Description:
Reviews of movies. (Moderated)
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Review: Norman Mailer the American (2010)
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NORMAN MAILER THE AMERICAN
(a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: One of the great chroniclers of the American
culture and politics of his time was the novelist,
essayist, social critic, and political candidate Norman
Mailer, one of the most controversial figures of the... more »
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Review: The Avengers (2012)
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THE AVENGERS
(a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: This epic superhero film is the fulfillment
of plot hints dropped in many previous Marvel films
and brings together Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Captain
America, and Black Widow into a spectacular dustup... more »
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Retrospective: Rachel Getting Married (2008)
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RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
A film review by David N. Butterworth
Copyright 2011 David N. Butterworth
***1/2 (out of ****)
Anne Hathaway has never really done much for me. Probably the first time I
remember seeing her was in "The Princess Diaries" (although she'd been in
13 episodes of "Get Real" on TV before that, playing a character named... more »
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Retrospective: The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)
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THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE (1958)
(a film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: Czech animator Karel Zeman, nearly forgotten
now, was a genius of the animated film. Here, as his
masterwork, he adapts a lesser novel by Jules Verne
into a highly creative screen adventure. Showing... more »
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Review: From the Other Side (2002/2012)
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FROM THE OTHER SIDE
(a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: FROM THE OTHER SIDE does not follow the
style of most documentaries. Rather than giving the
viewer a collection of facts, it is more a compilation
of the statements of people involved with the issue of... more »
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Review: The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
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THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
(a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: Drew Goddard directs a film he wrote with
Joss Whedon and takes the viewer over a lot of very
strange territory even for horror films. While the
film is funny and frequently at the same time scary,... more »
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Review: Think Like a Man (2012)
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THINK LIKE A MAN (PG-13) *** 1/2 (out of ****)
The idea of a film based on Steve Harvey's bestseller ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN sounds more than a bit dubious; after all, a narrative feature based on what is essentially a self-help book? But with THINK LIKE A MAN, director Tim Story and screenwriters Keith... more »
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Review: Downtown Express (2012)
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DOWNTOWN EXPRESS
(a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: Sasha Resnick, a Russian immigrant and a
violinist with a great talent, is soon to have a
recital and is fast tracked for a career in classical
music. A small developing rock band for their musical... more »
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Review: Losing Control (2012)
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LOSING CONTROL
(a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: LOSING CONTROL is an amiable, if uneven
comedy, mixing real science, scientific method, and
the modern dating scene with a little bit of sex
(never shown). A Harvard science genius decides to... more »
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Review: Teen A Go Go (2012)
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TEEN A GO GO
(a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
CAPSULE: Melissa Kirkendall takes a look at the Rock
and Roll explosion following the fame of the Beatles,
1964 to 1972. The unlikely scene of a lot of the
action was Fort Worth, Texas, home of an entire... more »
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