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Category: drama

  • “Adventureland” Movie Review

    “Adventureland” Movie Review

    – – James (Jesse Eisenberg) graduated from college and is looking forward to going to graduate school in New York City. Unfortunately, the families financial situation has changed dramatically and he is forced to figure out a way to make his own money to get there. Looking for work for the summer, he finds that…

  • “In Your Eyes” Movie Review

    “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…

  • Movie Review: “Boy Meets Girl”

    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,…

  • “Les Miserables” Movie Review

    “Les Miserables” Movie Review

    – – Anne Hathaway’s solo that is heard (and seen briefly) in the trailer above is simply…BREATHTAKING.   Absolutely BREATHTAKING.  I was in tears, not from the sadness of the song, but, by the stunning performance of a truly talented actress…one that should get her an Oscar. “Les Miserables” is unique, Broadway worthy, movie entertainment.…

  • “Life of Pi” Movie Review

    “Life of Pi” Movie Review

    A teenager, Pi Patel (played as a teen by Suraj Sharma) leaves India on a cargo ship with his family and their zoo animals. A storm in the middle of the Pacific Ocean sinks the cargo ship killing everyone but Pi, a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger.  It is survival of the…

  • “The Words” Movie Review

    “The Words” Movie Review

    – – Reading the critic’s reviews, I wonder what movie they were watching, or, where their brains were during the movie.  I kind of suspect that if one “famous” critic gives a bad review, then the unthinking masses follow suit afraid to not rock the boat. Well….I am rocking the boat. “The Words” is an…

  • “Men in Black 3” Movie Review

    “Men in Black 3” Movie Review

      – – There is one secret the universe does not know about.  But to find out what that is, you have to ride a somewhat uneven MIB3 all the way to the end.  At times MIB3 is funny and exciting, at times it is boring, and at times it is poignant. An escaped prisoner travels…

  • “The Avengers” Movie Review

    “The Avengers” Movie Review

    – – Tapping an unlimited power source being investigated by scientists at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) evil ambitious brother, Loki (played by Tom Hiddleston) joins forces with a powerful alien world to attack Earth via an access portal. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) gathers various super heroes to fight Loki and his evil army,…

  • Movie Review: “The Descendants”

    Movie Review: “The Descendants”

    – Elizabeth King (Patricia Hastie) is involved in a boating accident and is in a coma.  Her husband, Matt (George Clooney), watches over her and decides he will be a better husband when she gets better. She never does. Matt is now the primary care-giver for his youngest daughter (a task he is not familiar…