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OSCARS 2015: Here are your winners …

Posted on February 19, 2015 by frothy

It is indeed Oscar time, so without further ado here are my picks for who/what should win and who/what will win for each of the six biggest categories. Best Picture American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation … Continue reading →

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695 – Moonrise Kingdom (***)

Posted on January 14, 2013 by frothy

In Moonrise Kingdom, two kids on a remote New England island, from disparate backgrounds, decide to make a break for it, running away from their parents and Boy Scout troop, respectively. Wes Anderson’s quirky, stylish romantic comedy-drama is pleasant, with … Continue reading →

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518 – The Invention of Lying (**1/2)

Posted on March 2, 2010 by root

Ricky Gervais plays a sad-sack writer in a world in which everyone’s completely honest with one another,until he discovers that it’s possible to say something that’s not entirely true. As a result, he finds his chances with a dreamy girl … Continue reading →

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419 – The Incredible Hulk (**)

Posted on December 4, 2008 by root

Did I ask for a Hulk “reboot”? Did anyone? I guess they felt that the last one, succinctly titled Hulk, was somewhat lacking. But perhaps it just wasn’t meant to be; here we are, just a few years later, and … Continue reading →

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323 – The Painted Veil (**1/2)

Posted on June 22, 2007 by root

In this period piece, Edward Norton once again plays the smartest guy in the room, as Walter Fane, a dedicated, cold-hearted clinical researcher who travels to the middle of a cholera epidemic in China in the 1920s, with his young … Continue reading →

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