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I am going to paste together my thoughts on Ben Affleck's new film using bits and pieces from several mainstream critics' reviews of The Town . Some SPOILERS are sure to pop up. "Remember when Ben Affleck was an easy punchline, tagged with...
In 1975 Northern Ireland, the IRA is targeting British Loyalists. Believing the Catholics to be militant republicans, a member of the UVF is given the go-ahead to kill a Catholic man as a statement and warning. Relishing the opportunity, the 17-year-old...
I have fond memories of watching The A-Team reruns on television as a kid. On summer vacation I would view an episode (it was in syndication at this point) while eating lunch and then procede to reinact the violence and destruction in my backyard with...
An Education is the coming-of-age story of a teenage girl living in the UK during the early 1960s. Jenny's growing up in the suburbs of London and her father drives her rather mercilessly in the effort that she attend Oxford. But he is not mean and...
Saw the trailer for Bright Star a while back, and it looked like something my wife and I might both enjoy. One of the places our movie interests intersect is at the corner of "Literary Romance" and "Brilliant Director" (Sense and Sensibility...
Inglourious Basterds is a thrill ride, but not in a traditional way. Although the action is good, I was more delighted by the wonderful "talky" parts (which includes a fair amount of subtitle-reading). Masterfully written and directed, these...