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“We Bought a Zoo”: Charming, Heartfelt, and a Return to the Best Kind of Romance
Read more: “We Bought a Zoo”: Charming, Heartfelt, and a Return to the Best Kind of RomanceMovies that try to be earnest but don’t do it with reckless abandon always fail. It comes off as tacky and unrealistic and even downright annoying. In your average romantic comedy of the twenty-first century, you’re dealing with a ridiculous premise and well-known stars with zero chemistry (i.e, “The Bounty Hunter”). They try to…
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“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” Review
Read more: “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” ReviewI feel guilty saying this as someone who considers himself to be a “true fan” of Sherlock Holmes, but A Game of Shadows is pretty great. While it still falls short of what a real adaptation of Conan Doyle’s stories should be, it is as excellent as can be for an action comedy romp.…
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Reflections on the “Girl With a Dragon Tattoo” Movies
Read more: Reflections on the “Girl With a Dragon Tattoo” MoviesBy now, pretty much everyone has heard of the international phenomenon that is Girl With a Dragon Tattoo. It is the first in a trilogy of books entitled the Millennium Trilogy revolving around investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his bizarre research assistant, private investigator Lisbeth Salandar. Much of the plot towards the beginning is…
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A Book Review of “Girl With a Dragon Tattoo”
Read more: A Book Review of “Girl With a Dragon Tattoo”It’s both intriguing and terrifying that sadism has somehow become mainstream in pop culture. For some reason, we find ourselves drawn inevitably to films like “Hostel” or the “Saw” series. Years ago, the goriest flicks were ridiculous slasher-horrors or zombie films that were meant to be campy and comical. But now – probably because…
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Merry Christmas: Reflections on “It’s a Wonderful Life” by Corey
Read more: Merry Christmas: Reflections on “It’s a Wonderful Life” by Corey“You see George; you’ve really had a wonderful life.” Ugh. Gets me every time. Shamefully enough, I hadn’t even seen Frank Capra’s classic Christmas film about the life of George Bailey until the winter of 2007. My brother had watched it with his then girlfriend and raved about it. So, in hopes of a…
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Reactions to the Trailer for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Read more: Reactions to the Trailer for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”See the trailer for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” here at Snippets “You’ll have a tale or two to tell when you come back.” “Can you promise that I will come back?” “No…and if you do, you will not be the same.” You know how I know I’m a dork? Because when I heard those…
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“Like Crazy”: I Love This Movie Like Crazy – A Review by Corey
Read more: “Like Crazy”: I Love This Movie Like Crazy – A Review by Corey“I thought I understood it, but I didn’t. I knew only the smudgeness of it, the eagerness of it, the idea of it: of you and me.” And with those words, I fell in love, not only with the fictitious aspiring journalist and poetic British girl that spoke them, but also with the…
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A Review of “50/50”
Read more: A Review of “50/50”“If you were a casino game, you would have the best odds.” Adam Lerner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is just another unassuming – and rather boring – twenty-something year old. He’s got a goofy best friend that he works with, a gorgeous artsy girlfriend who’s incredibly messy, and a mother that constantly worries about him. His…
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Drive Review
Read more: Drive ReviewFrom the first beat of its pulsing electronic score, the first titles, emblazoned in hot pink script, the first images of Los Angeles in the night, Drive grabs you by the collar and shakes you up. It holds you there, grip unrelenting, for the next hour and forty minutes until it lets go and you…
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