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Top 10 Action Movies of the Past 25 Years
These are my favorite action movies since the year 1985. I am not a huge fan of the genre, but every once in a while, a movie transcends the typical and shows us much more. I limited these movies to … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, Dennis Hopper, Die Hard, Edgar Wright, film, Franka Potente, Hot Fuzz, James Bond, James Cameron, Jan de Bont, Jean Reno, John McTiernan, Keanu Reeves, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, korea, Korean film, Leon the Professional, Luc Besson, Martin Campbell, matt damon, movie, Movies, natalie portman, Oldboy, Park Chan Wook, Paul Greengrass, Quentin Tarantino, Run Lola Run, sandra bullock, Simon Pegg, Speed, The Bourne Supremacy, Tom Tykwer, top 10 lists, True Lies, uma thurman
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From Paris with Love
From Paris with Love is an action thriller with all the thrills stripped bare. There really isn’t too much this film does that surprises the audience or even thrills the audience. There are a couple things that are done action-wise … Continue reading
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Tagged action, action movies, action thrillers, film, from paris with love, John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, liam neeson, movie, movie review, Movies, Pierre Morel, Taken
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2010 Academy Award Preview
The Academy Awards are Sunday, so I wanted to take the time to preview each category and give my picks on who I think will take home the big trophy and who should win. Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, A Prophet, A Serious Man, a single man, academy awards, Alessandro Camon, An Education, Anna Kendrick, Armando Ianucci, Avatar, award shows, Bob Peterson, Bright Star, Carey Mulligan, Christoph Waltz, christopher plummer, Coco Before Chanel, colin firth, coraline, Crazy Heart, District 9, Ethan Cohen, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Food, gabourey sidibe, Geoffry Fletcher, George Clooney, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, helen mirren, In the Loop, Inc., Inglorious Basterds, invictus, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, jeremy renner, Jesse Armstrong, Joel Cohen, Julia & Julia, Kathryn Bigelow, lee daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mark Boal, matt damon, Meryl Streep, mo'nique, morgan freeman, movie, Movies, neill blomkamp, Nick Hornby, Nine, Oren Moverman, penelope cruz, Pete Doctor, precious, Quentin Tarantino, sandra bullock, Sheldon Turner, Sherlock Holmes, Simon Blackwell, stanley tucci, Star Trek, Terri Tatchel, The Blind Side, The Cove, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the last station, the lovely bones, the messenger, the princess and the frog, the secret of kells, The White Ribbon, the young victoria, Tony Roche, Up, Up in the Air, vera farmiga, Woody Harrelson
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Alice in Wonderland
The new Alice in Wonderland is meant to be a grittier and darker version of the classic tale many grew up with. It turns out that Tim Burton’s big screen vision is more Disney than Burton and that makes this … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D movies, alan rickman, Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Blue Caterpillar, classic, Crispin Glover, Disney, feminism, Helena Bonham Carter, In Treatment, Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, movie, movie review, Movies, post-feminist, Queen of Hearts, tale, Tim Burton
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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones, the new movie directed by Peter Jackson, should be renamed The Lovely Mess. This movie is indeed lovely, but oh, what a mess it is. The movie starts out strong as a story about a family and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Sebold, book, death, film, heaven, in-between, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Imperioli, movie, movie review, Movies, murder, novel, Peter Jackson, Rachel Weisz, rape, Saoirse Ronan, stanley tucci, Susie Salmon, the lovely bones, What Dreams May Come
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Lost in Translation (2003)
I was looking over my list of top movies directed by women and I realized that I hadn’t watched my number one, Lost in Translation, since it came out in theaters in 2003. I remember loving it at the time … Continue reading
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Tagged bill murray, connection, family, film, Japan, Kyoto, lost in translation, marriage, movie, movie review, Movies, scarlett johansson, sofia coppola, Tokyo
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The Hurt Locker is Best Film at the BAFTA Awards
The Hurt Locker wins the most BAFTA awards this year with six including Best Film. It seems like it has all the momentum going into the Academy Awards. I really don’t see any film pulling an upset in its bid … Continue reading
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Tagged A Prophet, a single man, academy awards, An Education, Avatar, awards, BAFTA, BAFTA awards, Carey Mulligan, Christoph Waltz, colin firth, Crazy Heart, Duncan Jones, film, Fish Tank, Inglorious Basterds, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, Kathryn Bigelow, Kristen Stewart, Mark Boal, Meryl Streep, mo'nique, moon, movie, Movies, precious, sandra bullock, The Hurt Locker, the young victoria, Up, Up in the Air
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Top 10 Coming of Age Movies
It really is hard to do a coming of age story justice. There are many movies out there that try and capture those formative years, but very few get it right. Or I should say, very few do it well. … Continue reading
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Tagged Almost Famous, anne bancroft, best of lists, billy elliot, Cameron Crowe, coming of age, coming of age movies, dustin hoffman, film, ghost world, gregory peck, maria full of grace, movie, Movies, noah baumbach, rabbit proof fence, rushmore, scarlett johansson, stephen daldry, the graduate, the sandlot, the squid and the whale, thora birch, to kill a mockingbird, top 10 lists, Wes Anderson
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