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Tag: helen mirren

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MONSTERS UNIVERSITY

Not recognizing ability is an easy mistake to make these days…just as easy as writing off a Pixar sequel as a “lesser effort”

Posted on June 30, 2013July 5, 2013
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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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Building a Mystery – HITCHCOCK Trailer

Thinking about The Master of Cinema on a morning where we all have America on the brain.

Posted on November 7, 2012November 12, 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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THE TEMPEST

Taymor’s second swing at Shakespeare doesn’t go nearly as well as her first.

Posted on January 3, 2011March 11, 2015
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Island of Souls (THE TEMPEST Trailer)

Taymor Tells Another Tale of Billy the Bard.

Posted on October 13, 2010March 11, 2015
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All The old Showstoppers (RED Trailer)

Old Agents Never Die…(Insert Witty Conclusion of The Excerpt Here)

Posted on July 7, 2010September 3, 2011
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From the Stars (Oscar Predictions – Best Actor/Best Actress)

Alrighty, after that brief moment of sharing a touch of my personal life with y’all, allow me to get back to the Oscar shenanigans at … Read More ›

Posted on March 4, 2010
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THE LAST STATION

I can’t speak for everyone, I can only think of what I would want as my life’s train is pulling into its last station.

Posted on March 1, 2010November 24, 2012
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Everybody’s Talkin’ 2 – 12 (Chatter From Other Bloggers)

It’s another long weekend up here in the Great White North, and it couldn’t have arrived at a more opportune time (Not enough tea in … Read More ›

Posted on February 12, 2010March 8, 2012

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