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“Love and Hostages” Movie Review
Waking up in bed….together…..after a drunken night before is the last thing Michael (Randall Core) and Eva Natalie Stavola) wanted. Eva pretends to be asleep as clumsy Michael gets dressed and tries to leave Eva’s apartment. “Tries to leave” is the key phrase as Michael is forced to stay due to an ongoing hostage situation across…
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Movie Review: “Bernard and Doris”
Doris Duke (Susan Sarandon) is the heiress to the Duke tobacco fortune, and is quite the spoiled bitch. After firing her latest butler because her breakfast melon was too cold, she, luckily, hired Bernard Lafferty (Ralph Fiennes). The two struck up a friendship that would last for the rest of Doris’s life. “Bernard and Doris”…
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“The Great Gilly Hopkins” Movie Review
Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nelisse) is on her last chance foster home. If she messes this up, the social services department will find alternative living arrangements for the difficult Gilly. Maime Trotter (Kathy Bates) is a foster home veteran who knows the ropes and is very good at taking care of difficult cases such as Gilly…
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“The Imitation Game” Movie Review
(Breaking Enigma) Going to college for my degree in Electrical Engineering (digital hardware design and electromagnetics) Alan Turing was a hero. A genius who gave us the first computer (and digital design). He laid the foundation for artificial intelligence and robotics, and, was instrumental in winning WWII. “The Imitation Game” is inspiring to all those…
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“Big Stone Gap” Movie Review
– – In 1978, Big Stone Gap, VA was a small Appalachian town where coal was king and everyone knew everyone else. Ave Maria Mulligan (Ashley Judd) just turned 40 and is officially an “old maid”. Her friends think it is about time she settled for anyone and got married. But, Ave is still being…
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“The Do-Over” Movie Review
Charlie (David Spade) is at a class reunion watching his attractive wife dirty dance with her ex when old friend, Max (Adam Sandler) chats him up and, for awhile, makes him forget this miserable reunion. We learn that Charlie is stuck in a non-loving, boring, existence. He still drives his old Gremlin, is the bank…
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Movie Review: “Broken Flowers”
(Quirky, Quiet, Droll) – – Don Johnston’s (Bill Murray) latest girlfriend just walked out. But, Don takes this life changing event like he seems to take everything else: Quietly. In the foyer, there is a pink envelope among the incoming mail that his now ex-girlfriend thinks is from his current lover. Don opens it and…
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“In Your Eyes” Movie Review
(Telepathic Telepresence) – – Note: This movie comes close to my technical specialty: video conferencing. Imagine, sometime in the future, being able to video conference (think, Skype) with anyone, anytime, anyplace just like they do here in the movie. And just using your brain and senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch)…..no equipment! Very cool. Dylan (Michael…
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Movie Review: “Boy Meets Girl”
(Tender, Terrific, Transgender) – – Ricky (Michelle Hendley) has known since she was young that she was a girl in a boys body. Life has not been easy for Ricky in a small town, but, her best friend Robby (Michael Welch) has always been there for her. Her mother died when her and her brother,…
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