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Tag: 2.5 stars

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HITCHCOCK

We all go a little mad sometimes. If we’re lucky, we have someone strong and loving there to helps us through the madness.

Posted on December 9, 2012December 14, 2012
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LAWLESS

Behind every great fortune, there sits a great crime.

Posted on September 5, 2012January 12, 2013
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THE BOURNE LEGACY

Extreme ways are back again – Extreme places I don’t know.

Posted on August 12, 2012August 17, 2012
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LOLA VERSUS

We all get our hearts broken eventually, and we all spend time consoling friends who have.

Posted on June 17, 2012September 30, 2012
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WANDERLUST

Pass the Kool-Aid please?

Posted on March 8, 2012March 12, 2012
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EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

The world is not just about what you know, it’s about looking around to better understand what you don’t.

Posted on February 6, 2012February 11, 2012
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WE BOUGHT A ZOO

It’s amazing what people will do in the hopes of finding answers.

Posted on January 8, 2012January 12, 2012
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THE RUM DIARY

A Messy Look at The Origins of Gonzo Journalism and The War on Bastards

Posted on October 30, 2011December 4, 2011
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FOOTLOOSE

This is Our Time: Twenty-Seven Years After The Last Time it Was Our Time.

Posted on October 14, 2011January 28, 2012
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DRIVE

Nicholas Winding Refn Gets Hollywood Actors and a Hollywood Budget, but Sticks to His Grindhouse Guns.

Posted on September 20, 2011January 28, 2012
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES

Jack is Back.

Posted on May 22, 2011March 17, 2012
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ARTHUR

Russel Brand Channels Dudley Moore to Charming-Though-Flawed Results.

Posted on April 17, 2011March 30, 2012

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