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Fall Flicks

September 20, 2009 1 Comments

So, what is coming up this fall? More for the chicks, one can only hope. Usually, post-summer we get back to having adult fare and start the march to the…

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The Informant!

September 18, 2009 1 Comments

Most of the time I like Steven Soderbergh's movies and The Informant! does not disappoint. Matt Damon is great playing Mark Whitacre, the real life informant of the title. As…

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In the Loop

September 13, 2009 0 Comments

If there were an Academy Award for the best profanity laden insults in a film, In the Loop would be the winner hands down. There are more barbs thrown in…

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9

September 12, 2009 2 Comments

9 is a strange little animated film, and I really had no idea what I was getting into when I went. Basically it is a dark, animated Terminator for kids.…

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Extract

September 12, 2009 1 Comments

Jason Bateman is a wonderful actor, and in Extract he again makes it seem pretty effortless. Perhaps this is because his character here, Joel, is very much like the one…

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Inglourious Basterds

August 28, 2009 0 Comments

Where to start with this one? Quentin Tarantino has basically taken every spaghetti western cliché he can think of mixed it into a Nazi war movie and patched it together…

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When Ruo Ma was Seventeen

August 28, 2009 0 Comments

This sweet coming of age story is almost worth seeing just for the scenery alone. Shot in southern China’s Yunnan province, When Ruo Ma was Seventeen uses the beautiful landscape…

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Priceless

August 25, 2009 0 Comments

The French make breezy little romantic comedies as easily as they do a good cup of coffee. Perhaps it is because it is a more romantic sensibility. Maybe it is…

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Junebug

August 13, 2009 0 Comments

If you are anything like me, you wonder what Amy Adams is doing all over the place. Seems like she is in everything. [I looked her up and sure enough…

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Julie & Julia

August 7, 2009 3 Comments

Meryl Streep has channeled Julia Child. She is marvelous. I love her. Like Julia, I love food and I love cooking, so this movie spoke to me, though I am…

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Tetro

August 2, 2009 1 Comments

Serendipity is a wonderful thing. I have to admit, when I was looking for a movie to see today and I saw Tetro listed, I'd never heard of it. But…

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Lost in Austen

July 30, 2009 0 Comments

To really appreciate Lost in Austen, you must be a Jane Austen fan. Pride and Prejudice to be specific. And I am. I loved the BBC version and the latest…

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

July 19, 2009 1 Comments

At two hours and thirty-three minutes in running length, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince could easily grow tiresome. But somehow, I was surprised when it ended. That is…

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Apres Vous

July 14, 2009 0 Comments

If you're looking for a tasty little French romantic comedy, Apres Vous is just the ticket. Nothing deep here, nor laugh out loud funny, but the French have a way…

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Broken English

July 6, 2009 0 Comments

This is the epitome of a chick flick: Nora is 30-something single woman in New York City, friends are all partnered up, she only meets loser guys, she is feeling…