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Tag: Richard Linklater

  • Movie Review ~ Where’d You Go, Bernadette

    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. Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig, Billy Crudup, Judy Greer, Emma Nelson, Laurence Fishburne…

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  • Movie Review ~ Last Flag Flying

    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. Stars: Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Yul Vazquez, Kate Easton, J.…

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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

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

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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

    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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  • Oscar Predictions 2014

    Hello! Well, though I always find it difficult to nail down my Oscar selections pre-nomination day because I feel like I’m somehow cosmically jinxing  potential favorites, I’m taking part in The 2014 Oscar Contest over at Film Actually because…well…it’s just the right thing to do 🙂 This being a contest and all I threw in…

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