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Review: The Jesse Stone series (2005-2012 movies)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Gary
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Beginning in 2005 Tom Selleck (the star of Magnum PI in the 1980s and more recently a regular on Blue Bloods) has been lead actor, executive producer, and occasionally co-writer of eight made-for-television movies based on a series of mystery … Continue reading →

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Review: Safety Not Guaranteed (2012 movie)

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Gary
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Back in 1997 a guy named John Silveira was working for Backwoods Home magazine when late in the production of one issue the editor asked him to come up with a joke or two to fill up a bit of … Continue reading →

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Review: Brave (2012 movie)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Gary
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As someone mentioned to me, this isn’t the movie the most-seen trailer leads you to expect. It’s a Pixar film about a Scottish princess in the Middle Ages who refuses to allow an archery contest among the eldest sons of … Continue reading →

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Review: A Knight's Tale (2001 movie)

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Gary
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This is basically a sports film set in the late Middle Ages and definitely not meant to be taken too seriously. The film gets this across early on by having the spectators at a joust sing “We Will, We Will … Continue reading →

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Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 movie)

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Gary
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This English-language version I liked a bit less than the previously-reviewed 2009 Swedish version, but it’s still worth watching. There are more differences between the films (including in the characterizations of Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander) than I expected. Daniel … Continue reading →

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Best screenplay nominees, re-written

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Gary
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The Bad Lip Reading people don't just mutilate big-budget Hollywood movies; here they go after independent films: Link: http://youtu.be/muFzMAsGmP4 … Continue reading →

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Bad Lip Reading assaults The Amazing Spider-Man

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Gary
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The folks at Bad Lip Reading re-dub Gwen and Peter. Not as funny as their best work, but worth a few minutes of your time: Link: http://youtu.be/D7jtpy0lfBU Where's the pig? ... And my feathered duck? … Continue reading →

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Review: Men in Black 3 (2012 movie)

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Gary
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It’s remarkable, or remarkably annoying anyway, that Will Smith seems to have aged hardly any at all in the 15 years between the original Men in Black in 1997 and this second sequel, which is itself remarkable for being better … Continue reading →

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Review: Soup to Nuts (1930 movie)

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Gary
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Vaudeville star Ted Healy plays as a man whose fascination with fire leads him to hang around the fire department, much to the annoyance of his bickering girlfriend, who wishes he’d spend more time with her. She works in a … Continue reading →

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Review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968 movie)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Gary
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Somehow I never got around to seeing this before. It has its moments, but I suspect young children would get more out of the film than I do, though even they might find it too long and overloaded with mostly … Continue reading →

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