Sunday, February 3, 2013
The Impossible - Movie Review
Based on an incredible true story of survival, The Impossible shows how a devastating natural disaster can test the will of a family on the most basic level of survival. Director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage) does his best to recreate the devastation of the 2004 Thailand tsunami while Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor turn in powerful performances as vacationing couple Maria and Henry.
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2012 Movie Reviews
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Ewan McGregor
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Naomi Watts
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Tom Holland
Thursday, January 31, 2013
The Chef aka Comme un Chef (SIFF 2012) - Movie Review
Daniel Cohen's The Chef is a lighthearted romp through the world of French cuisine and stars Michaƫl Youn alongside the one and only Jean Reno. The accomplished director has cooked up a dish of a movie that has had audiences asking for seconds by serving them equally healthy portions of belly laugh inducing comedy and heart warming drama.
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Best of 2012
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Jean Reno
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SIFF 2012
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters - Movie Review
Yes, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is based on the fairy tale we all knew and loved as kids, but it takes the famous brother and sister and shows what happened in the years after their fateful encounter with this evil witch and her house made of candy. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton take on the title roles and director Tommy Wirkola quickly establishes that this will not be a by the book children's story.
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2013 Movie Reviews
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Famke Janssen
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Gemma Arterton
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Jeremy Renner
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Peter Stormare
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Rainer Bock
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Thomas Mann
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Zoe Bell
Monday, January 28, 2013
Bullet to the Head - Movie Review
The tag line in the poster for Bullet to the Head is "Revenge Never Gets Old", but it doesn't say anything about the actors themselves. Sylvester Stallone is definitely getting up there in age and, even with his musclebound physique firmly in place, you really get the idea that at least one dead horse took a beat down to get this movie made.
(FYI: No animals were harmed during the making of this review)
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