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‘August: Osage County’ Review

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Meryl Streep is a three-time Oscar winner, who has given mesmerizing performances in such films as “The Devil Wears Prada”, “Julie & Julia”, “The Iron Lady” and many more. And while she is fantastic as wife and mother Violet Wilson in the big-screen version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “August: Osage County”, this has to be the most discombobulated movie […]
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‘The Fifth Estate’ Review

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2013 was a break-out year for actor Benedict Cumberbatch. As if his playing (you know who) in “Star Trek Into Darkness” wasn’t enough, he also had roles in Awards Season contenders “12 Years a Slave”, “August: Osage County”, and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”. And there was some early buzz surrounding Cumberbatch’s work as […]
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‘Closed Circuit’ Review

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The trailer for “Closed Circuit” leads you to believe that this is going to be an action/suspense thriller about hidden cameras and the fact that we’re being watched at all times. But it turns out that’s not what “Closed Circuit” is about AT ALL! There are no action scenes (other than a two-second, minor car […]
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‘Man of Steel’ Review

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“Man of Steel” is “300” and “Watchmen” director Zack Snyder’s Superman origin story. Let me rephrase that: it’s Zack Snyder’s LONG, overly action-packed, Superman origin story. We begin, where else but on the planet Krypton. Russell Crowe’s Jor-El and his wife send away their new, naturally-born son Kal-El off to Earth because their planet is […]
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‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Review

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“G.I. Joe: Retaliation” is the sequel to 2009’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” and is once again based on the classic Hasbro action figures. “Retaliation” was supposed to come out on June 29, 2012, but just weeks before Paramount decided to delay the film for nine months, even after they had spent millions on […]
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‘Escape from Planet Earth’ Review

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“Escape from Planet Earth” was the first animated film of 2013. And it will be remembered as one of the year’s worst – if it’s remembered at all. Brendan Fraser leads the all-star voice cast as Scorch. He’s a hot-shot, bright blue superhero alien from Planet Baab who loves attention. However, his brother Gary (Rob […]
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‘The Master’ Review

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Early on “The Master” received a lot of Oscar buzz. Stars Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman went head-to-head at the 2006 Academy Awards and Hoffman won. This year they were nominated again, in separate categories, and neither won. Outside of these two strong performances, “The Master” is a bit of a mess and clearly […]
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