Category: 4 Stars
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Cool Papa E’s Complete Harry Potter Movie Series Reviews
Having spent the first 2 movies avoiding Harry Potter, I was intrigued by the choice of director to finally watch Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. That movie, with its time-turner, Buckbeak and the incredible Gary Oldman, impressed me enough to give the rest of the series a chance. Still, I kept the series…
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Forgotten Gems: Outsourced shows that even India has its pride
Outsourced Directed by John Jeffcoat Starring Josh Hamilton, Ayesha Dharker, Asif Basra, Arjun Mathur, Siddarth Jadhav Written by George Wing, John Jeffcoat It’s almost impossible to go through any working space these days without finding someone who has been laid off. It happened to me in 2004, and although I eventually landed on my feet,…
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The Crazies – Olyphant makes the best of what’s still around
The Crazies Directed by Breck Eisner Starring Timothy Olyphant, Rahda Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Michelle Panabaker Written by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright based on the story by George Romero The Crazies is a taut, well-paced, science fiction movie that comes close enough to classic, one would be hard pressed to emerge from this film without…
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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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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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Twilight: New Moon serves up a heaping helping…for the ladies.
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattison Director: Chris Weitz Halfway through watching “Twilight Saga: New Moon” (TSNM), it occurred to me that I had not thought of “Interview With A Vampire” (IWAV)since about a year after it came out. IWAV made big waves before it came out, mainly due to the choice of Tom…
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Time Traveler’s Wife – Suffering like the best of ‘em
Starring: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston Director: Robert Schwentke Time travel in films can be a tricky proposition, even if handled in a near linear manner. I was influenced early on by watching “Back To The Future” and “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.” These movies taught that travelling through time can be tricky,…
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