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This is not your ordinary Disney. In fact, the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods delves into the dark underside of the Grimm Fairytales and does so quite well. Into the Woods consolidates several well known fairy tales into one main storyline-The fight for survival. It all starts out with the Baker(James Corden) and his ..
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Nightcrawler is one of my favorite movies of the year. In one of the craftiest and entertaining thrillers, Jake Gyllenhaal gives an Oscar worthy performance as the “do anything to get a steady job” Lou Bloom. In fact, we can clearly see Bloom develop from a simple guy looking for work to an evil conniving, ..
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Oscar winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces Unbroken, a drama about Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survive in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII—only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. This movie ..
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David Ayer’s vivid and graphic World War II movie was a thorough joy to watch. The story follows Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” Collier and his crew along their adventures on their tank named “Fury.” The cast is solid highlighted by Pitt and Shia LaBeouf who portrays Boyd “Bible” Swan.(The moral compass of the group.) Another standout ..
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Almost 20 years after Dumb and Dumber initially shocked and entertained us…reaching cult-like status among some people, out comes the anticipated Dumb and Dumber To sequel. I have to admit that I really did not have any preconceived thoughts of this being remotely good or funny coming in. Well it definitely wasn’t good, but it ..
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Big Hero 6 is Disney’s first real foray into the Marvel Universe and it comes off triumphantly. Parents, beware that all your kids will want for Christmas is toys and stuffed animals of the huggable and lovable robot Baymax who stars and steals the show here. The story is about boy genius Hiro Hamada, who ..
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Laggies is a straightforward, no frills story about 28 year old Megan(Keira Knightley) who pretty much goes through an early mid-life crisis. She has an advanced degree, but still works a dead end job and she “lags” behind all of her friends as they proceed with their lives. Megan goes full on rogue when her ..
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Based on the best-selling novel by S.J. Watson, Before I Go To Sleep stars Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas – a woman who wakes up every day not remembering anything in her life. Her amnesia is caused by a brutal assault that she suffered in the past. Her husband Ben, played by Colin Firth starts ..
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St. Vincent is the story of neighbors, Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), a newly single working mother together with her 12 year old son Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher) and Vincent (Bill Murray), a rough around the edges, chain-smoking, gambling, alcoholic. At first glance, one would think this film would most definitely be a comedy with the combined talents ..
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The Judge is an efficacious and heartfelt film which mixes emotion, comedy, and court side drama-worthy of a couple of Oscar nominations for both Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall. Downey’s character Hank is a brash & successful “big city hot shot” attorney based in Chicago who returns to his small rural hometown roots in ..