Category: Movies
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Rouge Trader (1999)
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Read more: Rouge Trader (1999)My favorite part of Trading Places is when Winthorpe and Valentine destroy the Duke brothers. “A Duke has been sitting on this exchange since it was founded!” So I was curious to see Rogue Trader, the 1999 biopic about Nick Leeson. You may not know who he is but he was big news in 1995.…
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Quills
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Read more: QuillsThe film is passionate, exciting, and full of a life so rare that when discovered, it literally forces a smile on the viewer’s face.
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Castle Cagliostro
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Read more: Castle Cagliostro1 hr 42 minutes, PG-13 for violence and crime. Fair Value of Castle Cagliostro: $14.00. This Miyazaki adaptation of a French novel is fun and picturesque, almost like a cinematic cousin of a Tintin adventure. How Kid Friendly is this Film? It would probably get a PG in modern standards. There’s guns but not blood, a…
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Party Hard (2020)
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Read more: Party Hard (2020)I am occasionally contacted by actors or directors of indie films to screen their latest movie project. I would be less than honest if I did not state that most are not worth my time because they are terrible efforts. Enough of that, because sometimes I stumble on a gem like Road To The Well.…
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Days of Thunder
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Read more: Days of ThunderJesus H. Christ in a Deep Fryer, Tom Cruise’s character is named Cole Trickle!
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Coming 2 America
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Read more: Coming 2 AmericaHonestly, I had my apprehensions about watching this movie after some of my Facebook friends said that it wasn’t as good as the original. Others thought that having a non-theatrical release was a “negative” sign, a red flag that the movie was a stinker. Well, going straight to streaming is not necessarily a bad thing,…
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Greyhound
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Read more: GreyhoundGreyhound – Living room popcorn just isn’t the same. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Amazon and Netflix were making attempts to cut into the theater business with direct-release original movies on their streaming services. For the most part, those films consisted of two types of movies – award bait and toilet residue. Trying to compete…
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Assault on Precinct 13
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Read more: Assault on Precinct 13The creative minds of Hollywood strike again.
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Zero Effect
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Read more: Zero EffectIt has come to my attention that at least one Hollywood bigshot, celebrity type read one of my reviews and was got all pissy. I won’t say who it was, other than to say that he or she is involved with Zero Effect in an important way.
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Raya And The Last Dragon
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Read more: Raya And The Last Dragon“Raya and the Last Dragon” – Has it been so long? I am so happy to watch a new movie that is not Oscar bait (though I’m still happy about those) and not called Wonder Woman 1984. I’m also a sucker for fantastical quest movies, so all this movie had to do was not be,…