him run, you’d think Liam Neeson is an old…
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The Adjustment Bureau is waiting for Godot
The Adjustment Bureau – 2011 Written and Directed by George Nolfi Starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Slattery, Anthony Mackie, Anthony Ruivivar, Terence Stamp, Michael Kelley Based on “Adjustment Team” by Philip K. Dick There is a lot of talk about free will in The Adjustment Bureau. With a series of officers who looked like they…
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Transformers Trilogy Reviewed by Cool Papa E
Transformers – 2007 Directed by Michael Bay Starring Shia La Beouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Peter Cullen (voice), Hugo Weaving (voice), Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson, Jon Voight, Kevin Dunn, Julie White Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman Review: This movie was a pleasant surprise how good it was. Michael Bay was never…
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True Grit vs. New Grit
True Grit – 1969 Directed by Henry Hathaway Starring John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Kim Darby, Jeff Corey, Strother Martin, John Fielder Written by Marguerite Roberts True Grit – 2010 Written and Directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen Starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper Both films based…
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Waiting for “Superman” shows teacher’s unions getting stronger as education fades into Hope
Waiting for “Superman” – 2010 Directed by Davis Guggenheim Starring The future of this country Written by Davis Guggenheim, Billy Kimball Money as the problem is dismissed early on in Waiting for “Superman.” Rather, Davis Guggenheim demonstrates that there is a legion of horrible teachers that, thanks to a strong union, have an immunity to…
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Cool Papa E Reviews Marvel’s The X-Men / Wolverine Movies
Many are hailing this coming week’s X-Men: First Class as the best Marvel movie ever. Everything I have seen so far looks fantastic. Now is as good a time as any to check what we’ve seen so far from the X-Men Series of films. This list will be comprehensive within the next couple of weeks,…
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