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Tag: Richard Linklater

  • Movie Review ~ Where’d You Go, Bernadette

    Movie Review Where’d You Go, Bernadette 4/10 The Facts Synopsis: A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery. Director: Richard Linklater Stars: Cate Blanchett,…

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  • Movie Review ~ Last Flag Flying

    Movie Review Last Flag Flying 3/10 The Facts Synopsis: Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry “Doc” Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War. Director: Richard Linklater Stars: Steve Carell,…

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  • Interview ~ Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, & Blake Jenner from Everybody Wants Some!!

    Though I’d always been interested in movies and how they are made, I’ve strangely never felt the need to be the one that sits down and talks to filmmakers, actors, and production crew to get the skinny on what efforts went into making the film.  I figured I’d leave that to those with a bigger…

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Everybody Wants Some

    Synopsis: A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Release Date:  April 15, 2016 Thoughts: For his follow-up to a career-high achievement with Boyhood, writer/director Richard Linklater has created a “spiritual sequel” to his popular 1993 comedy Dazed and Confused.  Trading D&C’s long hair, bellbottoms, and…

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  • Movie Review ~ Boyhood

    Movie Review Boyhood 10/10 The Facts Synopsis: The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18. Director: Richard Linklater Stars: Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, Ethan Hawke Rated: R Running Length: 166 minutes Trailer Review: Here The Thoughts Director Michael Apted began filming a group of children in England when…

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Boyhood

    Synopsis: The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18. Release Date:  July 11, 2014 Thoughts: Way, way, way up on my list of anticipated films of 2014 is Boyhood, director Richard Linklater’s 12 years in the making family drama that follows one boy from childhood to adulthood and all the…

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  • Movie Review ~ Before Midnight

    Movie Review Before Midnight 8/10 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. Director: Richard Linklater Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy Rated: R Running Length: 109 minutes The Thoughts Well here we are…20 years after…

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  • Movie Review ~ Before Sunset

    Movie Review Before Sunset 7.5/10 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. Director: Richard Linklater Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy Rated: R Running Length: 80 minutes The Thoughts I wanted to see Before Sunset when it was released…

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