‘2 Guns’ fires high-velocity action
Baltasar Komakur delivers a pretty good action/comedy with this one, thanks to stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.
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‘Lovelace’ is a look deep into the life of its title character
This is movie-making of the highest order when it comes to bringing a true-life tale to the big screen.
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‘The Wolverine’ scratches, claws and fights to succeed and does
Good acting, a strong story and tremendous fight/action sequences makes this a ‘must see’.
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Oscar nominee Eileen Brennan has passed away
Actress Eileen Brennan, best known for her role in The Last Picture Show as a waitress with a generous soul, and as a martinet officer in Private Benjamin, has died at the age of 80. She passed away this past Sunday according to her manager, Kim Vasilakis. Vasilakis said that Ms Brennan had been suffering…
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Dennis Farina, star of ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Get Shorty’ has died
Actor Dennis Farina has died in a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 69 and his publicist says the cause of death was a pulmonary embolism. Born and raised in Chicago, he spent three years in the U.S. Army before joining the Chicago Police Department. He spent 18 years as a tough Chicago cop, becoming…
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‘Only God Forgives’ can be forgiven, given the director’s other great films
There’s a good idea in here somewhere, but it got lost in the execution.
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There is little grown-up about ‘Grown Ups 2’ but it will make you laugh
Welcome to the latest meeting of the SNL alumni and the Adam Sandler acting company.
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‘Greedy Lying Bastards’ comes to VOD and digital download today.
The excellent documentary film “Greedy Lying Bastards” may not have made it into the city where you live, but starting today you can see it.
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‘The Lone Ranger’ is long, but not all that bad
We were first introduced to the Lone Ranger in the 1930s when it became a radio drama. It expanded into books and a long-running television series. It also spawned four film versions, the most recent a two-hour made for TV movie. Now we get Gore Verbinski’s collaboration with Johnny Depp in bringing this hero to…
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‘World War Z’ is a zombie tale that deserves an A+
I am going to pay to see this again, on a bigger screen with better sound. I cannot give a film in this genre a higher endorsement than that.
