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‘Speed Racer’ Review

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After months and months of trailers and stories about “Speed Racer” I was really looking forward to a great movie. Unfortunately I walked out of the theater the other night surprisingly disappointed. “Speed Racer” stars Emile Hirsch, who plays Speed. We see him as a young boy who only cares about one thing: car racing. […]
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‘Iron Man’ Review

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The first big film of the Summer Movie Season is here and it’s a good one. “Iron Man” is based on the popular Marvel comic book. It stars Robert Downey, Jr., who plays Tony Stark, a rich guy who owns and runs a company that makes weapons used in wars. On a trip to Afghanistan […]
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‘Nim’s Island’ Review

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From the people who brought us last year’s “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” comes another bad family film. “Nim’s Island” stars Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin. She plays Nim, an 11-year old girl who lives on a secret island with her father (played by Gerard Butler) and her sea animal friends, including a sea lion named Selkie […]
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‘College Road Trip’ Review

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Last year Disney’s family comedy “The Game Plan” was predictable and not very funny. And Disney does it again in 2008 with “College Road Trip”, which is one of the worst films of the year so far. Martin Lawrence stars as a police officer whose daughter wants to go to a college that’s far away […]
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‘Persepolis’ Review

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“Persepolis” was the third film nominated for Best Animated Feature last year (along with “Ratatouille” and “Surf’s Up”). The movie comes from a graphic novel, written by Marjane Satrapi. The story follows her life as a young girl growing-up in the country of Iran from the late 1960’s to the early 80’s. This was a […]
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‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Review

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Nickelodeon and Paramount team up to bring one of the newest, popular children’s book series to the big screen. The result is “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, which provides much of the excitement and wonder of the books, with plenty of changes. Freddie Highmore plays twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, who move into their Aunt Lucinda’s […]
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‘Honeydripper’ Review

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“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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