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‘J. Edgar’ Review

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Leonardo DiCaprio has received a great deal of praise for his dignified performance as J. Edgar Hoover in this Clint Eastwood-directed biopic, and rightfully so. Eastwood delivers an interesting film, as the focus bounces back and forth from Hoover’s early days creating the FBI to his later years, as he’s telling his life story to […]
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‘New Year’s Eve’ Review

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– You know a comedy’s not funny when the only laughs come from the bloopers during the end credits. – You know a movie has bad performances when even the one guy playing himself does a terrible job. – And you know when a movie is going after cheap emotions when it includes a dying […]
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‘My Week with Marilyn’ Review

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“My Week with Marilyn” contains one of the best acting ensembles of any film this year, led by the amazing Michele Williams as Marilyn Monroe. Williams picked-up a well deserved Golden Globe victory and Academy Award nomination for her performance. As for the movie itself, it’s not bad either. The story, based on actual events, […]
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‘The Descendants’ Review

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It got over-shadowed during awards season by “The Artist”, but “The Descendants” was clearly one of the best films of 2011 (#5 on my list) and now it’s out on Blu-ray/DVD. Alexander Payne (“Sideways”) directs this compelling, often amusing and ultimately satisfying drama which stars George Clooney, who delivers yet another completely convincing performance. Clooney […]
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‘Hugo’ Review

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Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese is best-known for making gritty adult crime dramas, thrillers and biopics. “Hugo” is both his first 3D film and his first family film. While “Hugo” continues to be promoted as a family adventure and two of it’s main characters are a pre-teen boy and girl, Scorsese’s new effort is […]
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‘Arthur Christmas’ Review

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Over the past five years Sony Pictures Animation has produced some outstanding animated films, including “Open Season”, “Surf’s Up” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.” For “Arthur Christmas” they partnered with Aardman (the Wallace and Gromit folks) and together they created a modern holiday classic. James McAvoy (who also voiced Gnomeo is this year’s […]
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‘The Muppets’ Review

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“The Muppets” is the first Muppet movie since 1999’s “Muppets in Space”. Following a long lay-off and recent partnership with Disney, Kermit this new adventure for Kermit and his friends is a major success, even though it didn’t do as great at the Box Office as it should have. Jason Segal co-wrote the script and […]
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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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‘Happy Feet Two’ Review

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I was not a big fan of 2006’s “Happy Feet” and became even less of a fan when it went on to win the Academy Award that year for Best Animated Feature (beating-out “Cars”, a much, much better film). Unfortunately “Happy Feet Two” is an even more painful viewing experience than the original. “Happy Feet” […]
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‘Jack and Jill’ Review

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Adam Sandler’s movie career consists of several early hits (“Happy Gilmore”, “Billy Madison”) and some more recent clunkers (“Grown-Ups”). The main problem with Sandler’s bad comedies is that they include more disgusting and disturbing humor than actual funny lines and scenes. While “Jack and Jill” has it’s share of fart jokes and adult references it […]
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