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Rated PG for racial issues including violence and epithets, and momentary language.Directed by James GartnerStarring Josh Lucas…Glory Road was fantastic! It was powerful and thought provoking. It has already achieved the Heartland Film Festival “Truly Moving Picture Award.” I went to the screening with my buddy who is 6’8” and played college ball back in the...
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual reference.Directed by Wayne Wang (Because of Winn-Dixie, Maid in Manhattan…)Starring Queen Latifah, Timothy Hutton, Gerard Depardieu, LL Cool J…Delightful!Does anyone use that word any more? Well, if you don’t, then look it up. Webster’s defines the word: giving great pleasure and joy, especially by being pleasant, good to look at, or amusing....
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Rated PG-13 for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images.Directed by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy…)Starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody…This film is huge!I was lucky enough to watch the original 1933 version of King Kong just a few days before watching Jackson’s 2005 remake. The remake is very loyal to the original, but...
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Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, intense action, sexual content and brief strong language.Directed by Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity…)Starring Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn…This film was really two films in one: a really boring first hour, and a very exiting second hour.The film grabbed me in the first minute with the When Harry Met Sally interview...
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Rated PG for sexual content, crude and drug-related humor, language and comic action.Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar (Supertroopers, Club Dread…)Starring Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Willie Nelson, Burt Reynolds…Wow… I really can’t believe that this film was popular.Check it out. Hollywood Video stores put this DVD on their “Guaranteed in Stock” shelf, an honor only given to...
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Rated R For horror violence, some sexual content and language.Directed by Jaume Collet-SerraStarring Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton…House of bad acting?All the teen heart throbs and cool sets couldn’t help this rookie director pull this one off. As a matter of fact, who am I kidding. The heart throbs hindered it!The story is about a...
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Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, some partial nudity and thematic material.Directed by Iain Softley (K-PAX…)Starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard…Even the phenomenal cast couldn’t save this one.The twist ending was good…but I doubt that many will make it to the ending. The film was way too slow and the storyline didn’t hook you enough...
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