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Movie Review: THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN-PART 2
Release date: November 16, 2012 Directed by: Bill Condon Screenplay by: Melissa Rosenberg Based on the novel by: Stephenie Meyer Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Michael Sheen, Dakota … Continue reading
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Tagged Bella, Cullens, Edward, fifth installment, imprinting, Jacob, Kimberly Gadette, Kristen Stewart, last installment, mother, newborn, Robert Pattinson, Stephenie Meyer, Taylor Lautner, Twilight Saga, vampire, Volturi
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Movie Review: PRICE CHECK
Release date: November 16, 2012 Written and Directed by: Michael Walker Cast: Parker Posey, Eric Mabius, Annie Parisse, Josh Pais, Cheyenne Jackson, Edward Herrmann Running Time: 92 minutes Similar to having to endure a forced visit to a family gathering, … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, bad boss, grocery store, Kimberly Gadette, music business, Parker Posey, pregnant, supermarket, workplace
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Movie Review: LINCOLN
Release date: 11/9/12 (ltd.); Wide release: 11/16/12 Directed by: Steven Spielberg Screenplay by: Tony Kushner Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, John Hawkes Rating: PG-13; Running Time: 120 minutes The good: … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Amendment, 1865, abolish slavery, Abraham Lincoln, based on non-fiction book, biopic, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kimberly Gadette, slavery, Steven Spielberg
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Movie Review: SMASHED
Directed by: James Ponsoldt Written by: James Ponsoldt and Susan Burke Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Mary Kay Place, Octavia Spencer Rating: R Running Time: 85 minutes It’s Kate and Charlie, the funniest, sweetest couple … Continue reading
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Tagged AA program, Aaron Paul, alcoholism, drunk, dysfunctional, elementary school, first grade teacher, Kimberly Gadette, Los Angeles, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Nick Offerman, sobriety
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Movie Review: WRECK-IT RALPH
Release date: November 2, 2012 Directed by: Rich Moore Screenplay by: Jennifer Lee and Phil Johnson Voice Cast: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch Rating: PG; Running Time: 93 minutes Sugar Rush is one of the four locales … Continue reading
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Tagged 12-step program, Disney, Grand Central Station, Jane Lynch, John C. Reilly, Kimberly Gadette, My Little Pony, outcast, Pac Man, video arcade games, video game
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Movie Review: FLIGHT
Release date: November 2, 2012 Directed by: Robert Zemekis Screenplay by: John Gatins Cast: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood, Melissa Leo, Brian Geraghty, Tamara Tunie, Nadine Velaquez, James Badge Dale Rating: R; Running Time: 139 minutes … Continue reading
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Tagged AA, airplane, alcoholism, Cast Away, cocaine, denial, Denzel Washington, heroin, John Goodman, Kimberly Gadette, pilot, plane crash, Robert Zemekis, survivors
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Movie Review: THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
Release date: November 2, 2012 (ltd.) Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino Screenplay by: Paolo Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello Cast: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson, Kerry Condon, Harry Dean Stanton, Joyce Van Patten, David Byrne Running Time: 118 minutes … Continue reading
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Tagged Auschwitz, David Byrne, Depression, Dublin, ex-rocker, father son relationship, Kimberly Gadette, Nazi hunter, New Mexico, new york, redemption, Robert Smith, Sean Penn, The Cure
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Movie Review: CLOUD ATLAS
Release date: October 26, 2012 Written and Directed by: Lana Wachowski & Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski Based on the novel by: David Mitchell Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James … Continue reading
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Movie Review: CHASING MAVERICKS
Release date: October 26, 2012 Directed by: Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted Screenplay by: Kario Salem Cast: Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin Rating: PG; Running Time: 116 minutes Yet another surfing film in which the waves … Continue reading
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Tagged based on a true story, diving accident, early death, El Nino, gerard butler, Half Moon Bay, Jay Moriarty, Kimberly Gadette, marijuana, Mavericks, Santa Cruz, surfers, surfing
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