You will love ‘All The Boys Love Mandy Lane’
Seven years after it was filmed and shown at various festivals, ‘All The Boys Love Mandy Lane’ finally gets a theatrical release
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‘Don Jon’ is blunt, brutal and brilliant
A solid debut for a first-time writer/director Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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‘Prisoners’ will captivate you
It may be the worst moment in a parent’s entire life. When it becomes clear that their young child who is missing has probably been taken, the emotions are off the scale. That is what makes Prisoners such an excellent film. The writer and director have given the four actors who deal with this situation…
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‘The Family’ is a little bit of this and a little bit of that
Let’s be clear. There are movies that feature a plot device about protecting a witness before they testify. Bad Boys, Eraser, Bulletproof and Snakes on a Plane just to mention a few. Then there are movies about what happens to the people who disappear into the Witness Protection Program. The Family is one of the…
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There hasn’t been nearly enough said about ‘Enough Said’
Writer/director Nicole Holofcener pursues her penchant for interesting characters in her latest effort, Enough Said. Since it is the first film starring the late James Gandolfini after his untimely passing it has generated additional interest and it turns out the film deserves the attention. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss is “Eva” a massage therapist on L.A.’s Westside (can…
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‘Muscle Shoals’ has mud, the Swampers and some incredible music
“Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers. And they’ve been known to pick a song or two.” (lyric from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song “Sweet Home Alabama”) Muscle Shoals is a small town of just under 13,000 people located near the Tennessee River in Alabama. Native Americans called it the “Singing River”. It is also the…
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Rich getting richer faster, so says ‘Inequality for All’
Robert Reich may stand only 4’10” tall in terms of physical stature but in the field of economics he’s one of the giants of our era.
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‘Salinger’ documentary opens more of the book on the late J.D. Salinger
A lengthy, very detailed documentary that sometimes wanders too far afield in its attempt to create visceral visual images of J.D. Salinger.
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‘Anna Nicole’ is a Lifetime channel movie that’s better than expected
While it doesn’t come close to ‘Star 80’ quality, this TV flick features standout work from its director and actors.
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Take a really close look at who looks at us in ‘Closed Circuit’
This is one taut thriller that has a little of everything.
