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  • Movie Review: “Causeway”

    Movie Review: “Causeway”

    Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence) is an Army Corps of Engineers veteran coming home after an IED blew up the vehicle she and her squad were driving in to a job 20 minutes away from the base. Lynsey survived the attack, but, the explosion caused a hemorrhage which in turn caused brain damage…..that she is now recovering…

  • Movie Review: “Along for the Ride”

    Movie Review: “Along for the Ride”

    Auden (Emma Pasarow) is a loner. She prefers being by herself, or with her mother Victoria (Andie MacDowell), rather than with teens her own age. In the fall, Auden is off to college, but, she wants more from this coming summer and decides to spend it with her dad, Robert (Dermot Mulroney) and his new…

  • Movie Review: “Cha Cha Real Smooth”

    Movie Review: “Cha Cha Real Smooth”

    Recent Tulane graduate, 22 year old, Andrew (Cooper Raiff), is struggling to find a job. For now, he is living with his mother (Leslie Mann) her new husband (Brad Garrett) and his brother, David (Evan Assante). Andrew and David are sharing a room. Attending a rather boring Bar Mitzvah with David, Andrew decides to liven…

  • Movie Review: “Love & Gelato”

    Movie Review: “Love & Gelato”

    Lina Emerson (Susanna Skaggs) just graduated high school and is looking forward to attending MIT in the fall after she and her mother go to Italy for a mother / daughter trip. Unfortunately, her mother was very sick and before she passed away she made Lina promise to go to Italy by herself. Wanting to…

  • Movie Review: “Palmer”

    Movie Review: “Palmer”

    After spending 12 years in jail, Palmer (Justin Timberlake) has arrived back home and is staying with his grandmother, Vivian (June Squibb). On Vivian’s property is a trailer that she rents out to Shelly (Juno Temple) and her little boy, Sam (Ryder Allen). Shelly has an abusive boyfriend and is a drug addict and she…

  • Movie Review: “Dog Gone”

    Movie Review: “Dog Gone”

    Fielding Marshall (Johnny Berchtold) is about to graduate from college and has just been dumped by his girlfriend. He is depressed. His friend, Nate (Nick Peine), is trying to help, but, Fielding does not seem to care as much as others might, and he should, about now……and his future. Scanning his eyes over the campus,…

  • Movie Review: “Sharper”

    Movie Review: “Sharper”

    “If you’re gonna steal……steal a LOT” That one sentence pretty much says it all…… Billionaire Richard Hobbes (John Lithgow) is ill and recently lost his wife. Undergoing treatments for his illness, he also meets and marries, Madeline (Julianne Moore) who treats him well, loves him, and makes sure her scheming, con artist, son, Max (Sebastian…

  • Movie Review: “CODA”

    Movie Review: “CODA”

    Click the link to Wikipedia for more information: CODA = Child of Deaf Adults Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is the youngest child of Jackie (Marlee Matlin) and Frank (Troy Kotsur) and the sister of Leo (Daniel Durant). Ruby is the only member of the family that can hear. As such, she is critically important to…

  • Movie Review: “Finch”

    Movie Review: “Finch”

    10 years ago, an immense solar flare hit Earth and made the atmosphere “swiss cheese”. 150 degree heat and massive UV radiation is now the norm. No crops survived and only a very few living beings are still alive. Luckily, Finch (Tom Hanks) was at work (in St. Louis) when the flare hit, and only…