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Tag: Columbia Pictures

  • Movie Review ~ Dumb Money

    Movie Review ~ Dumb Money

    The Facts: Synopsis: The ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company.Stars: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan,…

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  • Movie Review ~ No Hard Feelings

    Movie Review ~ No Hard Feelings

    The Facts: Synopsis: On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or die trying.Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, Matthew…

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ Fright Night (1985)

    31 Days to Scare ~ Fright Night (1985)

    The Facts: Synopsis: A teenager discovers that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire, so he turns to an actor in a television horror show for help dealing with the undead.Stars: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse, Jonathan Stark, Dorothy Fielding, Stephen Geoffreys, Art EvansDirector: Tom HollandRated: RRunning Length: 106 minutesTMMM Score:…

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ A Double Shot of Crawford

    31 Days to Scare ~ A Double Shot of Crawford

    Two films starring Joan Crawford that I had never seen had been calling to me for a while, and I was having trouble deciding which ones to watch for 31 Days to Scare. Ultimately, both were so short and interesting that I decided to bundle them for A Double Shot of Crawford. If Crawford is…

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  • Movie Review ~ Where the Crawdads Sing

    Movie Review ~ Where the Crawdads Sing

    The Facts: Synopsis: A woman who raised herself in the marshes of the deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved.Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer, Jr., David StrathairnDirector: Olivia NewmanRated: PG-13Running Length: 125 minutesTMMM Score: (8/10)Review: I’ve had the…

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ Sleepwalkers (1992)

    31 Days to Scare ~ Sleepwalkers (1992)

    The Facts: Synopsis: A mother-and-son team of strange vampiric shapeshifting creatures able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent move to a small town to avoid discovery while searching for their next victim. Stars: Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige, Jim Haynie, Cindy Pickett, Ron Perlman, Lyman Ward, Dan Martin,…

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ See No Evil (1971)

    31 Days to Scare ~ See No Evil (1971)

    The Facts: Synopsis: In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse-riding accident, moves in with her uncle’s family and gallantly adjusts to her new condition, unaware that a killer stalks them. Stars: Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, Diane Grayson, Brian Rawlinson, Norman Eshley, Paul Nicholas Director: Richard Fleischer Rated: GP (GP…

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ Anaconda

    31 Days to Scare ~ Anaconda

    The Facts: Synopsis: A film crew traveling on the Amazon River is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world’s largest – and deadliest – snake. Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson, Kari Wuhrer Director: Luis Llosa Rated: PG-13…

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  • In Praise of Teasers ~ The Fifth Element (1997)

    In 2013 I was feeling pretty blue about the state of movie trailers.  For a time, it was imperative for me to get to a theater in time for the previews or else some of the fun would be missing from the experience of going to the movies because, let’s face it, sometimes the coming…

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  • Movie Review ~ Troop Beverly Hills

    The Facts: Synopsis: A soon to be divorced Beverly Hills socialite is determined to prove to her husband and herself that she can finish what she starts out to do, by becoming a den mother to a troop of Beverly Hills Girl Scouts. Stars: Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Audra Lindley, Betty Thomas, Mary Gross,…

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