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The Weekender: You gotta ‘Believe’
Movie of the Week Believe Me* Finally, a movie made by Christians that’s top quality and everyone can enjoy. Read my review and interview at College Movie Review. WIDE RELEASE • The Boxtrolls • The Equalizer LIMITED RELEASE • Hector … Continue reading
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Tagged all is by my side, believe me, boxtrolls, equalizer, hector and the search for happiness, jimi hendrix, tracks
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The Weekender: I Took a ‘Walk’
Movie of the Week A Walk Among the Tombstones* A solid back-to-basics detective story from the great Scott Frank (The Lookout, Out of Sight). Liam Neeson gets a role he can sink his teeth into for the first time in … Continue reading
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Tagged disappearance of eleanor rigby, guest, maze runner, skeleton twins, tusk, walk among the tombstones, zero theorem
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The Weekender: Mmmm…. ‘Drop’!
Movie of the Week The Drop James Gandolfini, in his final performance, joins the always terrific Tom Hardy in this Dennis Lehane adaptation. Hardy plays a bartender in over his head with the mob. It sounds pretty standard, but Lehane … Continue reading
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Tagged atlas shrugged, drop, five star life, frontera, god help the girl, no good deed, wetlands
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The Weekender: A Box of Chocolates… In IMAX!
Movie of the Week Forrest Gump Haters to the left. This is still one of the best movies ever made. Yes, it’s sentimental. Yes, it’s a little in love with its still breathtaking special effects. But you’d have to be … Continue reading
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Tagged dock ellis, forrest gump, frank, identical, life after beth, love is strange, no no
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The Weekender: Little ‘Italy’
Movie of the Week The Trip to Italy Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan return with more drunken shenanigans. Won’t you join them? WIDE RELEASE • As Above, So Below • The November Man LIMITED RELEASE • The Discoverers – Angelika Dallas Read my … Continue reading
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Tagged as above so below, discoverers, november man, to be takei, trip to italy
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The Weekender: ‘Love’ to Love You, Baby
Movie of the Week The One I Love I love movies that have a moment where you either roll with it or you don’t (e.g. Magnolia, The Cabin in the Woods), and The One I Love, a romantic comedy starring … Continue reading
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Tagged alive inside, dame to kill for, if i stay, one i love, rich hill, sin city, when the game stands tall, yves saint laurent
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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 August 2014
BEST PICTURE Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel Inherent Vice Interstellar Into the Woods The Theory of Everything Unbroken The skinny: As always, we start with ten, even though there have been only nine nominees since the … Continue reading
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Tagged begin again, big eyes, big hero 6, birdman, book of life, boxtrolls, boyhood, dawn of the planet of the apes, disappearance of eleanor rigby, foxcatcher, godzilla, gone girl, grand budapest hotel, how to train your dragon, imitation game, inherent vice, interstellar, into the woods, judge, lego movie, men women and children, most violent year, rosewater, theory of everything, unbroken, wild
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The Weekender: Let it ‘Be’
Movie of the Week Let’s Be Cops On its surface, there’s nothing particularly promising about this faux-cop comedy. But with Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans, Jr. in the leads, there’s every reason to believe they’ll be able to spin gold … Continue reading
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Tagged dinosaur 13, dog, expendables, giver, land ho, let's be cops
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The Weekender: At ‘Calvary’
Movie of the Week Calvary John Michael McDonagh’s 2012 comedy The Guard is significantly underrated. His latest takes a blackly comic look at a devout but good-natured priest facing down a gang of ruthless thugs. Brendan Gleeson plays the good … Continue reading
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Tagged calvary, community, hundred foot journey, into the storm, step up all in, teenage mutant ninja turtles, what if
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The Weekender: Rise of the ‘Guardians’
Movie of the Week Guardians of the Galaxy* Here it is: the big blockbuster you’ve always wanted, even if you’ve never heard of this particular comic book. It’s witty, entertaining and knows exactly what it is. Read my review at … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 minute mile, child of god, get on up, guardians of the galaxy, magic in the moonlight, mood indigo
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