Happy Friday everyone! I'm a bit late to the TMP party but I love this week's topic that I still want to participate. The Thursday Movie Picks blogathon was spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three …
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MSPIFF14 Reviews: The Double & The Last of Robin Hood
Review by Josh P. The Double follows Simon James (Jesse Eisenberg, who plays against type and is award-worthy superb), a meek man unrecognizable to his co-workers, one of whom is the girl of his dreams, Hannah (Mia Wasikowska, terrific). Early in the film, Simon’s bleak life takes two unhappy turns. First, he witnesses a suicide, and …
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Superlative Casts Wasted In Mediocre Films – In the Valley of Ellah, The Ides of March & Margin Call
Greetings all and sundry! Between bouts of less than strenuous snow shoveling. I've taken refuge within the recent fare of The Sundance and Sony Channels. To acclimate myself with some interesting contemporary offerings. And maintain a sense of loyalty to Julian of Dirty With Class. And his suggestion that I sometime stray from my comfort …
Rental Pick: Arbitrage (2012)
It's been a while since I saw Richard Gere in anything. It must've been a good five years or so. Well, it's nice to see him in a meaty role that proves he's got the dramatic chops to go with his good looks. At 63, he's still quite a looker. Even paired with someone half …
Labor Day Weekend Viewing Roundup
Well, it's been a nice, mellow Labor Day weekend for us. No barbeque or picnic this time, we didn't even go to the state fair, we're just not too fond of those, so once every five years is plenty 🙂 I did spent some time shopping for some Hunger Games stuff for my three nieces, …
Upcoming Flix Spotlight: Cloud Atlas
I was researching about an upcoming post when I came across this project to be produced by the Wachowski siblings. The first thing that caught my eye was that Hugo Weaving will be playing six different characters in this movie. The Aussie actor seems to be the Wachowskis' muse, having starred in The Matrix and …
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