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Jack the Giant Slayer – my review
Fee, Fi, Foe, Fum… you know the rest. Or do you? That’s the funny thing about folktales. Because their origins are often something of a mystery; evolving ever so slightly with every passing generation, they remain simple enough to stay … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, beanstalk, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, giants, Jack, movie, Nicholas Hoult
Django Unchained – my review
An homage to the 1966 Italian spaghetti western ‘Django’ starring Franco Nero, Quentin Tarantino presents his bloody and offbeat addition to the western genre. In the original ‘Django’, the hero is a mysterious (white) man who drags an even more mysterious coffin … Continue reading
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Tagged action, cowboys, cristoph waltz, django, django unchained, jamie foxx, kerry washington, movie, quentin tarentino, slavery, spaghetti western, western
‘Chasing Mavericks’ – my review
There’s a modo in Santa Cruz that’s fiercely adhered to by much of the small, California community – ‘Live Like Jay’. This refers to the local surf phenom, Jay Moriarty, whose zest for life, positive attitude and love of surfing … Continue reading
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Tagged Chasing Mavericks, Drama, Gerard Butler, Jay Moriarty, Jonny Weston, Live Like Jay, movie, Santa Cruz, surfing
Alex Cross – my review
With a catchy tagline like “Don’t Ever Cross Alex Cross”, you know you’re in for a memorable experience. That was a bit of sarcasm, by the way. So because there isn’t much memorable material to be seen in ‘Alex Cross’, … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Alex Cross, Carleton Starr, Edward Burns, Madea, Matthew Fox, movie, movie review, thriller, Tyler Perry
To Rome With Love – Review
Let me just start by mentioning that I’m not a fan of Woody Allen. That being said, To Rome With Love is a pretty hilarious telling of a large number of people, tourists as well as those native to Italy, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Baldwin, comedy, Ellen Page, Italy, Jesse Eisengerg, Judy Davis, movie, Penélope Cruz, Roberto Benigni, Rome, To Rome With Love, Woody Allen
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World – Review
What do people do when they have prior knowledge of their impending death?… or perhaps even the end of the world? Clearly, most people would panic and start acting crazy, riots would ensue, office drones would jump from the twentieth … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, Keira Knightly, movie, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Steve Carell
Project X – Review by Carleton Starr
One word of caution: unless you wish to experience symptoms such as headache, accelerated heart rate, sweaty palms and/or general dizziness, avoid the consumption of alcohol within the twenty-four hours before seeing Project X. Why? Because this sensory-overload of epic craziness … Continue reading
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Tagged college, movie, movie review, party, project x, superbad
Attack the Block – Review by Carleton Starr
It’s all funs and games until someone… gets eaten. Arm some trash-talking kids from a large residential complex with not much more than a few knifes and a never-ending supply of firecrackers, pit them against a swarm of ‘gorilla wolf … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, aliens, Attack the Block, British, film, horror, joe cornish, kids, monsters, movie, nick frost
Safe House – Review by Carleton Starr
Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is a typical, hard-working American. He wakes up next to his French girlfriend, has breakfast, cleans up and heads in to the office. Like so many others, he spends his time sitting at a desk, staring … Continue reading
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Tagged action, cape town south africa, cia officer, Denzel Washington, intelligence agency, movie, ryan reynolds, Safe House, thriller
