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‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Review

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Nickelodeon and Paramount team up to bring one of the newest, popular children’s book series to the big screen. The result is “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, which provides much of the excitement and wonder of the books, with plenty of changes. Freddie Highmore plays twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, who move into their Aunt Lucinda’s […]
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‘Honeydripper’ Review

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“Honeydripper” is the latest film from writer/director John Sayles who was actually born not far from where I live. He attended the showing of the film I was at the other night and I actually got to meet him! (more on that in my blog). The movie is a fable, set in Alabama in the […]
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‘Enchanted’ Review

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Disney’s 2007 Christmas gift to moviegoers is out on DVD just in time to get into Easter baskets everywhere! “Enchanted” begins as a cartoon in Fairytale Land. Princess Giselle (voiced and played by Amy Adams) is looking for a handsome prince. Soon she meets one, but before they can get married the Princess gets dumped […]
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‘Fred Claus’ Review

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Sometimes a movie can have bad trailers and still be pretty good. I watched the trailers for “Fred Claus” for months before it came out in theaters last year and I wasn’t expecting very much from the movie. But, turned out, “Fred Claus” was definitely worth seeing, and it’s worth a viewing now that it’s […]
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‘Martian Child’ Review

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John Cusack gives a wonderful performance in the new movie “Martian Child”. Cusack plays best-selling science fiction author David Gordon, who has recently lost his wife and is now considering adopting a child. The child he ends-up choosing, named Dennis, (and played by Bobby Coleman) is a little unusual because he thinks he’s from Mars. […]
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‘Hairspray’ Review

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The latest version of “Hairspray” is a remake of the 1988 film that starred Riki Lake and it follows the successful Broadway show. And it’s the same story of a teenage girl named Tracy Turnblad who has a dream of dancing on a popular 1960’s TV show. Tracy (played by newcomer Nicki Blonsky) is a […]
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