Category: 4 Stars
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Cool Papa E Reviews The Marvel Cinematic Universe (The Avengers Movies) Phase One
When Captain America: The First Avenger is released July 22, 2012, it will mark the last movie to be released ramping up to the May 4, 2012 arrival of the first superhero team movie, The Avengers. At this point, everyone is aware of the team that has been assembled: Iron Man, Captain America, The Incredible…
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The Messenger: presents a Memorial Day tale many Americans should see
The Messenger – 2009 Directed by Oren Moverman Starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Steve Buscemi, Yaya DaCosta Written by Moverman and Alassandro Camon The Messenger starts out with a deception. Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery (Foster) meets up with an old flame, Kelly (Malone). After they have adult situations and then go to…
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Catfish : true or not, it is a compelling tale
Catfish – 2010 Directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman Catfish calls itself a documentary, and although this claim is disputed, the story itself is warning enough to those who have used Facebook as a way to create a network of friends that they converse with routinely but don’t really know. How it happened in this film is…
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Hubble shows man’s willingness to “…boldly go…”
Hubble – 2010 Written and Directed by Toni Myers Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio “It’s like performing brain surgery with oven mitts.” That’s the description used to describe the task ahead of them. Hubble telescope, launched into space in 1990, was in need of one last repair. The fantastic telescope has performed well since finally being…
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Forgotten Gems: Along Came Polly is funny in the best, uncomfortable way
Along Came Polly – 2004 Written and Directed by John Hamburg Starring Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown, Alec Baldwin In a very misguided way, I decided that this movie probably sucked when it was a huge hit while being horribly reviewed in 2004. Never a fan of…
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Tron: Legacy – The Dude abides an old new world
Tron: Legacy – 2010 Directed by Joseph Kosinski Starring Jeff Bridges, Garret Hedlund, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen Written by Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis There’s a concept expressed in Tron: Legacy that is a clever one, considering it is based on life inside of a computer program. Kevin Flynn, having discovered the existence of…
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Unstoppable is a long train running for Denzel, Pine
Unstoppable – 2010 Directed by Tony Scott Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Dunn, Ethan Supplie, Kevin Corrigan, Lew Temple, T.J. Miller, Jessy Schram Written by Mark Bowen Lew Temple is someone I cannot recall having seen before, although he has been in a handful of decent films in bit parts. His role…
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The Fighter is tailor made by Wahlberg
The Fighter – 2010 Director David O. Russell Starring Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and a horde of Irish Sisters Written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamsay, Eric Johnson Every Oscar season is back loaded with all types of movies like The Fighter. They ought to just call every fall the Reader’s Digest…
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Morning Glory gives hope to romantic comedies
Morning Glory – 2010 Directed by Roger Michell Starring Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Ty Burrell, Matt Malloy, John Pankow Written by Aline Brosh McKenna When I first heard that Harrison Ford was going to be starring opposite Rachel McAdams in a romantic comedy, I just took it for granted…
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The Last Exorcism is the father of lies being exposed
The Last Exorcism – 2010 Directed by Daniel Stamm Starring Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr, Caleb Landry Jones, Louis Hertham, Ashley Bell, Tony Bentley, Logan Craig Reed Screenplay by Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland Reverend Cotton Marcus (Fabian) thinks he is providing a service to the ignorant. A series of bells and whistles in a pretentious show…
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