Movie Reviews
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Movie Review: Sicko
Sicko is the most intense of all Michael Moore movies. This time, the moviemaker takes aim at the American healthcare and presents a myriad of stories of woe told by those victimized by the system. These include an individual forced to choose which of his two injured fingers he can keep, his index finger for Read more
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Movie Review: The Road to Perdition
With the passing of Hollywood heavyweight Paul Newman on Friday, I thought that it would a fitting tribute to review this forgotten masterpiece, today. Based on a graphic novel by Max Allan Collins, the movie stars academy award winners Tom Hanks and Newman. Jude Law also appears in the movie in a smaller role. Director: Read more
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Movie Review: What the Bleep do we know?
Any New Age fanatic who sees this movie will ask himself, ‘Why did it take so long to come up with this one? I finally got to satisfy my curiosity about this one, after hearing enough rave reviews from many of my eclectic friends. (I have several.) This is a part story, part documentary that Read more
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Movie Review: Michael Clayton (2007)
George Clooney teams up with John Gilroy to deliver a tour de force performance that would land him an Oscar nomination in 2008. This is a classic legal, whiste-blower tale where a lawyer must choose between his own integrity and saving his own skin. Clayton is a self proclaimed ‘janitor-attorney’ or ‘fixer’. He is a Read more
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Movie Review: The Bone Collector(1999)
Hollywood has been notorious, when it comes to taking a good book and ruining it on the big screen. Reading reviews of this movie on Amazon, this seems to be the case with this flick. Luckily for me, I have not read the book yet. After enjoying a great read by Jefferey Deaver, I decided Read more
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Book and Movie Review: The Ruins
The Book The Ruins by Scott Smith, hailed by the maestro Stephen King as the best horror novel of the century is engrossing and macabre and creepy. I found it thoroughly enjoyable. Two couples on holiday in Cancun, Mexico. A chance encounter with a few Greeks and a German and the appearance of mysterious map Read more
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