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![]() Two political movies were released this third weekend before the Obama retention election – one on heroic capitalism, the other recreating a little known cloak-and-dagger success during the Iranian Hostage Crisis, an otherwise dismal chapter in American history. The second movie – Argo – is th…
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Making a fake hit movie
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![]() Dennis Quaid and Zac Effron work well as father and son in this small town heartland drama. I’ll spare the details, but small town drama, is, well small town – and it takes some heavy hitting dramatic acting to make it interesting. Dennis fits his role like an old glove, and Zac is a natural as t… |
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![]() Sickening, and sickly engaging. There were times I almost stopped watching, then soldiered through to a reasonably satisfying conclusion. The movie keeps its secrets well, ultimately flinging betrayals and double-crosses from all angles. However the portrayal of anesthetic awareness…
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Two great beauties: Olin and Alba
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![]() Don’t waste your time. I’m not sure this is even worthy of rental status. I found myself checking my watch hoping that it would end. Usually I can wade through a bad movie with the hopes of a satisfactory ending. That was not the case for this movie. Which was a good thing I guess, consideri… |
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![]() The Coen Brothers are writers as much as directors, making Barton Fink – a satiric tribute to tortured writers and the demonic pull of Hollywood – more than a little self-reverential. Oops, did I say reverential? Referential, self-referential. Either way, it’s one of their best movies, not…
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"It's the carrot that wags the dog." ...
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![]() There is nothing like the emotion behind a good war movie. Put that to use in a good humans vs. alien story, and you have the makings of a great summer blockbuster. Battleship is a worthy blockbuster indeed. The aliens are bad-ass, and the Navy is badder, and you’ll not often have a more fun ti… |