Review
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FOOTLOOSE ( 2011 ) – The Review
FOOTLOOSE, the movie that made a cinema icon of future trivia game star Kevin Bacon. Since that film’s release...
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THE BIG YEAR – The Review
With a cast this impressively eclectic, THE BIG YEAR is not nearly as ridiculous as I was expecting. While...
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JACKIE BROWN – The Blu Review
Praised with “4 stars,” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times), Tarantino’s feature film JACKIE BROWN earned a 1997 Oscar® nomination for...
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PULP FICTION – The Blu Review
pulp /p lp/ n. 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter. 2. A magazine or book containing lurid...
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TOAST – The Review
Get ready for an intense food fight with TOAST! Based on the book by Nigel Slater about his life,...
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MACHINE GUN PREACHER – The Review
MACHINE GUN PREACHER is an unusual entry into the biographical film genre. Like other works this one involves ongoing...
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THE WAY – The Review
Let’s hit the trail for an offbeat version of the old movie standby, the road picture. The new film...
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REAL STEEL – The Review
“In this corner, REAL STEEL…” The Review that is… I didn’t know quite what to expect with this film, but...
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WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? – The Review
Well, it’s time for another trip to movie romantic comedy, or “rom-com” land. This new effort owes a bit...
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MOZART’S SISTER – The Review
Successful film biographies often inspire ‘back-story’ sequels. Since many of these movies end at the conclusion of the subject’s...
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50/50 – The Review
It’s not an easy finding the humor inherent in even the darkest subjects of human life, carefully trying to...
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KILLER ELITE – The Review
I did not think a film with a lineup like Robert De Niro, Jason Statham, and Clive Owen could...
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THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 – The Review
THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 is a remarkable documentary that offers a glimpseonto the Black Power Movement in the...
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CIRCUMSTANCE – The Review
It’s always surprising to learn that people in faraway foreign lands really have the same dreams and desires as...
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DRIVE – The Review
Nicolas Winding Refn’s DRIVE is simply perfect. Not since Michael Mann’s 1981 crime drama THIEF, has a film of...
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STRAW DOGS (2011) – The Review
Written and directed by Rod Lurie (THE CONTENDER, THE LAST CASTLE), STRAW DOGS (2011) is actually a reasonably successful...
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I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT – The Review
Well, it ‘s past Labor Day and it’s time for the older adults to head back to the multiplex....
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THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE – The Review
One of the first fictional works to exploit the idea of identical twins from different social backgrounds was Mark...
