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Booming at the box offices just within the first week of its release Hancock is the anti-hero, whiskey drinking Will Smith with super powers.
Ever since “Independence Day” coming out in 1996 for the 4th of July holiday, Will Smith has successfully started his “Big Willie’s Holiday Weekend” followed by box office boom of “Men in [...]

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In preparation for the release of “Across the Universe” I decided to do some research on like movies of the past: Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” and The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine.”
And I know what you’re thinking- I’m on drugs.

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Requiem for a Bond!

It’s time to finally face the fact: James Bond is dead.

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Danny Ocean and the RatPack!

From Steven Soderberg here comes another Ocean, the 13th.

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The order of the Phoenix!!!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth movie from J.K. Rowling’s book series arrives in theaters as the seventh and final book is released this month. All the familiar faces return in this one, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint return as Harry and his two best friends. Filling the adults roles [...]

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The Power of Film!

What is it about cinema that captivates an audience so easily? How can it hypnotize people into spending hard-earned money to sit in a crowded, darkened room with complete strangers and watch projected images onto a massive screen for two or more hours? Is it magic, simple entertainment or clever propaganda? In my humble opinion, [...]

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Thank you Michael Bay!

You put some simplicity back into the summer blockbuster and allowed us to enjoy it again. Transformers is the new and improved makeover given to the familiar toys and cartoon characters. Unlike this summer’s many blockbusters with more story lines and subplots than a Robert Altman movie, Bay gives a coherent story and still [...]

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The horror movies now are made to wow the audience with unnecessary blood splatter and senseless slasher deaths in an undeveloped script and no character development. Most of the horror movies now aren’t scary anymore.

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Spider-Man 3 Weaves a Weak Web

After wasting two and a half hours of my life on Sam Raimi’s third installment to the Spider-Man franchise, I have come to the conclusion that it is a very shoddy sequel loaded with tired cliches, bad acting and lousy subplots. Inevitably, it resorts to being nothing more than a third-rate [...]

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Paris Je t’aime

Tired of all the sequels or three-quels this summer? Here is a movie that
not only gives the viewer a breath of fresh air, but 18. Paris, je t’aime
(translated: Paris, I love you) is a movie in 18 segments directed by 18
different directors from around the world. American favorites like the
Coen brothers, Wes [...]

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