Drama, Movies

An Education

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The skill of con artists is not specialized to particular types of people. The best of them such as Bernie Madoff in recent times fool almost everyone. That is what makes them so dangerous. Teenage girls falling for the bad guy is not news. But parents falling for the bad guy is an underexplored theme image [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

UP

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It is difficult not to repeat myself in reviewing Pixar movies. Once again the studio has made a superb film. Unlike many sequel franchises that tend go downhill pretty quickly, Pixar’s line of films is one wonder after another. Like all the other Pixar films, UP works for young and old. This time even the image [Read More]
Comedy, Movies

It’s Complicated

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“50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce,”  says Jennifer Baker of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.  Sometimes I hear arguments that the divorce rate is so high because people go into marriage without sufficient commitment. I don’t think that a large image [Read More]
Comedy, Movies

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

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The trailer was a lot funnier than the whole film that was only mildly amusing.  The subject, of course, is serious. Human beings are designed to have sex but some people are extremely shy and lack social skills to hook up. The entire premise of the film that at age forty you can lose your image [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Avatar

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What a stunner! Turn the clock back 200 years. Not even the photograph has been invented. Here you are minding your business, strolling into your local pub.  After your first beer with friends and family the room is magically transformed into a modern-day 3-D theatre, and you are treated to the visual beauty of James image [Read More]
Documentary, Movies

This is it

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Even by the standards of the recent fall of Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson is in a class by himself.  He went from the biggest star on the planet to the erratic weirdo who could never fully shake the suspicion that his love for children went a bit too far when he routinely invited kids over image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

The Informant

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The Informant (played by Matt Damon) is about a shady corporate whistle-blower. The trailer promised much more than the full product delivered. The big mistake was to try to turn the film into something of a comedy. This attempt fell flat. Thumbs down.