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The Ides of March – Review

This film has a very solid cast of actors including: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jeffrey Wright. This movie is also the fourth film directed by George Clooney and his best so far in my opinion! The Ides of March is a film about dirty […]

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50/50 – Review

50/50 is the story about Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) in his late twenties. He’s a very healthy guy, doesn’t drink, smoke, do drugs, etc. He has some back problems, so he goes to the doctor to find out that he has a tumor on his spine. He looks up information on the cancer on webmd.com, Neurofibrosarcoma […]

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Moneyball – Review

Moneyball is about the 2002 Oakland Athletics and the attempt by General Manager Billy Beane’s (Brad Pitt) attempt to rebuild the team after their three largest stars left the team due to free agency.  At the end of the 2001 season the A’s lost Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, and Jason Isringhausen leaving big gaps in the […]

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Drive – Review

Drive is a movie about a driver (Ryan Gosling) that works as a part-time garage mechanic and part-time driver. He’s a professional stunt-driver and he drives the get-away car for robberies. I guess he’s what you would call an independent contractor. He doesn’t carry a gun and he doesn’t get out of the car. He […]

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Straw Dogs – Review

Straw Dogs is about a young couple, David (James Marsden) & Amy (Kate Bosworth) who move back to her small hometown in the deep south. David is a writer, wanting the peace and quiet of the country, and Amy is reconnecting with the townspeople. The town is excited to see Amy back, but not so […]

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Red State – Review

Kevin Smith’s latest movie, “Red State”, isn’t going through routes of a normal movie. Instead he took it on tour with him around the country. For a ticket price more than a normal movie ticket, you could see the movie, then get a Q&A with Kevin Smith himself. Well, its finally made it’s rounds, and […]

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Contagion – Review

Contagion is about a quick spreading virus with a very high mortality rate., and how the WHO, CDC and the public deal with it. The movie starts with Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) is returning from a business trip to Hong Kong.  While sitting in the airport she feels like she is coming down with something. […]

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Attack the Block – Review

Attack the Block has finally be official released in the United States. It’s been making its way across film festivals and such. But, it’s finally in limited release around the US, so I can actually see it! I say limited release, because out of the 30+ theaters here in St. Louis, there’s only 2 theaters […]

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Fright Night – Review

Time for another remake. Twenty Six years ago, the movie, Fright Night was released. And today, the remake is released. I know I saw the original at one time in my life, but don’t really remember the premise. It’s for this reason, I’m going to be reviewing the movie with no comparisons to the original. […]

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30 Minutes or Less – Review

30 Minutes or Less is about 2 slacker guys (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) that need money fast. What better way to get fast cash, than to rob a bank? They don’t want to get caught, so they figure the best way is to force someone rob the bank for them. They order a pizza […]