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![]() An important but hardly perfect movie, The Hunger Games is however great enough to justify the fuss. The monster box office generated by this first installment of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling trilogy of YA novels is helping The Hunger Games and heroine Katniss Eberdeen become primary cultura…
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A new Screen Goddess: Healthy•Huntres...
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![]() The silver screen has never seen a contemporary ideal the likes of Katniss Everdeen, male or female. Jennifer Lawrence’s rise to superstardom is wrapped up in her personification of this revolutionary hero, this secular Joan of Arc for our post-modern times. J.Law channels J.Arc to become K.E…
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They have relationship issues.
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![]() This time it’s war, talky-war but war indeed. The Games themselves are in the past when Part 1 of The Hunger Games finale opens. War aside, it’s as if this richly imagined and action-packed series pauses to catch its breath in its penultimate installment. Mockingjay – Part 1 features the s…
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Good Guys Don't Always Wear White
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![]() Marvel follows its lead-off ‘08 home run (Iron Man) with a stand-up double. Hulk wasn’t one of my favorite Marvel characters, yet this movie is plenty entertaining, with several marvelous scenes, a few laughs and plenty of fanboy thrills.
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![]() A fun sci-fi action/thriller that finds a great way to blend the best of both genres. Find out what happens when capitalists get ahold of the means to clone humans, and the subjects start to figure out what is going on. You should find yourself gripped from start to finish during this very entert… |
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![]() This movie was a thought inspiring conversation between college professors confronted with the assertion from John Oldman (David Lee Smith) that he has lived for 1000’s of years. Approached from the perspective of a mental game, the other professors explored and challenged the idea, causing David… |
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![]() The Martian is an instant laureate in the SciFi Golden Age we’re now enjoying. Ridley Scott directs Matt Damon in this landmark movie, the latest in two careers full of them. Their Martian is the highest of high concepts, perfectly conceived. Andy Weir’s lauded novel comes gloriously to life in…
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Outtakes from the Ares 3 Crew
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![]() An old school science fiction story that lacks a little in execution but keeps your interest. It kind of felt like Peter Pan and his pack of boys figuring out life without adults – except that it involves not just living, but organization of duties and figuring out an inexplicable maze. A decen… |