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‘Honeydripper’ Review

January 21, 2008 By Jackson Murphy

“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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‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ Review

December 17, 2007 By Jackson Murphy

We haven’t seen much of The Chipmunks since their 1980’s TV cartoon. And you’ve never seen them like this. Alvin, Simon and Theodore are on the big screen for the first time in “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” Jason Lee stars as David Seville, a songwriter who’s having trouble coming-up with good songs. One night the […]

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‘Enchanted’ Review

November 23, 2007 By Jackson Murphy

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

November 13, 2007 By Jackson Murphy

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

November 6, 2007 By Jackson Murphy

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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‘In the Shadow of the Moon’ Review

October 9, 2007 By Jackson Murphy

The first documentary I ever saw was “March of the Penguins”, back in 2005. It’s so good I saw it twice! Now I’ve seen my second. This new one is called “In the Shadow of the Moon”, and it’s the story of the nine American astronauts who have gone to the moon. The movie was […]

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‘Resurrecting the Champ’ Review

August 14, 2007 By Jackson Murphy

There aren’t a lot of kids movies out at the end of the summer so my dad and I went to see “Resurrecting the Champ” the other day and I’m glad we did. The movie is rated PG-13 for some boxing violence and fighting scenes, but it’s appropriate for kids, say, 10 and older, especially […]

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‘No Reservations’ Review

July 27, 2007 By Jackson Murphy

“No Reservations” stars Catherine Zeta Jones as a chef of a New York City restaurant. Her sister is killed in a car accident so Jones’ character has to take care of her niece, who’s played by Abigail Breslin. This isn’t easy for the chef, who is used to living alone and working crazy hours. And […]

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‘Hairspray’ Review

July 20, 2007 By Jackson Murphy

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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‘Transformers’ Review

July 2, 2007 By Jackson Murphy

This newest version of “Transformers” is not an animated cartoon, like the earlier 1986 movie and the TV show. But it’s the same story, based on the popular kids toys. In this version Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox play high schoolers who are the first to learn that the giants robots have come to Earth […]

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