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Movie Review: Super

Frank Darbo is a social loner who can’t understand why his beautiful wife is pulling away from him. When his drug addicted wife becomes involved with a sketchy con artist Frank is determined to protect the one good thing in his life no matter what the cost. Frank goes beyond his everyday dull life. taking [...]

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Movie Review: Pretty Bird

Curtis Prentiss shows up on the doorstep of his best friend Kenny with plans for a rocket belt that will fly a human being through the air. The rocket belt has never worked successfully before, but Curtis is determined to find an engineer who will make it work. Curtis finds that genius in recently out [...]

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Movie Review: Casino Jack

Jack Abramoff is a wheeler dealer climbing the ladder of rising star lobbyists in Washington. Jack’s penchant for famous impressions, impulsive decisions, and lack of concern for consequences leads him into trouble. Jack’s ambitious nature and unrealistic goals cause problems as his lobbyist influence leads to corruption, bad deals, and criminal acts involving big name [...]

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Movie Review: Due Date

Peter Highman is in a rush to get back to LA for the birth of his first child. When aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay picks up Peter’s luggage containing his wallet and identification by mistake, a series of events causes Peter to end up on the no-fly list. When Peter’s lack of money and identification leaves [...]

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Movie Review: Leaves Of Grass

An Ivy League philosophy professor is drawn back to his family in Oklahoma, where he reluctantly becomes involved with his identical twin brother’s pot growing business. The professor is forced to face his mother and brother in a new light, and in the process evaluate the polar opposites of his current and past life. Tim [...]

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Movie Review: Visioneers

The Jeffers Corporation is taking over the work world and George is feeling the pressure. George is a loyal Jeffers manager of level three employees. There is a company wide problem with stress and ignoring feelings to do the job. Employees are dropping left and right, literally exploding from stress. George works feverishly to keep [...]

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Movie Review: Death To Smoochy

Rainbow Randolph, the host of a popular kiddie television show, is a corrupt, mean drunk who can’t stand the kids on the show or his job. Randolph finally gets fired and ends up on the street homeless, seeking revenge. Sheldon Mopes is a gullible, clean-living guy who has an interest in of all things integrity [...]

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Movie Review: Venus

Venus is a black comedy of ribald humor and uncomfortable relationships. Venus follows the life of Maurice, a famous elderly actor, who spends his retirement years supporting his sickly elderly friend Ian, visiting his disabled ex-wife and hanging out with friends at local eateries. Maurice’s life changes when his friend Ian hires Jessie, a young [...]

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Movie Review: A Serious Man

Professor Lawrence ‘Larry’ Gopnik is a serious man, a Jew living in Minnesota, an everyman who lives his life from day to day, never catching a break in life. The story, reminiscent of the Book of Job, follows the professor as everything he touches in life suddenly turns to crap. Larry does the best he [...]

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Movie Review: The Informant!

Mark Whitacre appears to be an unassuming, regular type guy who works his way slowly up the ladder of lysine developing company ADM. When the FBI targets Whitacre as a possible spy for undercover work in order to catch the illegal price-fixing activities of the company, Whitacre agrees to inform on them. Having seen the [...]

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