Traitor
The more I think about this movie, the better it gets. Traitor is a thoughtful, intelligent, sophisticated story about a topic of overwhelming interest…
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Tell No One
In a summer of CGI effects and comic book super-heroes, mature film lovers are longing for an ultra-classy intelligent thriller. Your wait is over….
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Warning # 1: This is not your grandpa’s war movie. It’s a coarse, bizarre, often nauseating spoof of Hollywood shallowness. It’s completely politically incorrect,…
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The Bares Essentials
When Roger Bares decided ten years ago to write a book, it wasn’t Beyond The Sea: A Tale Of Love & War In The…
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Art On A String
Simone Wilson thinks plain old junk is beautiful: rusted oil cans, ancient tin ceiling tiles, broken pieces of antique furniture, barn doors, bed springs,…
Read MoreThe Visitor
The Visitor is an exquisite, simple tale about ordinary people enmeshed in the post 9/11 immigration quandary. The movie posits no political agenda, no…
Read MoreThe Forbidden Kingdom
The Forbidden Kingdom is a banner event–it’s the first film in which Chinese martial arts titans Jackie Chan and Jet Li appear together. Though…
Read MoreForgetting Sarah Marshall
I saw this movie because it got rave reviews from lots, I mean lots, of other movie critics. Oh, folks, hoodwinked by the critics,…
Read MoreHancock
Hancock is a superhero on the skids. Played to the brilliant hilt by current #1 super-star, Will Smith (I Am Legend), Hancock drinks too…
Read MorePriceless (Hors de Prix)
Irene (Audrey Tautou) is the most adorable gold digger who ever worked France’s luxury hotels. She has luscious come-hither chocolate eyes and a mane…
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