Tag: Sean Penn
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Movie Review ~ Daddio
Daddio Synopsis: A young woman takes a cab from JFK airport to her Manhattan apartment and has unexpectedly honest conversations with the driver about relationships, sex, power dynamics, loss, and vulnerability.Stars: Dakota Johnson, Sean PennDirector: Christy HallRated: RRunning Length: 101 minutes Review: From After Hours to Collateral to HBO’s infamous Taxicab Confessions, the nocturnal cab…
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Movie Review ~ Licorice Pizza
The Facts: Synopsis: The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Stars: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Skyler Gisondo, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, John Michael Higgins, Christine Ebersole, Harriet Sansom Harris, Ryan…
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Movie Review ~ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Facts: Synopsis: A day-dreamer escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, he takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he…
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In Praise of Teasers ~ The Game (1997)
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 Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Synopsis: An office worker who lives inside fantasy worlds where he gets to live an adventurous life while romancing his co-worker sets off a global journey to fix things when both of their jobs are threatened Release Date: December 25, 2013 Thoughts: An entire movie could be made just about the decades long struggle it…
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The Silver Bullet ~ This Must Be the Place
Synopsis: Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during WWII. Release Date: November 2, 2012 Thoughts: Looking like he just stepped out of the Edward Scissorhands stage show, Sean Penn continues to refuse…
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