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The Dictator, A Zany Comedy (Film Review)

Silly, brainless, raunchy, ridiculous, bizarre, outrageous, inane yet somehow funny, The Dictator, a screwball story that entertains has opened in movie houses across America.  If you have seen Sacha Baron Cohen’s films Bruno, Ali G and Borat and like his tongue in cheek comedy that embarrasses, humiliates, disgraces and ridicules, then this newest outing should […]

IN THE DARK WITH DARK SHADOWS (Film Review)

Dark Shadows, the new Tim Burton movie based on the old TV series, is soap opera with a supernatural twist.  All the soap tropes are present — lies, affairs, murders — but the Ewings and Carringtons have been replaced by vampires and werewolves.  If anything can make me a fan of soap opera this should […]

“DARK SHADOWS”: TIM BURTON Y JOHNNY DEPP RECUPERAN UNA HISTORIA GENIAL

Fue un programa verdaderamente revolucionario en su tiempo y tal vez por eso, no llegó a pasarse en toda América Latina sino sólo en algunos países, bajo el sugerente título de “Sombras tenebrosas”. Pero donde se vio, al igual que en Estados Unidos, generó furor, demostrando que el público estaba interesado en ver cosas que […]

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The Cup, A Grueling Sports Film (Film Review)

Entering the film market the week after the running of the Kentucky Derby, The Cup, a true horseracing story, makes it’s bid for the sports fan base.  A true account of one of a first ever winners by a non-Australian horse in a race dominated by the continent’s best runners, this film works not only […]

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Dark Shadows, Delightfully Depp (Film Review)

Taunting the audience with trailers that promise a quirky horror flick with a lot of cool ghouls, wacky witchery and comedic moments the movie Dark Shadows delivers.  Using Johnny Depp to his utmost bizarre performance capabilities the film gives it’s all for fans of his past legendary roles like Edward Scissorhands, Sweeny Todd, Willy Wonka, […]

Downtown Cinema (with Malone) Reviews THOU SHALT NOT KILL… EXCEPT (Blu-Ray Review)

You know Doc, one of the greatest Westerns of all time is, without question, The Good The Bad and The Ugly.  Shot on a shoestring in the Spanish desert, Sergio Leone showed us a style of filmmaking not previously seen in the genre.  This was no John Wayne-in-Monument Valley picture.  The landscape,  new and exciting, […]

MARQUEE MAMA Reviews MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

  I’ll admit up front that I am not the target demographic for this kind of movie.  I’ve never been a comic book person, much less a Marvel insider.  And while I don’t think you need to be a Marvel diehard to enjoy this movie, it’ll help.

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