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

From the land of 10,000 lakes comes a fan of 10,000 movies!

Month: March 2014

  • The Silver Bullet ~ The Giver

    Synopsis: In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the “real” world. Release Date: August 15, 2014 Thoughts: A bit surprising that it’s taken 20 years for Lois Lowry’s popular young adult novel

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Peanuts

    Synopsis: For the first time ever, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang we know and love from Charles Schulz’s timeless Peanuts comic strip will be making their big-screen debut; like they’ve never been seen before in a CG-animated feature film in 3D. Release Date:   November 6, 2015 Thoughts: Admittedly, I have a

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  • Movie Review ~ Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

    The Facts: Synopsis: The uncompromising Tony and Emmy Award-winner is showcased both on and off stage via rare archival footage and intimate cinema vérité. Stars: Elaine Stritch, Tina Fey, James Gandolfini, Cherry Jones, Alec Baldwin, Nathan Lane, Rob Bowman Director: Chiemi Karasawa Rated: NR Running Length: 80 minutes Trailer Review: Here TMMM Score: (8/10) Review:

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Grace of Monaco

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFYmYWa348c Synopsis: The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s Release Date:  TBA 2014 Thoughts: One of several high profile films that were originally scheduled

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Deliver Us From Evil

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBxTF_DxN8k Synopsis: A NYC police officer joins forces with an unconventional priest schooled in the rituals of exorcism to combat the possessions that are terrorizing their city. Release Date:  July 2, 2014 Thoughts: I can’t help it.  I eat these based on a true-story-demonic-horror-films up with glee.  I appreciate that it appears we’ve moved past

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Stage Fright (2014)

    Synopsis: A snobby musical theater camp is terrorized by a blood-thirsty killer who hates musical theater. Release Date:  April 3, 2014 Thoughts: I’ve no illusions that Stage Fright will be anything more than a diversion of sorts from the recent patch of franchise horror films that Hollywood churns out at peak times each year.  Yet

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Annie (2014)

    Synopsis: Wealthy businessman Benjamin Stacks comes to the aid of a young girl living in an orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan. Release Date:  December 19, 2014 Thoughts:  I’m not totally opposed to remakes, reboots, reinventions, what have you…but I want them to have some sort of point of view.  I’ve been dreading seeing

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  • Movie Review ~ Before Midnight

    The Facts: Synopsis: We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna. Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy Director: Richard Linklater Rated: R Running Length: 109 minutes TMMM Score: (8/10) Review:  Well here we are…20 years after Before Sunrise was

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  • Movie Review ~ Before Sunset

    The Facts: Synopsis: Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse’s book tour. Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy Director: Richard Linklater Rated: R Running Length: 80 minutes TMMM Score: (7.5/10) Review:  I wanted to see Before Sunset when it was released in 2004 but

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  • Movie Review ~ Before Sunrise

    The Facts: Synopsis: A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together. Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy Director: Richard Linklater Rated: R Running Length: 101 minutes TMMM Score: (7/10) Review:  I remember

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