SPOILER-FREE FILM REVIEWS FROM A MOVIE LOVER WITH A HEART OF GOLD!

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Month: January 2012

  • The Silver Bullet – “7500” Teaser Trailer

    Synopsis: Passengers aboard a flight across the Pacific Ocean encounter a supernatural force. Release Date: August 31, 2012 Thoughts: OK…remember last week in my discussion of the Lock-Out trailer that I’m a sucker for films set in outer space?  Directly behind that is my love of films involving airplanes.  It’s strange that for someone with a fear…

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  • Movie Review ~ One for the Money

    The Facts: Synopsis: Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin’s bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past. Stars: Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Sherri Shepherd, Debbie Reynolds, John Leguizamo Director: Julie Anne Robinson Rated: PG-13 Running Length: 106 minutes…

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ “The Raven” Trailer

    Synopsis: A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, in which the poet pursues a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer’s stories. Release Date: April 27th, 2012 Thoughts: Coming across as a mixture of Sherlock Holmes, Zodiac and The Silence of the Lambs, the trailer for The Raven is received…

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  • What Movie Should Joe See? ~ Guess/Murder/Passage

    Thank you for voting in my last poll!  A review of In the Heat of the Night will be forthcoming. Even me, a die-hard movie fan, has a list of movies they are ashamed to admit they either haven’t seen or don’t remember seeing.  I’m not going to air all my shameful misses now…but here…

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  • Heads Up! – The SAG Awards

    Hello all! To cap off an especially lazy weekend, we have a nice little awards show on tonight. I’ve always been a particular fan of The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards due to the fact that they retain some of the glitz and glam of The Oscar while keeping their tongues planted firmly in cheek.  This…

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  • Movie Review ~ Big Miracle

    The Facts: Synopsis:  In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend – a Greenpeace volunteer – on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. Stars: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney Director: Ken Kwapis Rated: PG Running Length:…

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ “Lock-Out” Trailer

    Synopsis:   A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates. Release Date: April 20th, 2012 Thoughts:  If there is one type of movie that I’m an absolute sucker for, it’s any…

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  • Movie Review ~ The Vow

    The Facts: Synopsis: A car accident puts Paige in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo works to win her heart again. Stars: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange, Scott Speedman Director: Michael Sucsy Rated: PG-13 Running Length: 104 minutes Random Crew Highlight:  Costume Cutter –…

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  • Movie Review ~ A Better Life (DVD)

    The Facts: Synopsis: A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give him the opportunities he never had. Stars: Demián Bichir, José Julián Director: Chris Weitz Rated:  PG-13 Running Length: 97 minutes TMMM Score: (4/10) Review:  It’s not hard to see why there was…

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  • Oscar Nominations ~ 2011

    Ah…this is one day I look forward to every year.  I can’t remember the last time I missed watching the Oscar nominations live on television.  Back in the day 7:30 seemed so early and crazy dark that it felt like a special occasion.  Now that I’m a “grown-up”, watching them live actually made me a…

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