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Movie Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

If you haven’t seen “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” this is a cult classic you must see. If you are easily offended by sexual situations or sexual preferences this film might not be for you (and part of the reason this subversive movie has become a cult classic). I watched “Rocky Horror” back in ’75 [...]

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Movie Review: Elf

If you are looking for a perennial Christmas movie that guarantees laughs, “Elf” is the answer. Ferrell is the perfect man boy, much like Tom Hanks in “Big” or Robin Williams in “Hook”. Ferrell plays Buddy who is found abandoned as a baby by Santa’s head elf, played with deadpan charm by Bob Newhart. Buddy [...]

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Movie Review: In The Valley Of Elah

Hank Deerfield gets a call telling him his son is AWOL from his recent tour of Iraq. Deerfield, a retired military investigator, immediately starts an investigation, knowing his son would call him when arriving back from tour. Deerfield encounters little help in investigating what happened to his son. The anti-war screenplay of “In the Valley [...]

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Movie Review: Bad Santa

As we get into the holiday season for those of you not sold on the cheery aspects of Christmas, here is a movie that will make you laugh a lot. “Bad Santa” is a classic comedy that is so wrong in so many ways which is why it is so funny. This pitch perfect comedy [...]

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Movie Review: Taken

A retired Secret Service spy must use all his skills when his daughter and her friend are kidnapped while touring Paris, France. Neeson’s character is a divorced father who must compete with a wealthy step-father and difficult ex-wife for his daughter’s affection. When his ex-wife insists he allow his daughter to go to France he [...]

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