The Must-See list in the order of release date: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Who could resist that pathetic squirrel still on the hunt for his beloved acorn? I couldn't stop laughing from the moment that thing came on the screen. There's possible romance for this little guy as well – hilarious mayhem can't …
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Ok now, The Taking of Pelham 123 is yet another remake (clearly Hollywood's long been out of original ideas!) of a subway train being hijacked. It's a simple premise really, but director Tony Scott managed to inject enough tension and sharp dialogue to keep audience engaged. This is a story of an ordinary man forced into …
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Clash of the Titans Remake – thrusting into theaters March 2010 I came across a pic of Gladiator-like Perseus wielding his sword the other day, and it piqued my interest. My hubby Ivan's a big fan of the original movie with Harry Hamlin, which basically tells the classic Greek mythology of the hero Perseus who …
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I can't remember exactly how I stumbled upon RETURN TO ME years ago, but I am sure glad I did. Now I'm not a huge fan of chickflix in general, especially those with the quintessential formula of ‘boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back and they …
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GB as the Robert Burns – what better man to play Scotland's favorite son than the very Scottish Gerard Butler? Now this is as good a news as they come for Gerard Butler's fans. Those who've been following his career for a while knows full well he'd be perfect for the role and allegedly, the …
This is one of the most touching and poignant movie I've seen in a very long time. The tag line says "Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people." And what a journey it really is. The story takes place in China in the 1920s, which tells the story of a mid-class doctor …
There's not much you can do when you're stuck on 20+ hours flight, except well, catch up on movies you might not have seen. That's what I did on I flew to Indonesia recently. I happened to catch Last Chance Harvey on the outbound flight (which I'll review soon) and The Reader on the flight …
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