Category Archives: Movie Review

Water for Elephants (2011)

-Rated PG-13
-Released: April 22, 2011
-120 Minutes
-Drama
-Starring: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz
-IMDb (7/10 rating): “A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.”


4/5 Stars

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Fast Five (2011)

-Action, Crime, Drama
-Rated PG-13
-130 Minutes
-Directed by Justin Lin
-Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson
-IMDb (7.9/10 rating): Dominic and his crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to switch lanes between a ruthless druglord and a relentless federal agent.


5/5 Stars

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Scre4m (2011)

-Horror, Mystery, Thriller
-Rated R
-111 Minutes
-Directed by Wes Craven
-Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette
-IMDb (7.2/10 rating): Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.


2/5 Stars

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Arthur (2011)

-Rated PG-13
-Released: April 2011
-110 Minutes
-Comedy
-Starring: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren and Jennifer Garner
-IMDb (5/10):A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn’t like.


6/5 Stars

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Date Night – 2010

-Rated PG-13
-88 Minutes
-Director: Shawn Levy
-Starring: Steve Carell, Tina Fey and Mark Wahlberg
-IMDb (6.4/10 rating): “In New York City, a case of mistaken identity turns a bored married couple’s attempt at a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.”

3.5/5 Stars

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Kick-Ass – 2010

-Rated R
-117 Minutes
-Director: Matthew Vaughn
-Starring: Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz
-IMDb (8/10 rating): “Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.”

3.5/5 Stars

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Gossip – 2000

-Rated R
-Released: April 2000
-90 Minutes
-Drama, Mystery, Thriller
-Starring: James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson, and Joshua Jackson
-IMDb (5.6/10): “Three college students chose a class project on Gossip and how fast it spreads, which spirals out of control.”

6/5 Stars

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Daybreakers – 2010

-Rated R
-Theater Release: January 8, 2010
-Directed By: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
-Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill
-IMDb (6.5/10 rating): “In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.”

3/5 Stars

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Tristan + Isolde – 2006

-PG 13
-Theater Release: January 2006
-Available on DVD
-Directed By: Kevin Reynolds
-Starring: James Franco, Sophia Myles and Rufus Sewell
-IMDb (7.0/10 rating): “An affair between the second in line to Britain’s throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.”


(4/5 Stars)

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Beastly – 2011

-PG 13
-Theater Release: March 4, 2011
-Directed By: Daniel Barnz
-Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, and Mary-Kate Olsen
-IMDb (5.5/10 rating): “A modern-day take on the “Beauty and the Beast” tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.”


(3.5/5 Stars)

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