Tag: movie reviews
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Movie review: Promissed Land
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Grade: C+ If you believe that using fracking to drill for natural gas is environmentally damaging and that corporations are inherently evil then you’ll probably enjoy this movie. That being said I’m not sure why anyone who meets those two criteria would want to see the movie because it’s just preaching to the choir. It’s…
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Movie review : Parental Guidance
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Parental Guidance was the perfect choice for a Christmas Day movie. Of course I had to see it for work but since it was Christmas I took my husband and daughter to see it with me. My husband and I are going to be grandparents any day now so this was a super fitting movie.…
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Movie review: This is 40
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This Is 40 was awesome!! It has made my top ten favorite movies of all time list for sure! I happen to be 39 right now and in a few months will hit the big 40. After seeing this movie I’m totally cool with it. Leslie Mann (Debbie) pulled off such an amazing performance that…
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Movie Review : Django Unchained
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Grade: A+ Django Unchained is Pulp Fiction on horseback. Quentin has rocked it again. It’s bloody, crude, and funnier than any other movie I’ve seen this year. The two hours and forty seven minutes passed quickly. The movie never dragged. Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz both provide magnificent performances that will likely be remembered as…
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Movie Review – Jack Reacher
Grade: B First off let me say that I have not read any of the *Jack Reacher* books so I can’t say how well they did or didn’t translate the character into the movie. There was very little about the movie not to like. There was only one scene – that I don’t want to…
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Movie Review : Hitchcock
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Grade: C Anthony Hopkins does a wonderful job of impersonating Hitchcock. The makeup crew did a great job with the look and he nailed Hitchcock’s mannerisms and especially his quirky speech patterns. But, in my opinion Helen Mirren is the real star of the show. It’s her performance that lifts the movie up from being…
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Movie review : Playing For Keeps
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Grade: C+ Playing For Keeps was exactly what I thought it would be. A lot of chuckles, a great cast and about as predictable as a calendar. It follows the same formula used since the invention of romantic comedies. Guy has girl, loses girl. Guy wants girl back and stops at nothing to get her.…
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Movie Review – Rise of the Guardians – A Great Holiday Film About Jack Frost
A visually stunning movie that is destined to become a holiday classic, along with Rudolph and The Grinch. The overarching theme of The Rise of The Guardians revolves around Jack Frost finding his identity, and how important beliefs are in shaping reality. The importance of “finding your center” is explored by multiple characters. It’s a message…
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Movie review: Red Dawn
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This movie was beyond unbelievable – and not in the good way. The acting was slightly above mediocre. In my opinion the only saving grace was that there were a few decent, not great, action scenes. Chris Hemsworth is one of my favorite actors. He’s certainly not the best but he is entertaining and very…
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Movie Review -Silver Linings Playbook
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Silver Linings Playbook was a grade-A, heartfelt comedy. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence had great chemistry together from the very beginning. Bradley continues to impress that he’s not just another pretty face and Jennifer stepped into her “big girl shoes” for this movie – after what I thought was a rather stiff performance in *Hunger Games*.…
