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The Secret Friend
While many movies are padded with exorbitant special effects and unneeded dialogue, sometimes a filmmaker can say all that needs to be said with a 15 minute... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Trip
Steve Coogan is sent on an all expenses paid vacation to cover the finest restaurants in northern England for The Observer. After his girlfriend decides to... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Merchant of Venice
In 1596 Venice, Jews are treated with intolerance and resigned to ghettos where they are locked in at night and forced to wear red hats if they leave during... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Thing
A Husky runs into an American outpost in remote Antarctica, being chased by Norwegians in a helicopter attempting to shoot it. Read more
Posted on 08 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
James Taylor: One Man Band
For over forty years, James Taylor has been the quintessential singer songwriter, expressing songs that wonderfully capture longing and sorrow with his... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Posted on 07 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Brute Force
At Westgate Penitentiary, the inmates live a harsh existence made even harsher by Captain Munsey, the sadistic head of the guard staff who runs the prison... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
A middle aged suburbanite's wife tells him that she is having an affair and wants a divorce. Stupefied with the revelation, he spends his nights sulking in a... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Battleship Potemkin
In 1905 the crew members of the Russian battleship Potemkin were fed up with their maggot ridden meat rations and decided it was time to rise up against the... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Picnic at Hanging Rock
On Valentine's Day in the year 1900, girls from a boarding school go on an all day retreat to an area made of up of volcanic rock. Read more
Posted on 05 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Farewell
In 1981, a French engineer living in Moscow begins a liaison with a disillusioned KGB agent who begins passing him secrets which can then be snuck out of... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Sam Peckinpah was a man consumed with violence and rage. His professional and private life were consumed with turmoil, and where their weren't issues he made... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Straw Dogs
A pacifistic mathematician receives a research grant and leaves turmoil ridden America with his wife to live in the British countryside where she grew up. In... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Doors
"We need a two and a half hour movie about The Doors? No we don't, I can sum it up for you in five seconds: I'm drunk, I'm nobody. I'm drunk, I'm famous. I'm... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Hangover Part II
is a shameless exercise which exists for the sole purpose of capitalizing on the immensely successful original film. It takes the same actors and plugs the... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Trust
An insecure suburban 14 year old girl starts a relationship with a 16 year old boy in a chatroom who gradually reveals himself to be 20, then 25, and finally... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
A Cry in the Dark
In 1980 Lindy and Michael Chamberlain are vacationing in Queensland, Australia with their two boys and infant girl. One night, Lindy puts the baby to sleep in... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Rocco Barbella was a scrappy street kid from Brooklyn who was never given a chance from the word go. With a drunken failed prizefighter father and a supportive... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Something Wild
A straight and narrow tax accountant and family man (Jeff Daniels) pockets the check in an NYC diner and is caught by an impulsive young woman (Melanie... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Tabloid
Today we buy tabloid magazines at the supermarket or tune into gossip programs to hear about the latest antics of our favorite celebrities. Read more
Posted on 29 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES