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Movie Review: I Love You Man

When Paul Rudd is involved in a comedy you know there will be some laughs ahead. The talented Rudd (Peter Klaven) is paired with the talented Jason Segel (new best friend Sydney Fife) and Rashida Jones (Peter’s fiance Zooey) to create a funny movie with winning performances. The clever idea of a guy who doesn’t [...]

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Television Miniseries Review: The Corner

The emmy award winning “The Corner” covers a year in the life of a family battered by drug use in a Baltimore ghetto. “The Corner” is the precursor to the series “The Wire”, examining drug use and its aftermath in the lives of one family. This series takes you into the streets and lives of [...]

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Movie Review: The Visitor

If you are a fan of “Six Feet Under” you will be familiar with actor Richard Jenkins who portrayed the patriarch of the Fisher family. Jenkins was brilliant in his role then and he earned a well-deserved Oscar nomination for best actor in “The Visitor”, a character completely opposite of his role in the “Six [...]

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Movie Review: Revolutionary Road

“Revolutionary Road” is a near perfect movie showcasing superb performances by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank and April Wheeler, a young couple whose marriage falls into the trap of expectation. It is fascinating to watch the confinement of women’s choices in the 50′s throughout this film and what was expected of women in [...]

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Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire

I rented “Slumdog Millionaire” hoping it would live up to the hype it received and it does. The film follows a young man who lived his childhood years homeless in the slums of Mumbai, India. The story is adapted from the novel by Vikas Swarup with the screenplay changing elements of the original book content [...]

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