Category: Film Reviews
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5 Favorites Redux #57: Favorite Tommy Lee Jones Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. As easy as it can be to overrate Tommy Lee Jones’ capability as an…
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Review: Mother’s Day (2010)
Mother’s Day Rating Director Darren Lynn Bousman Screenplay Scott Milam (Screenplay: Charles Kaufman, Warren Leight) Length 1h 52m Starring Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Patrick Flueger, Warren Kole, Deborah Ann Woll, Briana Evigan, Shawn Ashmore, Frank Grillo, Kandyse McClure, Lyriq Bent, Lisa Marcos, Matt O’Leary, Jessie Rusu, Tony Nappo, Jason Wishnowski MPAA Rating R Original…
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5 Favorites Redux #56: Favorite DreamWorks Animation Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This weekend, a small number of films release, and while I had some interesting…
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Review: Ex Machina (2014)
Ex Machina Rating Director Alex Garland Screenplay Alex Garland Length 1h 48m Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #55: Favorite Nicolas Cage Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Starting out his career with his more famous Coppola surname, Nicolas Cage appeared in…
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5 Favorites Redux #54: Favorite Diane Keaton Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This week, a disposable romantic comedy releases to cinemas and with it, we’re given…
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Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Kingsman: The Secret Service Rating Director Matthew Vaughn Screenplay Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn (Comic: Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons) Length 2h 9m Starring Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Jonno Davies, Jack Davenport, Samantha Womack, Mark Hamill, Velibor Topic, Sofia Boutella, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Geoff Bell, Jordan Long MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click…
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5 Favorites Redux #53: Focus Features Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. On August 16, 2002 a scrappy independent studio released its first feature to cinemas.…
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Review: Her (2013)
Her Rating Director Spike Jonze Screenplay Spike Jonze Length 2h 6m Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Chris Pratt, Rooney Mara, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Matt Letscher, Olivia Wilde MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #52: Favorite Horror Films, Part 3
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. It’s time to take a look at my third and final list of the…
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5 Favorites Redux Delayed
A lot of issues conspired to get in the way of posting the final piece of my three-part series today as planned. As such, I’ve decided to postpone its reveal until Saturday morning, Halloween itself. Hope you enjoy.
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Review: The Tower (2013)
The Tower Rating Director Ji-hoon Kim Screenplay Sang-don Kim Length 121 min. Starring Kyung-gu Sol, Ye-jin Son, Sang-kyung Kim, In-kwon Kim, Sung-kee Ahn, Jae-ho Song, Ju-shil Lee, Han-wi Lee, Tae-won Kwon, Guk-Hyang Jeon, In-gi Jeong, In-Pyo Cha, Bae-soo Jeon, Jun-seo Park, Kim Sung-oh, Min-Young Park, Lee Joo-ha, Ji-han Do MPAA Rating Not Rated
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5 Favorites Redux #51: Favorite Horror Films, Part 2
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This week, I continue my look into my favorite horror films of all time.…
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Review: Open Grave (2013)
Open Grave Rating Director Gonzalo López-Gallego Screenplay Eddie Borey, Chris Borey Length 102 min. Starring Sharlto Copley, Thomas Kretschmann, Josie Ho, Joseph Morgan, Erin Richards, Max Wrottesley MPAA Rating R for strong violence, disturbing images and language
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5 Favorites Redux #50: Favorite Horror Films, Part 1
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Halloween is just over two weeks away and it falls on a Saturday night,…
