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Nora Ephron flashes back and forth between Julia Childs’ (Meryl Streep) early entrée into the male dominated world of French cuisine and Julie Powell’s (Amy Adams) modern day blog that chronicles her attempt to find focus in her life by cooking up every recipe in Julia Childs’ French cookbook.  The highlight of this film is [...]

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A hard-hearted editor (Sandra Bullock) engages her hard-working assistant (Ryan Reynolds) to put in overtime on a scheme that will prevent her deportation to her native Canada.  While the plot holds few surprises, a warm emotive cast boosts ratings and happy feelings throughout (Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T Nelson, Oscar Nunez).

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Michelle Pfeiffer radiates as the classy prostitute who takes up with the son (Rupert Friend) of one of her collegues (Kathy Bates); not without consequences.

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Wonderful Disney animation mixes melancholy and fantasy in this lenghty “never too late to pursue your dreams” adventure.

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J.J. Abrams directs a compatible crew through their intergalactic early years (Chris Pine as the charismatic Captain Kirk, Zachary Quinto as the half Vulcan, half human Spock, Zoe Saldana as the poised Lt Uhura, Anton Yelchinas as the chirpy Chekov and Karl Urban as everyone’s favorite Doctor).

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