Aimed at pre-teen boys, this inspirational action drama is set in 2020, when high-tech entertainment consists of eight-foot-tall, 2000-pound robots brutally battling in boxing rings with their owners holding remote controls. Read more
Posted on 10th October 2011
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Filmmaker Chris Paine is back with a sequel to Who Killed the Electric Car? in Revenge of the Electric Car, which follows automakers’ in a current race to develop an affordable electric car and bring it to market, thereby relieving America from dependency on foreign oil and cleaning up the environment. Read more>
Posted on 10th October 2011
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Adding little to the timely subgenre of home invasion, this dumb, wannabe thriller revolves around an obviously affluent suburban couple. Kyle Miller (Nicholas Cage) is a fast-talking, double-dealing diamond salesman who evades taxes and pays little attention to his beautiful trophy wife, Sarah (Nicole Kidman), who does her best to mollify their rebellious teenage daughter, Avery (Liana Liberato). Read more
Posted on 10th October 2011
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This Finnish-French dramady is neither directed by a woman nor about women and women‘s issues. The film transcends gender profiling. It is, put simply, human and humane. And, it is one of the few movies I’ve seen recently that has made me truly gleeful and profoundly proud that I am of our species. Read more
Posted on 10th October 2011
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What are the odds of this poignant serio-comedy succeeding? Just about the same as the survival odds that 27 year-old Adam Lerner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) faces when he’s diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Read more
Posted on 1st October 2011
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s you may have assumed from its title, You’ve Been Trumped is about Donald Trump — or, more specifically, it’s about the environmental impact that is likely to result from the real estate mogul’s construction of a golf course complex along the scenic coast of Scotland, at the Menie Estate, near the village of Balmedie, just north of Aberdeen. Read more>>
Posted on 1st October 2011
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