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Tag: drama

Reviews

The Woman

October 18, 2011March 7, 2012JimComment(0)

Hear her roar.

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Footloose

October 15, 2011May 4, 2012JimComment(0)

Have we doomed the next generation into playing “Six Degrees of Kenny Wormald” ?

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Dream House

October 12, 2011March 7, 2012JimComment(0)

Daniel Craig plays a schizophrenic in search of himself; which one forgot to lose the accent?

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50/50

October 10, 2011March 7, 2012JimComment(0)

The odds you’ll be weeping before this movie ends.

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Real Steel

October 8, 2011February 10, 2016JimComment(1)

Real stupid.

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The Tree of Life

October 2, 2011February 10, 2016JimComment(0)

Root rot.

Moneyball
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Moneyball

September 30, 2011October 3, 2012JimComments(2)

What if Brad Pitt played you in real life? Ok, that never happens. But Brad Pitt playing my father; that’s what Moneyball feels like to me.

Dolphin Tale
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Dolphin Tale

September 30, 2011January 21, 2012JimComment(1)

Oh, crap. We forgot to shoot the love story. Eh, screw it; it’s too long anyway.

The Help
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The Help

September 24, 2011January 10, 2012JimComment(0)

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer are all almost certain locks for Oscar nominations – I have no problem with this, nor should you.

Contagion
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Contagion

September 24, 2011March 7, 2012JimComment(0)

Wow. This thing has spread like … wildfire? Cancer? Mayonnaise? No, that’s not it. Just wait. I’ll get it.

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