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Ballet Shoes a Suprise and a Gem
This is one of those films Netflix had suggested for me and I was very pleasantly surprised and delighted by it. Ballet Shoes is about a three young girls, orphans, who are adopted by an eccentric explorer who disappears for…
Flawless, is almost flawless
A crime/drama set in 1960 London, where a soon to retire janitor (Michael Caine) convinces a glass-ceiling constrained American executive (Demi Moore) to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation.
Flawless is…
Sweeney Todd, bloody, brilliant
After being sent away by Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s Meat Pie Shop, where she sells “the worst pies
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The Other Boleyn Girl, lush and intriguing
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Two sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn (Natalie Portman & Scarlett Johansson) vie for the affections of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana).
The cinematography and directing in The Other Boleyn Girl is stunning. Many shots could be captured and framed…
Netflix “Browse Instant” Increasing Good Selection of Instant Movies To Watch Online
Every week or so I check Netflix’s “Browse Instant” (previously titled “Watch it Now”) page for new additions to their library of free (for members) movies to watch instantly online. When this feature was new the selection of films to…
The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, beautiful!
The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a stunning visual feast along the lines of Terrence Malick’s Thin Red Line. I was interested in seeing this film since I heard about it almost 18 months before…
Hustle & Flow, flows
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp (Terrence Howard)in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Surprise, surprise, a film about a Memphis pimp turned hip-hop star is not as crass and unwatchable as one might…
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