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“The Nice Guys” Movie Review
Misty Mountains (Murielle Tello) dies in a car crash. Misty was a porn star in 1977 Los Angeles and is one of a growing number deaths of people who worked on a certain “experimental” (i.e. porn) film. Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) is a tough guy who threatens people for hire. Holland March (Ryan Gosling) is…
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“Beauty and the Beast” Movie Review
(Enchanting) A fantastic live action re-make of the 1991 animated feature. Belle (Emma Watson) is an oddity among women in the village. Belle can read, and, in fact, loves to read so she can get away, in her mind, from the hum-drum village life. And…being different, Belle despises the one man everyone else wants: Gaston…
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“Beautiful Creatures” Movie Review
Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert) has just moved in with her uncle, Macon Revenwood (Jeremy Irons). At school, Lena is different than the other kids, and is suspected of being a witch. One day in class several girls (mean girls) are making fun of Lena when suddenly the windows in the classroom explode inward, injuring some…
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“High Crimes” Movie Review
Claire Kubik (Ashley Judd) is a lawyer with a high powered firm and happily married to Tom Kubik (Jim Caviezel…..Reese). One night, their house is vandalized and the police take fingerprints. Walking around Union Square at Christmas time (something Lori and I have done a zillion times) the FBI surround Tom and Claire and arrest…
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“Fathers & Daughters” Movie Review and Trailer
Jake Davis (Russell Crowe) is a Pulitzer prize winning author. He is driving his wife and young daughter, Katie (Kylie Rogers), home one night when the car crashes. Jake is severely injured and his wife is killed while Katie survives with barely a scratch. Storyline 1: The years immediately after the accident Jake recovers from…
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“Still Alice” Movie Review
Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is a distinguished professor of linguistics at Columbia University and author of a world renown textbook on linguistics. At the youthful age of 50, Alice is mentally and physically active, eats healthy, is excited about her work as a professor and researcher, has a loving husband (John played by Alec Baldwin)…
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2017 Oscar Nominations
Here is a partial list of the 2017 Oscar Nominations. For the complete list, go here. I will post the winners after the Oscars (on TV this Sunday). UPDATE: Yuge, bigly, gaffe announcing the Best Picture winner sets Twitter a-flutter. Best Picture (Links to IMDb) “Arrival” “Fences” “Hacksaw Ridge” “Hell or High Water” “Hidden Figures”…
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“The Big Lebowski” Movie Review
“The Dude” Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is an unemployed, very lazy, dude. One night as he returned home to his pathetic apartment (the rent is overdue) two thugs attacked him demanding money owed them by Lebowski’s wife, Bunny (Tara Reid). HUH??? The Dude is not married, and he certainly does not have any money. After one…
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“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Movie Review
UPDATE: May 27, 2025 We watched Season 2 of “Andor” on Disney+ then watched “Rogue One”. Still an awesome, if very depressing, movie. We decided to to keep up the Star Wars streak, and, we are now watching the original “Star Wars” movie from 1977, renamed “A New Hope” episode 4 after the three prequels…
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