Category: Film Reviews
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Review: I Am Number Four (2011)
I Am Number Four Rating Director D.J. Caruso Screenplay Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Marti Noxon (Novel: Pittacus Lore) Length 109 min. Starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAuliffe MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and for language
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The Morning After: February 21, 2011
Not being at home most of the weekend tends to interrupt your regularly scheduled movie viewing. So, this week, I have only one new movie to review: I Am Number Four. I have started La Dolce Vita, but got interrupted about two-thirds through and haven’t been able to get back to it yet. Next weekend…
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Review: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood Rating Director Michael Curtiz, William Keighley Screenplay Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller Length 102 min. Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, IanHunter, Una O’Connor, Herbert Mundin MPAA Rating Approved (original); PG for adventure violence (re-rated, 2003)
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Review: The Social Network (2010)
The Social Network Rating Director David Fincher Screenplay Aaron Sorkin (Book: Ben Mezrich) Length 120 min. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Bryan Barter, Brenda Song, Dustin Fitzimons, Patrick Mapel, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara, Joseph Mazzello, Armie Hammer, Josh Pence, Max Minghella, David Selby, Justin Timberlake MPAA Rating PG-13 for sexual content, drug and alcohol use…
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The Morning After: February 14, 2011
Not much got done this weekend, so there’s very little to highlight today. Though, Netflix was finally able to send out the last Best Picture nominee I needed to see. So, in addition to my Feed the Queue review of The Adventures of Robin Hood, here are also my thoughts on The Social Network. So,…
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Review: The Green Hornet (2011)
The Green Hornet Rating Director Michel Gondry Screenplay Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg (Radio Series: George W. Trendle) Length 119 min. Starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, Christoph Waltz, David Harbour, Edward James Olmos, Jamie Harris, Chad Coleman, Edward Furlong MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content
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Review: Animal Kingdom (2010)
Animal Kingdom Rating Director David Michôd Screenplay David Michôd Length 113 min. Starring James Frencheville, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Mirrah Foulkes, Ben Mendelsohn, Guy Pearce, Dan Wyllie MPAA Rating R for violence, drug content and pervasive language
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Review: The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers Rating Director John Ford Screenplay Frank S. Nugent (Novel: Alan Le May) Length 119 min. Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, John Wualen, Olive Carey, Henry Brandon, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey Jr., Antonio Moreno, Hank Worden, Beulah Archuletta, Walter Coy, Dorothy Jordan, Pippa Scott, Pat Wayne, Lana Wood…
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Review: Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Five Easy Pieces Rating Director Bob Rafelson Screenplay Adrien Joyce, Bob Rafelson Length 98 min. Starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy ‘Green’ Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers, Marlena MacGuire, Richard Stahl, Lois SMith, Helena Kallianiotes, Toni Basil, Susan Anspach, Ralph WaiteWilliam Chalee, Irene Dailey MPAA Rating R
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Review: Saw VII (2010)
Saw VII Rating Director Kevin Grueter Screenplay Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan Length 90 min. Starring Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Cary Elwes, Sean Patrick Flanery, Chad Donella, Gina Holden, Laurence Anthony, Dean Armstrong, James Van Patten MPAA Rating R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and language
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The Morning After: February 8, 2011
Having missed my update last week due to a heavy schedule, it’s time to get caught up with reviews of Five Easy Pieces, The Searchers, Animal Kingdom, The Green Hornet, Saw VII, Greek Season 1 and Eureka Seasons 2 & 3. So, here is what I watched this weekend: FIVE EASY PIECES One might say…
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Review: Labyrinth (1986)
Labyrinth Rating Director Jim Henson Screenplay Terry Jones (Story: Dennis Lee, Jim Henson) Length 101 min. Starring David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson, Christopher Malcolm, Shari Weiser, Brian Henson, Ron Mueck, Rob Mills, Dave Goelz, David Alan Barclay, David Shaughnessy, Frank Oz MPAA Rating PG
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Review: Buried (2010)
Buried Rating Director Rodrigo Cortés Screenplay Chris Sparling Length 95 min. Starring Ryan Reynolds (voice cast: José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Laughlin, Erik Palladino) MPAA Rating R for language and some violent content
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Review: Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War Rating Director Richard Attenborough Screenplay Len Deighton (Musical Play: Joan Littlewood; Play: Charles Chilton) Length 144 min. Starring Paul Daneman, Ian Holm, Guy Middleton, Juliet Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Jean-Pierre Cassel, John Clements, John Gielgud, Jack Hawkins, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Corin Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Maggie Smith,…
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Review: Poltergeist (1982)
Poltergeist Rating Director Tobe Hooper Screenplay Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, Mark Victor Length 115 min. Starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williamson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O’Rourke, Marty Casella, Richard Lawson, Zelda Rubinstein, James Karen, Dirk Blocker MPAA Rating R (original); PG (re-rated after appeal)
