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“Going in Style” Movie Review
Willie (Morgan Freeman), Joe (Michael Caine), and Albert (Alan Arkin) retired from their jobs at a steel manufacturer only to find out that their pensions have been cancelled. With medical bills and mortgage payments, the three old guys cannot afford to live without their pension. Joe is at the bank one day trying to save…
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“The Legend of Tarzan” Movie Review
John Clayton / Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgard) and Jane (Margot Robbie) are happily living the royal life in London, having left their African home 8 years ago. The British government asks Tarzan to return to his Congo homeland to investigate purported atrocities by King Leopold of Belguim’s envoy, Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz). In addition to enslaving…
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“Dallas Buyers Club” Movie Review
Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) is an electrician, cowboy, loves parties, women…..and has AIDS. The year is 1985 when AIDS was new and treatments were just becoming available. Doctors gave Ron 30 days to live. With that deadline in mind, Ron set out to find a cure for his AIDS and, in the process, helped many…
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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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