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Jane Eyre

There have been several adaptations of “Jane Eyre” over the past few decades. The most memorable perhaps being Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine in 1944. But, now, Cary Fukunaga takes his turn directing this English film [...]

Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood

Get ready for a crappy reboot of “Little Red Riding Hood,” that Hollywood has frustrated me with. Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”) has directed one of the most unsatisfying movies to date. Valerie, played by Amanda Seyfried, was [...]

Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids

Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) is a naive insurance agent in a small Wisconsin town who’s never left his hometown nor has ever stayed at a hotel. That is until he is sent to represent his insurance [...]

The Dilemma

The Dilemma

“The Dilemma” staring Vince Vaughn (“Couples Retreat” and Kevin James (“Grown Ups”) is director Ron Howard’s latest comedy/drama effort and a January release when that month doesn’t have much to offer. Well, then let me dissect [...]

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet

Welcome to the Kato show, brought to you by,  ”The Green Hornet.” It seems lately that a lot of superhero crime fighter capers are being brought to life via the big screen. Well, “The Green Hornet” [...]

Who needs film school?

Who needs film school?

It seems more and more people are getting the entrepreneur bug. Perhaps it’s the shaky economy or just the American way to want to be your own boss. Having several years experience as a freelance writer [...]

Little Fockers

“Little Fockers” is a continuation of director Jay Roach’s first two family comedies, “Meet the Parents”, and “Meet the Fockers”. This time around, however, the directing reins were handed over to Chris Weitz. The cast remains [...]

The Fighter

“The Fighter” is perhaps one of the best boxing films to date and don’t dare compare it to all the “Rocky” movies because there is no comparison. From start to finish in this 100 minute movie [...]

True Grit

True Grit

Director/screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen have brought back a John Wayne 1969 classic that also starred Glen Camble and Kim Darby. Now, I know what you’re thinking. How can anybody duplicate John Wayne? With great casting [...]

Tron: Legacy

Tron: Legacy

Disney’s Tron: Legacy takes over where Tron left off over 20 years ago staring Jeff Bridges (True Gritt) reprising his role as Kevin Flynn. It was then Disney opened up a whole new world of special [...]

Black Swan

“Black Swan” staring Natilie Portman (Star Wars Episodes 1, 2 & 3), Barbra Hershey (Box Car Bertha) and Mila Kunis (“The Book of Eli” and the voice of Meg Griffin on the “Family Guy”) is a [...]

The Tourist

Here we go again. Another remake is out and about. This time around it’s “The Tourist”, a remake of 2005 “Anthony Zimmer” (The Lives of Others) which too took place in Paris just like the updated [...]

Burlesque

Throughout the past memorable years, we have had many musicals presented to us. Some in high fashion and some in lesser fashion but I won’t dwell on the past, I’ll just mention a few of them [...]