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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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‘The Bourne Legacy’ Review

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It’s “Bourne” without Bourne. “The Bourne Legacy” is the fourth installment in the successful spy/action franchise, but for the first time Matt Damon is not in the picture. However, the film does pick-up where 2007’s “The Bourne Ultimatum” left off. Jason Bourne is still alive (never seen, of course), but the bigger problem for the […]
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‘To Rome with Love’ Review

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It’s one of the great wonders and mysteries of the movies: How an actor, writer, director can make a great film one year and then their next picture can be an utter failure. Last year, Woody Allen pulled-off a remarkable comeback with the smart, clever, delightful and funny “Midnight in Paris”, for which he won […]
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‘People Like Us’ Review

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“People Like Us” comes from the same studios behind last year’s Oscar-winning “The Help”. And that’s about the only thing these two films have in common. Chris Pine (“Star Trek”) stars as Sam. He’s a businessman with money troubles. On top of that, Sam learns that his father, a successful LA music producer, has died. […]
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‘Mirror Mirror’ Review

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Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Snow White is the fairest…the 1937 Disney animated Snow White. 75 years later, Hollywood is in a “Snow White” craze with two big releases based on the fairy tale in the first half of 2012. “Snow White and the Huntsman” is a well done […]
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‘Big Miracle’ Review

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“Big Miracle” is not inspired by the true story of the U.S. hockey team beating Russia in the 1980 Winter Olympics. That was 2004’s “Miracle”. In this movie the Americans and Russians actually work together, to try to save three whales. And, yes, it’s also based on an actual event. John Krasinski (from TV’s “The […]
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‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1’ Review

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“Twilight” movies have dominated the box office, and the hearts and minds of female fans, for the past three years – with “Twi-Hards” packing theaters representing either “Team Edward” or “Team Jacob“. After seeing “Eclipse” last year I proclaimed myself a member of “Team I Can’t Understand What All the Fuss is About”. Now, after […]
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‘The Lion King 3D’ Review

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“The Lion King” is one of Disney’s most popular films of all-time. In fact it’s the studio’s highest-grossing non-Pixar animated film ever (and #4 on the all-time animation list). In 2002, Disney re-released the movie for the first time, in IMAX theaters. And now nine years later the studio had brought it back again, this […]
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‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ Review

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2007’s “Transformers” was an exciting action film with a good, human story to go with it. After seeing “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” two years later I never wanted to watch another Autobot vs. Decepticon battle. But Paramount decided the world needed a third “Transformers” film even though most critics and moviegoers hated the sequel. […]
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