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

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Tag: Columbia Pictures

  • 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 ~ The Monuments Men

    The Facts: Synopsis: An unlikely World War II platoon are tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners. Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, John Goodman, Dimitri Leonidas Director: George Clooney Rated: PG-13 Running Length: 118 minutes Trailer Review: Here

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  • Down From the Shelf ~ The Big Chill

    The Facts: Synopsis: A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a posh South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends. Stars: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, JoBeth Williams, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, Jeff Goldblum Director: Lawrence Kasdan Rated: R Running Length:

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  • Movie Review ~ Captain Phillips

    The Facts: Synopsis: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. Stars: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdi, Max Martini, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chernus, Chris Mulkey, Corey Johnson, David Warshofsky, John

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  • Movie Review ~ American Hustle

    The Facts: Synopsis: A con man and his seductive British partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia. Stars: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Louis C.K., Robert DeNiro Director: David O. Russell Rated:

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  • In Praise of Teasers ~ Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

    I have a serious problem with movie trailers lately.  It seems like nearly every preview that’s released is about 2:30 minutes long and gives away almost every aspect of the movie, acting more like a Cliff Notes version of the movie being advertised rather than something to entice an audience into coming back and seeing

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ The Monuments Men

    Synopsis: In a race against time, a crew of art historians and museum curators unite to recover renowned works of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys them. Release Date:  December 18, 2013 Thoughts: After scoring so well as the producer of the sleeper underdog of 2012 (Argo), George Clooney now has two movies in

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ American Hustle

    Synopsis: The story of a con artist and his partner in crime, who were forced to work with a federal agent to turn the tables on other cons, mobsters, and politicians – namely, the volatile mayor of impoverished Camden, New Jersey. Release Date:  December 25, 2013 Thoughts: David O. Russell has been very, very good

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Captain Phillips

    Synopsis: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. Release Date:  October 11, 2013 Thoughts: Maybe it’s just me but I think that at nearly three minutes this trailer is way too

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ White House Down

    Synopsis: While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. Release Date:  June 28, 2013 Thoughts: Hot on the heels of February’s Olympus Has Fallen is White House Down, another action-thriller

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