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‘The Words’ Review

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“The Words” is a movie about writing. That may sound dull but this film certainly isn’t dull. Bradley Cooper heads an impressive cast. He plays Rory, who’s the lead character in a book, titled The Words, written by best-selling author Clay Hammond (played by Dennis Quaid). As the movie opens Hammond is reading excerpts of […]
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‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Review

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Four score and seven years ago (actually more like 150 years ago), our 16th President may have been “Honest Abe”, but he also kept a big secret. Abraham Lincoln was a…VAMPIRE HUNTER! Believe it or not, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is based on a book. The author, Seth Grahame-Smith, also wrote the screenplay. This is […]
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‘Prometheus’ Review

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“Prometheus” is the first sci-fi/horror movie I’ve reviewed, at least that’s what it looked like it was going to be from the trailers. Director Ridley Scott’s latest is mostly just science fiction, not offering any of the ‘jump out of your seat’ moments I was expecting. In fact, there’s very little suspense as well. It’s […]
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‘The Hunger Games’ Review

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The “Harry Potter” movie series has come to a close and the “Twilight” film finale is this November. So inevitably Hollywood needed a new blockbuster franchise based on a popular book series to latch on to. Enter “The Hunger Games” – part one of a three-book series aimed at a similar audience. This first film […]
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‘War Horse’ Review

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The build-up to director Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse” was huge when the film was released late last year, because of the popular novel it’s based on and the Tony Award-winning play. And while this version does provide a nice story and engaging characters, “War Horse” goes down a familiar path and therefore fails to be […]
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‘J. Edgar’ Review

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Leonardo DiCaprio has received a great deal of praise for his dignified performance as J. Edgar Hoover in this Clint Eastwood-directed biopic, and rightfully so. Eastwood delivers an interesting film, as the focus bounces back and forth from Hoover’s early days creating the FBI to his later years, as he’s telling his life story to […]
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‘Warrior’ Review

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When I first saw the trailer for “Warrior” I thought the film looked like a corny, cheap knock-off of so many other sports movie, this one designed to take advantage of the current popularity of Mixed Martial Arts. Two brothers – fighters – hard times. A rip-off version of last year’s “The Fighter”, without the […]
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‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ Review

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“Kung Fu Panda” was an instant hit when it came out nearly three year ago and it’s one of my favorite DreamWorks animated movies of all-time. Coming-up with a sequel to match or even be better than the original would not be easy. And “Kung Fu Panda 2” isn’t as much fun as the first […]
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