Review: Coraline

Henry Selick’s latest stop motion adventure is his most beautiful yet and while after a first viewing it isn’t my favorite of his work, there is definitely a lot of room for this one to grow on a second and third go around. Coraline and her family have just moved into an apartment up in […]

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Review: Notorious

This biopic about the legendary rapper Notorious B.I.G. brings nothing new to the genre and plays it pretty safe with it’s main characters history, but the result is still an entertaining look at the man’s rise to fame. ‘Biggie’ was born Christopher Wallace, and he was raised by a single mother in Brooklyn where he […]

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Review: Che

This epic biopic about the Argentinean revolutionary is engaging, informative, and includes a phenomenal portrait and portrayal of this extraordinary individual by Benicio Del Toro. Che Guevara was a philosophizing Marxist doctor who felt that his Latin American people have been oppressed for too long and that a revolution by the people was the only […]

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Review: Henry Poole is Here

This dramedy about religion, life issue and what it does to people is a fairly uneventful tale, but it holds one interest and has a number of genuine moments throughout. Henry (Luke Wilson) is a down and out of it and after purchasing a suburban house in California, after he was unable to get the […]

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Review: Taken

Liam Nesson stars in this fantastic action/thriller that while not paving any new ground is constantly engaging, has great action and one of the more badass lead characters in a film in a while. Bryan (Liam Nesson) is recently retired special ops of sorts from the U.S. government that has moved out to Los Angeles […]

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Review: Wendy and Lucy

This quiet and simple story is a very real look at poverty and ones relationship to man’s best friend that works to pretty great effect, even on a shoe string budget. Wendy (Michelle Williams) & Lucy (Lucy the dog) are on their way to Alaska. Wendy is looking for work and hears there are plenty […]

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