Category: Film Reviews
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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)
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The Morning After: January 24, 2011
Despite feeling like I didn’t get much watched this weekend, it turns out I got quite a bit accomplished. One more 2010 movie packed away, a couple of ’80s fan favorites and this week’s Feed the Queue entry, plus a whole lot of Eureka. So, here is what I watched this weekend: BURIED Dozens of…
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Review: Winter’s Bone (2010)
Winter’s Bone Rating Director Debra Granik Screenplay Debra Granik, Anne Rossellini (Novel: Daniel Woodrell) Length 100 min. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Garret Dillahunt, Lauren Sweetser, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Sheryl Lee MPAA Rating R for some drug material, language and violent content
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Review: The King’s Speech (2010)
The King’s Speech Rating Director Tom Hooper Screenplay David Seidler Length 118 min. Starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Gambon, Guy Pearce, Claire Bloom, Eve Best, Timothy Spall MPAA Rating R for some language
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Review: Dance Flick (2009)
Dance Flick Rating Director Damien Dante Wayans Screenplay Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damien Dante Wayans Length 83 min. Starring Shoshana Bush, Damon Wayans Jr., Essence Atkins, Affion Crockett, Chris Elliott, Christina Murphy, David Alan Grier, Amy Sedaris, Kim Wayans, Lauren Bowles, Brennan Hillard, George Gore II, Chelsea Makela, Ross Thomas,…
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The Morning After: January 17, 2011
It was a slow weekend for movie watching, but it felt accomplished. I saw two major Oscar contenders over the weekend, plus a thorough waste of time. So, here is what I watched this weekend: WINTER’S BONE A slice of Ozarkian life that is neither characteristically slice of life nor characteristically Ozarkian. Winter’s Bone tells…
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Review: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success Rating Director Alexander Mackendrick Screenplay CLifford Odets, Ernest Lehman (Novel: Ernest Lehman) Length 96 min. Starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty Milner, Jeff Donnell, Sam Levene, Je Frisco, Barbara Nichols, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, The Chico Hamilton Quintet MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Stan Helsing (2009)
Stan Helsing Rating Director Bo Zenga Screenplay Bo Zenga Length 108 min. Starring Steve Howey, Diora Baird, Kenan Thompson, Desi Lydic, Leslie Nielsen, Twan Holiday, Ben Cotton, Lee Tichon, Ken Kirzinger, Chad Krowchuk, Derek Watt, Hilary Strang MPAA Rating R for crude and sexual content, some drug use and language
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Review: The Quiet Man (1952)
The Quiet Man Rating Director John Ford Screenplay Frank S. Nugent (Story: Maurice Walsh) Length 129 min. Starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis FOrd, Eileen Crowe MPAA Rating Approved
