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Famous boy reporter Tintin is having his portrait drawn in a town square, when an object from a vendor catches his eye.  The object is a model of a sailing ship from days past.  Tintin is intrigued enough to buy the model when all of a sudden he finds that there are others who are [...]

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Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt and a small team of agents have been implicated in a devastating explosion at the Kremlin while on a mission.  Now, totally disavowed, Hunt and his team are off to stop a master terrorist called Cobalt (who’s actually behind the Kremlin explosion) from plunging the world into destruction following [...]

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Famed consulting detective Sherlock Holmes is hot on the trail of a diabolical scheme from his arch nemesis Professor James Moriarty.  Moriarty plans to plunge France and Germany into a major war from which he will profit from in a heavy way.  Now Holmes and his trusted companion, Dr. Watson set out to thwart these [...]

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And to think I almost didn’t see this… I’m certainly a Martin Scorsese fan and look forward to his movies, but to be honest, the initial trailers that I saw for Hugo just didn’t do anything for me.  This looked like another kid’s fantasy film from it’s marketing and there was nothing there other than [...]

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“Worlds colliding, Jerry!  Worlds colliding!” After seeing Lars von Trier’s latest movie, Melancholia, I couldn’t help but think of lines that George Costanza uttered to Jerry Seinfeld (of course in an episode of Seinfeld) when two different aspects of his life that he didn’t want to meet were on a collision course. von Trier’s Melancholia [...]

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J. Edgar, the latest film from director Clint Eastwood, tells us the story of J. Edgar Hoover through his nearly 50-year career of building and leading the FBI.  With a script from Dustin Lance Black (Milk), J. Edgar doesn’t give a thoroughly detailed history, but more takes the route of a complex character study.  For [...]

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#1 Immortals from Relativity debuts at #1 with an opening weekend gross of $32.2 million in 3112 theaters. Budget was $75 million. #2 Jack and Jill from Sony debuts at #2 with an opening weekend gross of $25.0 million in 3438 theaters. Budget is unknown. #3 Puss in Boots from Paramount/Dream Works drops from #1 [...]

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The evil king, Hyperion of Crete seeks to invade Greece and conquer the Gods of Olympus by using the fabled Epirus Bow to unleash the Titans from their imprisonment in the bowels of Mount Tartarus.  Planning for this moment, a disguised Zeus has been giving guidance to Theseus since his boyhood and now hopes for [...]

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That suave and adventurous feline, Puss In Boots has returned to the village of San Ricardo to make one more big score, even though he has a price on his head.  Puss learns of a treasure held by the thieving couple Jack and Jill; magic beans that will grow a giant beanstalk leading him to [...]

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Let’s just get this out of the way; if you’re looking for a faithful adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic, you should look elsewhere.  It’s pretty evident seeing the trailer for this latest version of The Three Musketeers that this wasn’t going to be like any past filmed adaptation. On the other hand, if you’re looking [...]

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