Movies We Watch

Very few movies can use a vieled reference to the church as evil in such an unvieled way. Watch out for that Christ child. The CG was ok, the story was predictable and way too much of a set up for a franchise. imdb.com In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far [...]

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We haven’t seen the first two films in this series and now that we have seen this one, we MUST find them. Good action, suspense, lots of the good vs. evil where evil should be good and the good should be evil. Just an all around enjoyable film. I understand why people are saying this [...]

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Sweet film about the wittiest 16 year old pregnant girl ever. You can’t help but root for her. I don’t believe anyone else  could have played this part except Ellen Page. I understand what allthe hype was about. This is our goal movie for the year. We have now watched an average of 1 movie [...]

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The old tale of how you dread spending time with your family over the holidays but really love them. Trite. Tried to take an amusing look at the true disfunction that lies at the base of family gatherings. Everyone was pretty much a stereotype of what we think of in a family: the overachiver that [...]

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Part live action, part cg animation. Was hoping for more with a cast like it had. Not bad, not great. Freddie Highmore is a delight to watch in almost anything he is in and this is no different. The rest of the film just sort of drug a bit. Great dog. imdb.com Ten-year-old Arthur, in [...]

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Woody Harrelson meets the cast of the Larry David Show and Arrested Development to make fun of televised Professional Poker tournaments. If you have ever watched them on television and thought, this is sort of silly, then you will enjoy this film. I liked the ending. Not expected. Richard Kind was hilarious as the amateur [...]

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Helena Bonham Carter plays demented quite well. She plays an heiress that appears to have two passions in life: costumes and revenge. She pulls a depressed business man into her revenge game. Beautiful English countryside. Wonderful estates. Odd behaviour by everyone in the film to some extent. Amazing stock of costumes. Fun watch. Nothing spectacular, [...]

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Cate Blanchett plays a recovering heroin addict surrounded by dysfunction in this character study. As she struggles to move on and start a business partnership the past slams into her right and left. She can’t get a loan because of her past addiction and the crimes associated with it. She can’t get her mother’s exboyfriend [...]

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