Excuse the lame expletive but Tyson was a Knockout!! Knocked me right out of my chair at times. Literally. I could have watched him talk for two more hours and I still would have been intrigued. James Toback begins the movie with slices (split screens) of the 90 minuet interview and right off the bat,...
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This will be short and sweet. Go see this movie and laugh your face off. Paul Rudd gives a sweet, naive, layered performance as a guy in need of a dude. When his character Peter proposes to the cutey patooty Zooey, Rashida Jones, his search for a best man begins. The laughs ensue and...
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I feel like I just rode a roller-coaster cracked out on 18 cups of coffee but hey it was fun, though the acid reflux is killing me. Worth it. Brian Cox plays a desperate inmate determined to save his drug addicted daughter or at least make amends before it’s too late. Weeks of planning and...
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I really liked this film. Mainly it was Barrymore’s surprising performance that kept me drawn in. With a little makeup and wonderful dialect coaching, Barrymore competeley transforms herself. Her voice was totally different, which I personally appreciated. The California lag was absent. The 1975 documentary based on the lives of Edith Bouvier Beale and...
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So I’m on the fence with this one. There are many funny moments in this Jody Hill written and directed dark comedy. I must reiterate the darkness, like the abysmal blackness of inner space. It just doesn’t let up. Seth Rogen gives a really complex performance as Ronnie the head of Forest Ridge Mall security....
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Deep sigh…..ahhh. Satisfaction. This movie made and everlasting impression on me. Set in 1907 Sweden, this true to life story unfolds epically and spans many ideologies. Political, social, familial and most of all, personal. Creativity disguises itself as a savior to this poor woman and her family. Wife of a saddened womanizing drunk, mother to...
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Three days of heavy rain drench the city of Buenos Aires. Alma and Roberto wander around this city in their own heaviness. Alma seems to be lost in circles of confusion and her only solace is her car. She has been living in it for some time. During a workers march, which has put Buenos...
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