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Movie Review – Adrift (2018)

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Adrift., 2018 Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer, Jeffrey Thomas, and Elizabeth Hawthorne. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of survival, a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded […]

Thoughts on… G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2009. Directed by Stephen Sommers . Starring Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Dennis Quaid, Arnold Vosloo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ray Park, Byung-hun Lee, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Jonathan Pryce. SYNOPSIS: An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe take on an […]

Movie Review – Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

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Dinner for Schmucks, 2010. Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement and Bruce Greenwood. SYNOPSIS: An ambitious young exec stumbles across the perfect candidate for his superiors’ dinner for idiots. Schmuck [shmuhk] –noun, Slang. an obnoxious or contemptible person. From the Yiddish ‘shmok’; literally, a dick. The schmucks in […]

DVD Review – Curse of Chucky (2013)

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Curse of Chucky, 2013. Written and directed by Don Mancini. Starring Fiona Dourif, Danielle Bisutti, Brennan Elliot, Summer H. Howell, and A Martinez and featuring the voice talents of Brad Dourif. SYNOPSIS: After her mother’s mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be […]

Movie Review – Puss in Boots (2011)

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Puss in Boots, 2011. Directed by Chris Miller. Featuring the voice talents of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris, Constance Marie and Guillermo del Toro. SYNOPSIS: The heroic Puss in Boots is pitted against the outlaws Jack and Jill, who have discoved an ancient power that threatens the world. As […]

Movie Review – Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

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Muppets Most Wanted, 2014. Directed by James Bobin. Starring Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ty Burrell, Jermaine Clement, Ray Liotta, Danny Trejo and featuring the voice talent of Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta and Peter Linz. SYNOPSIS: While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper […]

Movie Review – The Muppets (2011)

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The Muppets, 2011. Directed by James Bobin. Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones.Featuring the voice talents of Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Peter Linz, David Rudman, Bill Barretta, Matt Vogel and Tyler Bunch. SYNOPSIS: After going their separate ways, the Muppets reunite to save their old theatre from an evil […]

Movie Review – Due Date (2010)

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Due Date, 2010. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. SYNOPSIS: A highly strung father-to-be is forced to hitch a ride with an aspiring actor on a road trip in order to make it to his child’s birth on time. Director Todd Phillips looks to be getting comfortable, and if he […]

Movie Review – Magic Mike (2012)

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Magic Mike, 2012. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Cody Horn, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodriguez, Jake Mckenzie, Olivia Munn and Kevin Nash. SYNOPSIS: A successful male stripper takes a newcomer under his wing to teach him how to pick up women, earn cash and have a good time, […]