Disney
Nature’s Earth
is a 90-minute documentary that follows three
animal families, along with a variety of finned,
furred and featured cousins, as they traverse the
varied environments they call home.
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August/25/09 06:25 PM Filed in:
Blu-ray
| Jacquie
Kubin reviews | Comedy
Adventureland
is a writer’s movie. Creator Greg Mottola
controls his script as director of this colorful,
thoughtfully filmed movie that freshly tackles
what can easily slip into the stale genre of the
coming of age movie. Showing writer and
directorial restraint, Mottola has shaped
Adventureland into much more than just an
angst-ridden teen movie. Read
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August/11/09 10:47 PM Filed in:
Cornelius
Crimple reviews | Comedy
| Blu-ray
Director
Marty DeBergi's 1984 expose of an aging rock band
on its last tour raised the bar for exploring the
fine line between clever and stupid while giving
the fictional Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and
Derek Smalls a new lease on life.
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August/11/09 10:28 PM Filed in:
Jacquie
Kubin reviews | Action
| DVD
A
great ensemble cast led by Kate Hudson and
Matthew McConaughey keeps the tempo going and the
story just interesting enough in How to Lose a
Guy in 10 Days .
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August/09/09 10:44 PM Filed in:
Jacquie
Kubin reviews | Animation
| Blu-ray
Falling
down a modern day rabbit hole, Neil Gaiman’s
Coraline takes youthful viewers through a
fanciful modern day horror story filled with
fantastical creatures. Director Henry Selick uses
stop-motion animation to create a startling film
filled with incredible textures and
terrors. Read
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The
one-line pitch to describe director Lynn
Shelton‘s new film “Humpday” could very well
drive away the people she hopes will see it -
straight men. The film, which opened July 10 in
select cities, follows a pair of heterosexual
buds (Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard) who, on a
drunken dare, vow to have sex with each other on
camera. Read
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About
the best I can offer about this train wreck of a
film is it reveals the brilliance of Peter
Sellers. What made master comedian Steve Martin
think he could recreate the Inspector Clouseau
magic? Read
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Normally
a line-up featuring a French dwarf, two Sumo
wrestlers, an assassin with three nipples and
secret agent would be an Austin Powers sequel but
in fact it was the ACTUAL ninth James Bond
movie. Read
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May/16/09 10:45 PM Filed in:
Jacquie
Kubin reviews | Family
| Blu-ray
What
child doesn’t wish to be big? To be big enough to
ride the twisting roller coasters was my son’s
wish. A son who is now, alas, big enough to do
just that. Read
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Directed
by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate
Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton,
Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond,
“Benjamin Button,” is a grand tale of a
not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he
discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the
joys of life and the sadness of death, and what
lasts beyond time.
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Director
Robert Wise’s The Day The Earth Stood Still
remakes a 1951 classic film, and not necessarily
for the better. In Wise’s corner however is the
fact that the original movie offered a very real
portrayal of the era, including the fears of a
populace fearful of the red menace of
communism. Read
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April/29/09 12:40 AM Filed in:
Jacquie
Kubin reviews | Drama
| Blu-ray
Watching
Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” it almost seems
as though one is watching a very intimate
documentary detailing many of the less then
glamorous realities of life on the mat.
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Arriving
on a Blu-ray, Frost/Nixon offered me the chance
solidify my memories while allowing viewers to
appreciate every high definition ounce of sweat
clinging to the lip actor Frank Langella, as the
controversial president. Read
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April/25/09 08:13 PM Filed in:
Jacquie
Kubin reviews | Family
| Blu-ray
Not
since the Wedding Singer has there been an Adam
Sandler film that I liked. Now that has all
changed with Bedtime Stories. This fairytale
brings a family closer together as it reunites
Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) with his estranged
and uptight, single mom, sister, Wendy, a role
enhanced by Courtney Cox’s onscreen
likability. Read
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April/18/09 04:23 PM Filed in:
Joe Zad
reviews | Action
| Blu-ray
In
The Spirit, Frank Miller brings the life and
times of the very humanistic Denny Colt, a
Central City Cop reanimated from an early death,
to the screen.
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April/12/09 06:11 PM Filed in:
Jacquie
Kubin reviews | Blu-ray
| Musical
In
1946 the world was a bigger place. The South
Pacific was much farther away than it is today.
World War II was drawing to a close and the
American Seabees were paving the “road” for
American troops to invade Tokyo.
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April/08/09 10:18 PM Filed in:
Joe Zad
reviews | Blu-ray
| Drama
Meryl
Streep is my first lady of cinema. Anytime she
gets screen time, movie lovers would be fools not
to relish her in action. She does not disappoint
in Doubt, her most recent Academy Award nominated
role as Sister Aloysius Beauvier.
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April/05/09 08:36 PM Filed in:
Joe Zad
reviews | Blu-ray
| Drama
The
2007 Oscar winner for best picture gets a
mediocre treatment in its second round on the
Blu-ray format. The movie has the two-headed
directorial dragon known as the Coen brothers
offering an existential take on author Cormac
McCarthy's best selling novel of the same
name.
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March/24/09 06:12 PM Filed in:
Jacquie
Kubin reviews | Blu-ray
| Action
Now
in its sixth decade, the James Bond franchise
returns with Quantum of Solace. Solace provides
the sequel to Casino Royale, a film that left me
gasping. Read
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Chris
Isaak is a born showman, from his signature stage
attire - think mirrored suits and rhinestones -
to his gravity defying pompadour. And oh, yes,
his falsetto may be the best since Roy Orbison
left this mortal plane. But he's still settling
into his newest role - talk show host. "The Chris
Isaak Hour," debuting at 10 p.m. EST Feb 26 on
BIO ... Read
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February/06/09 05:33 PM Filed in:
Jacquie
Kubin reviews | Blu-ray
| Romance
Nights
in Rodanthe is based on the book by popular
romance novelist Nicholas Sparks and it follows a
fairly standard boy meets girl, boy and girl heal
past emotional issues, boy and girl fall in love,
boy leaves girl plot line. Read
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February/06/09 05:15 PM Filed in:
Christian
Toto reviews | DVD | Romance
Richard
Gere and Diane Lane are what Hollywood would
consider an age appropriate coupling. He's in his
late 50s, she's in her mid 40s. That's close
enough by modern movie standards, which often
teams aging actors with much chirpy
ingenues. Read
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January/27/09 09:46 PM Filed in:
Christian
Toto reviews | DVD | Drama
| Family
Dakota
Fanning is still technically a child actress, but
she can more than hold her own alongside the
likes of an Oscar winner (Jennifer Hudson) and an
Oscar nominee and hip hop diva (Queen Latifah) in
The Secret Life of Bees. Read
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January/11/09 04:08 PM Filed in:
Jacquie
Kubin reviews | DVD | Television
| Romance
The
Tudors Second Season set continues to peer into
the rule of King Henry III – a time of
international conflict, political manipulations
and the pressure to produce an heir to the
throne. Showtime’s telling throws in a healthy
dose of sexually charged villainy and fictional
license to create an incredibly time worthy show.
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In
advertising the goal is the perfect tag line. The
hook that virtually sinks into the buyers brain
as a constant reminder of their product. Watching
TNT’s newest offering, “Trust Me,” all I can say
is I am hooked. Read
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