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Summer Movies

June 6, 2010 10 Comments

Summer is upon us and where are the blockbusters? Here is a list of some of the flix that people will be watching and talking about. Not too much that…

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Robin Hood

June 6, 2010 0 Comments

No men in tights here. No borrowing from the rich to give to the poor either. This new Robin Hood is Ridley Scott's prequel to all that. We first meet…

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Sex And The City 2

May 26, 2010 1 Comments

Did you enjoy the first Sex And The City movie? Did you gather up the gal pals (and maybe even some guy pals) to down a few cosmopolitans and watch…

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Mother and Child

May 23, 2010 0 Comments

I’m not quite sure how I ended up watching Mother and Child instead of Shrek 4 this weekend, but I think it was the casting that ultimately roped me in.…

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Letters To Juliet

May 11, 2010 3 Comments

Letters to Juliet is a total chick flick but (thankfully) not a weep-fest, so you can leave the tissues at home and bring on the popcorn! The consensus among the…

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What?? You’ve never even heard of the Hawaiian princess Victoria Kaʻiulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kawekiu i Lunalilo Cleghorn? Well, frankly, neither had I. But she does have an interesting life story that…

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)

May 3, 2010 2 Comments

In 1994, Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson died, leaving behind three unpublished novels. They became international bestsellers. And all three have been adapted to the screen in Swedish. The first in…

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Mother (Madeo)

May 1, 2010 0 Comments

Let me start by saying, I really liked this film. In this wonderful Korean thriller, the central character is a single Mother (never named) played with infinite layers by the…

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The Joneses

April 16, 2010 3 Comments

The Joneses is a pleasant surprise that has the potential to be a sleeper hit. It features a great ensemble cast led by David Duchovny and Demi Moore as “Steve…

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The Last Song

April 3, 2010 2 Comments

“Tonight, on a very special Hannah Montana… Miley turns into a bratty sourpuss for 20 minutes, then meets and kisses a hot guy on the beach and veers back toward…

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The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)

March 20, 2010 0 Comments

This first feature won Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck the Oscar in 2007 for Best Foreign Film and I can see why. What a wonderful film! It takes place in East…

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The Green Zone

March 15, 2010 0 Comments

The Green Zone is a nice taut political thriller set in Baghdad starring Matt Damon and it feels a lot like Jason Bourne went and joined the army (which isn't…

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The Ghost Writer

March 14, 2010 1 Comments

First, the good news: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Olivia Williams deliver solid performances in this political thriller directed by Roman Polanski. The bad news: The Ghost Writer is often…

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The Last Station

February 21, 2010 0 Comments

This is a wonderful film! It should be on the expanded Academy Awards list for Best Picture, but sadly it isn't. At least both Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy and Helen…

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Dear John

February 13, 2010 0 Comments

Dear John seemed to come out of nowhere Super Bowl weekend to rake in more than $30 million and overtake Avatar atop the Box Office charts. But those aliens of…