Category: Film Reviews
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Review: Seven Beauties (1975)
Seven Beauties Rating Director Lina Wertmüller Screenplay Lina Wertmüller Length 115 min. Starring Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore, Piero Di Iorio, Enzo Vitale, Robert Herlitzka, Lucio Amelio, Ermelinda De Felice, Bianca D’Origlia, Francesca Marciani, Mario Conti, Barbara Valmorin, Emilio Salvatori, Aristide Caporali, Pasquale Vitiello MPAA Rating R
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The Morning After #25: December 13, 2010
Not a lot of time available for movies this weekend, so there isn’t much to say tonight. So, here is what I watched this weekend: SEVEN BEAUTIES An Italian mobster finds himself trapped in a German concentration facility after a disquieting series of events led him into military service and then into the hands of…
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The Morning After #24: December 6, 2010
It was a very long weekend and I didn’t get a lot watched. I also didn’t have a lot of time to put my full reviews together like I normally do, so I’ll give you brief snippets on each film and a full review later (probably during next week’s Morning After), except for Psych, which…
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Review: Black Swan
BLACK SWAN Rating Director Darren Aronofsky Screenplay Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin Length 107 min. Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder MPAA Rating R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use.
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Review: 127 Hours (2010)
127 Hours Rating Director Danny Boyle Screenplay Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy (Book: Aron Ralston) Length 94 min. Starring James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Sean A. Bott, Koleman Stinger, Parker Hadley, Bailee Michelle Johnson, Clémence Poésy, John Lawrence, Treat Williams, Lizzy Caplan, Fenton G. Quinn, P.J. Hull, Pieter Jan Brugge, Rebecca C. Olson, Jeffrey Wood,…
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Review: Meet John Doe (1941)
Meet John Doe Rating Director Frank Capra Screenplay Robert Riskin (Story: Richard Connell, Robert Presnell) Length 122 min. Starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Bernnan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque, Irving Bacon MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Tangled (2010)
Tangled Rating Director Nathan Greno, Byron Howard Screenplay Dan Fogelman (Fairy Tale: The Brothers Grimm) Length 100 min. Starring Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman, M.C. Gainey, Jeffrey Tambor, Brad Garrett, Paul F. Tompkins, Richard Kiel MPAA Rating PG for brief mild violence
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Review: The Kids Are All Right (2010)
The Kids Are All Right Rating Director Lisa CHolodenko Screenplay Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg Length 106 min. Starring Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson MPAA Rating R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some teen drug and alcohol use
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The Morning After #23: November 29, 2010
It’s been a busy weekend. In addition to our Feed the Queue entry (Meet John Doe, I have a review of one new release (Tangled) and several screeners. However, two of the films have not yet released (Black Swan and Somewhere), so I won’t be able to post my reviews of them at this time.…
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Review: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller Rating Director Robert Altman Screenplay Robert ALtman, Brian McKay (Novel: Edmund Naughton) Length 120 min. Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck, Corey Fischer, Bert Remsen, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Anthony Holland, Hugh Millais MPAA Rating R
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Review: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner Rating Director Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay Samson Raphaelson (Play: Nikolaus Laszlo) Length 99 min. Starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden, Felix Bressart, William Tracy, Inez Courtney MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 Rating Director David Yates Screenplay Steve Kloves (Novel: J.K. Rowling) Length 146 min. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy, Richard Griffiths, Harry Melling, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright, Fiona Shaw, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Helen McCrory, Jason Isaacs, Tom Felton, Timothy Spall,…
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Review: Midnight Express (1978)
Midnight Express Rating Director Alan Parker Screenplay Oliver Stone (Book: William Hayes, William Hoffer) Length 121 min. Starring Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign, Gigi Ballista MPAA Rating R
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The Morning After #22: November 22, 2010
The first busy weekend of likely several. Today you get my thoughts on the seventh Harry Potter film, Feed the Queue entry Midnight Express, So, here is what I watched this weekend: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART I Next year marks the tenth anniversary of the Harry Potter film franchise. The Sorcerer’s Stone…
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Review: The Band Wagon (1953)
The Band Wagon Rating Director Vincente Minnelli Screenplay Betty Comden, Adolph Green Length 112 min. Starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, James Mitchell, Robert Gist MPAA Rating Passed (National Board of Review); Approved (PCA)
