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  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (****)

    Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (****)

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    Burton’s instincts are tempered here. He’s allowed the weirdness we normally get from him, but without any of the routine “no one understands how weird I want to be” normally pushed to the forefront. Having Green in the role normally reserved for Helena Bonham Carter infests certainly helps. Ultimately we get all of the benefits…

  • Ender’s Game: Show Don’t Tell

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    Ender’s Game – 2013 Director Gavin Hood Starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin Screenplay Gavin Hood based on the book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card One cannot underestimate how badly I wanted for this venture to succeed.  After the heaping of vitriol the producers of the film withstood from those who felt that the book should be punished for…

  • Hugo: A Magical History Come to Life

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    Hugo – 2011 Directed by Martin Scorsese Starring Asa Butterfield,  Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sasha Baron Cohen, Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Helen McCrory, Jude Law, Christopher Lee, Michael Stuhlbarg, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer Written by John Logan, based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick There have been enough 3D movies made by now you would…