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‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax’ Review

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Since 2000 three Dr. Seuss books have made their way to the big screen: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, “The Cat in the Hat”, and “Horton Hears a Who!”. When you think of other classic Seuss books “The Lorax” doesn’t immediately come to mind. So it’s a bit surprising that this story was chosen to […]
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‘The Secret World of Arrietty’ Review

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Japan’s Studio Ghibli has had a great deal of success bringing their anime films to America, thanks in large part to Disney, which distributes the films in the U.S. Fans and critics alike have loved Ghibli movies, beginning with their first – 1986’s “Castle in the Sky”. Stand-outs from the studio include “My Neighbor Totoro” […]
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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 Iron Lady’ Review

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From the title you might think “The Iron Lady” is the story of the wife of “Iron Man”. And while Meryl Streep could probably pull-off that role too, here she stars as Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female Prime Minister. Right from the first time Streep is on screen it’s hard to recognize her because SHE […]
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‘Joyful Noise’ Review

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Normally, if a studio is unhappy or not confident in a movie, they’ll bury it by releasing it in either January or August. Warner Bros. released “Joyful Noise” this past January as one of the first new films of 2012, and now it’s already out on Blu-ray/DVD. And while it does have some problems, “Joyful […]
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‘Beauty and the Beast 3D’ Review

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“Beauty and the Beast 3D” was originally supposed to be released on February 12th, 2010. But after early test screenings and negative backlash, Disney decided to drop it completely. In September, they decided to release “The Lion King 3D”. Once that became a surprise hit, the studio decided to re-release a bunch of their classics […]
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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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