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Filmmaker, David Mamet’s brilliance, truly shines in this character driven script that juxtaposes naiveté along side cunning, and honor beside shame. While money, or the lack thereof is at the root of the problem, the exceptional cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Joe Mantegna, Alice Braga, and Max Martini shows us that no matter [...]

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When a play-the-field kind of guy’s (Patrick Demp) best gal pal (Michelle Monaghan) goes off to Scotland, he realizes the attraction may be more than friendship. Charismatic characters and more than a few funny lines make this unoriginal concept acceptable light entertainment.
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Writer, Jason Segel creates continuous comedy when he casts himself in the lead role as Peter Bretter, a musician who flies to Hawaii after being dumped by his TV actress girlfriend (Kristen Bell), only to find that she is booked at the same hotel with her new boyfriend.
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Kate Holbrook, (Tina Fey ) is a single, no-boyfriend-in-sight, VP of a natural food chain, who decides to use a surrogate (Amy Poehler) to have a baby. And while the two stars provide plenty of laughs, writer/director, Michael McCullers was sharp enough to expand the comical lines to other characters (including [...]

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 Swiss born director, Marcel Langenegger draws out a lackluster script about a dull accountant (Ewan McGregor) whose night life picks up when he meets a flashy egocentric (Hugh Jackman) at the firm he is auditing. Despite the quality male leads and steamy sexual scenes (including Michelle Williams), this convoluted drama only accelerates in the fourth [...]

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An M.I.T. professor (Kevin Spacey) recruits students (Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts) to use card counting skills, signals, and disguises to beat the odds and win big in Las Vegas. As you would expect, greed kicks in, casino security (Laurence Fishburne) gets wise, and gains are no [...]

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A group of Northhampton, Massachusetts seniors sing James Brown, Sonic Youth and the Clash, like you’ve never heard before, under the loving but firm direction of their much younger chorus leader, Bob Cilman. While this inspiring chorus has performed all over the world as well as stateside, the documentary focuses on rehearsals for an [...]

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Toilet humor, implausible powers, and gross physicality are the special attractions in this spoof of movie superheroes (notably, Spiderman, Batman, and various X-men). That being said, if you have seen at least one of the aforementioned characters and you are somewhat entertained by raunchy humor, go for it!
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Sibling rivalry escalates when both Boleyn girls (Scarlett Johansson & Natalie Portman) have their eyes on King Henry (Eric Bana). While the historical perspecitive is minimized, center stage is taken by the brilliant costuming and character studies; manipulative father (Mark Rylance) powerless mother (Kristen Scott Thomas), plotting uncle (David Morrissey). More than enough [...]

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More fiction than fact fuels this broad comedy about the beginnings of pro-football, staring George Clooney (who also directs), Renee Zellewger & John Krasinksi. Plenty of passes and plays, rousing music, and interesting sub-stories (press censorship, who gets the girl) keep audiences rooting for characters tackling a less than plausible plot.
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A “passed over for promotions” executive (Demi Moore) in London’s Diamond district is drawn to a high risk heist devised by a soon-to-retire janitor (Michael Caine). Moore’s striking beauty sparkles in this mostly male setting in 1960 while her charm captivates audiences as well as her stuffy colegues, the faltering custodian (Caine), and [...]

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