Category: Film Reviews
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The Morning After #29: January 10, 2011
A weekend of catching up on the Netflix discs I have been sitting on a few weeks as well as the completing of one television series and winding down with a brainless comedy. So, here is what I watched this weekend: THE QUIET MAN (1952) John Ford was one of history’s most prolific and well…
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Review: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1941)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rating Director Victor Fleming Screenplay John Lee Mahin (Novel: Robert Louis Stevenson) Length 113 min. Starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, Peter Godfrey, Sara Allgood, Frederic Worlock MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1932)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rating Director Rouben Mamoulian Screenplay Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath (Novel: Robert Louis Stevenson) Length 98 min. Starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Halliwell Hobbes, Edgar Norton, Tempe Pigott MPAA Rating Approved
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The Morning After #28: January 3, 2011
I had the chance to watch four films over the weekend. Two (Nashville & Charade) are from the Feed the Queue feature. The other two (Four Lions & Shutter Island) were 2010 films I caught up with for Awards consideration purposes. So, here is what I watched this weekend: NASHVILLE Robert Altman’s style of humor…
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Review: Rabbit Hole (2010)
Rabbit Hole Rating Director John Cameron Mitchell Screenplay David Lindsay-Abaire (Play: David Lindsay-Abaire) Length 91 min. Starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard, Sandra Oh, Giancarlo Esposito MPAA Rating PG-13 for mature thematic material, some drug use and language
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Review: The Town (2010)
The Town Rating Director Ben Affleck Screenplay Peter Craig, Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard (Novel: Chuck Hogan) Length 125 min. Starring Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Slaine, Owen Burke, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper MPAA Rating R for strong violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and drug use
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Review: The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Rating Director Michael Apted Screenplay Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Michael Petroni (Novel: C.S. Lewis) Length 113 min. Starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Gary Sweet, Terry Norris, Bruce Spencer, Bille Brown, Laura Brent, Tilda Swinton, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Liam Neeson, Simon…
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Review: True Grit (2010)
True Grit Rating Director Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Screenplay Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (Novel: Charles Portis) Length 110 min. Starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper MPAA Rating PG-13 for some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images
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Review: The Fighter (2010)
The Fighter Rating Director David O. Russell Screenplay Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington Length 116 min. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O’Keefe, Jack McGee MPAA Rating R for language throughout, drug content, some violence and sexuality
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The Morning After #27: December 27, 2010
The holidays are always a busy time and that usually includes the viewing of lots of screeners. Below are my thoughts on several films, though my review of Somewhere is missing from the list and will have to be reserved for later as I watched it a few weeks ago, but was limited by embargo…
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Review: Never Let Me Go (2010)
Never Let Me Go Rating Director Mark Romanek Screenplay Alex Garland (Novel: Kazuo Ishiguro) Length 103 min. Starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley, Isobel Meikle-Small, Charlie Rowe, Ella Purnell, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins MPAA Rating R for some sexuality and nudity
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The Morning After #26: December 20, 2010
I got a little caught up this weekend on movies, though not nearly enough. More short snippet reviews today with longer ones hopefully in the future. And for those expecting my Feed the Queue review of Nashville, you’ll have to wait another week. I didn’t get any Netflix DVDs watched last week, so it did…
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Review: The American (2010)
The American Rating Director Anton Corbijn Screenplay Rowan Joffe (Novel: Martin Booth) Length 105 min. Starring George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Irina Björklund, Filippo Timi MPAA Rating R for violence, sexual content and nudity
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Review: Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Monsieur Verdoux Rating Director Charles Chaplin Screenplay Charles Chaplin, Orson Welles Length 124 min. Starring Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis, Audrey Betz, Martha Raye, Ada-May MPAA Rating Unrated
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Review: Let Me In (2010)
Let Me In Rating Director Matt Reeves Screenplay Matt Reeves (Screenplay & Novel: John Ajvide Lindqvist) Length 116 min. Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono, Elias Koteas, Sasha Barrese, Dylan Kenin, Chris Browning, Ritchie Coster, Dylan Minnette, Jimmy Jax Pinchak, Nicolai Dorian MPAA Rating R for strong bloody horror violence, language…
