I wasn’t going to see this; it isn’t my kind of movie, at least, not any more.  Its nonstop vulgarity, profanity, misogyny and stupidity leave me cold.  It still stuns me that a two-time Oscar winner agreed to star in […]

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Why do some animated movies capture our hearts even more than live action films?  Character.  The Toy Story gang, Bambi and his friends Thumper and Flower, even Shrek and Fiona — those characters are what lure us into these imaginary worlds […]

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Lots of film fans feel the Coen brothers are absolute geniuses, but to me they are hit and miss.  For every really good title — and they’ve produced several — there are an equal number of mediocre projects, and a […]

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The type of heroic instance upon which this film is based would seem to promise a surefire, can’t miss, inspirational, dramatic film adaptation.  After all, if it really was the most daring rescue in the history of the United States […]

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The year is misleading; this film was shot nearly four years ago, but is only just now finding its way into a theaters for a few weeks.  It went through development hell, switching directors, crew members and stars before Gavin […]

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I’ve been interested in this movie ever since I read Rick Yancey’s book a couple of years ago.  It’s an ◊◊apocalyptic thriller depicting an alien invasion of Earth.  The book was quite involving once I accepted its premise, and the […]

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