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  Writer/director, Neil Blomkamp’s creepy alien creatures have become a blot on the present day Johannesburg landscape on which their spaceship landed two decades earlier.  A naive bureaucrat (Sharlto Copley) is assigned to spearhead the eviction and transfer the two million “prawn” population, totally unprepared for the mental and physical mutation that awaits him.   A [...]

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Sayra, a young Central American girl (Paulina Gaitan) confronts peril when she joins her father on his journey back to the US where he has made a life with a new family.  While audiences are struck by the cinematic ride across Central America, Sayra is captivated by a young gang member (Edgar Flores), running from his past.  The portrait of violence [...]

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Selected 60’s songs fuel the demonstrative backdrop for this 1980’s  graphic novel that re-unites a group of retired superheroes after one of their own, “The Comedian” (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is murdered.  Fans  will applaud their favorite characters, the cerebral sociopath, Rorschach  (Jackie Earle Haley), the big, blue, naked, Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), alluring Silk Spectre II (Malin [...]

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Advanced analytical skills are a prerequisite to understanding this Mideast political espionage thriller dominated by a hefty Russell Crowe and sleekly stealth Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Ben Stiller’s over the top Vietnam War spoof utilizes the comedic talents of himself (Stiller) as the Ramboesque hero whose sequels are past their prime, Robert Downey Jr. as an Australian actor who goes deep into his African American character, Brandon T. Jackson as Alpa Chino, rapper/promoter for an energy drink called “Booty [...]

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Extra special effects highlight the battle between an ancient warlord (Jet Li) awakened from the dead and modern day adventurers (Brendan Fraser, Luke Ford, Maria Bello, John Hannah) trying to remedy historical research gone out of bounds. Throw in a few romantic interludes, and you’ve got a sequel worth watching.
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Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), an anxiety-ridden office employee discovers hidden talents when he is recruited by a fraternity of assassins led by Morgan Freeman. Angelina Jolie is true to her bold and seductive style as Wesley’s seductive mentor/trainer in this fast paced “normal looking people who happen to have super powers” genre.
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A science teacher (Mark Walhberg) , his wife (Zooey Deschanel), and a young girl (Ashlyn Sanchez) set out to escape a mysterious force that has taken over New York and is spreading quickly. The “force” drives people to kill themselves with whatever implement is in close proximity, resulting in numerous grossly graphic scenes.
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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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Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have crafted an engrossing caper, assuming facts that might have been the basis for the gag order on London’s “unsolved” Baker Street bank robbery in 1971. The complex character development provide audiences with numerous angles, so don’t feel corrupt if you find yourself rooting for the [...]

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Daniel Day-Lewis gushes with rage, greed, and determination in Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s novel, OIL! While Day-Lewis’ performance runs deep and dark, a murky script pays little attention to the history of an era when oil magnates were making their mark.
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A delightfully dark, fast moving comedy features Colin Farrell as a London-based hit man whose first job backfires and forces him into picturesque Belgian pergatory (figuratively). While Farrell gravitates to the underbelly of this quaint landscape, his mentor/accomplice (Brendan Gleeson) prefers to play the tourist in a setting where neither controls their [...]

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Sylvester Stallone resurects Rambo for 2008 viewers. This time he is a one man (almost) army rescuing a group of Christian missionaries whose good deeds have come up against killers in Burma.
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Johnny Depp is amazing in the darkly dramatic musical about a barber who has come back to his London home after being wrongly jailed by a corrupt official (Alan Rickman). Helena Bonham Carter is the perfect companion to Depp’s disturbing character, with direction by her husband, Tim Burton.
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Diane Ladd is a fearless FBI investigator, focused on a killer whose victims are tortured on the internet. The team of officers race against time as the volume of viewers increases, triggering mechanisms that speed the victims’ demise.
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A bank robber (Russell Crowe) and a rancher on the verge of losing his land (Christian Bale) are thrown together in this 2007 remake. Empathetic performances, realistic violence.
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Will a young prosecutor (Ryan Gosling) with one foot on the doorstep of an AV rated law firm be able to prevent a decidedly diabolical aeronautics entrepreneur (Anthony Hopkins) from getting away with murder? The interaction, facial expressions, and a solid supporting cast make this pic a worthwhile stakeout.
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