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RED TAILS: Through a Different Lens

For the past month or more, a word of mouth ongoing viral with regards to the movie Red Tails has set the motion picture in place to have a huge successful opening weekend based on director George Lucas’(Star Wars) statement. “Hollywood didn’t want to fund Red Tails because of its black cast.”

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RED TAILS, Flies High

  George Lucas, known for his adventure and science fiction films, tears a page from the WWII war history book and produces Red Tails a true story of courage in the face of adversity and discrimination. Much like Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna the backdrop of war becomes the field on which we see […]

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HAYWIRE, “Taps Out”

  From a ravenous mixed martial arts maven to a star overnight Gina Carano takes acting to new heights in Haywire a spy thriller from Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh.  Her screen presence gets so lively that I couldn’t keep my eyes off the screen.  Knowing that the blows she has to give her […]

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Extremely Loud Incredibly Close, SWEET & SOUR

    The touching film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close delves into the mind of a young boy on a quest.  It’s not the quest that’s important here, but the determination and desire to make peace with a loss so great it’s nearly impossible.   Director Stephen Daldry takes us on that journey as if we […]

Down in a Blaze of Glory – Ghost Rider 2 : Spirits of Vengeance…

Release Date: February 17th 2012   Ghost Rider 2 may have been blessed with new directors, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank), but even this was not enough to save it from stinking like an old sock worn by a zombie from what I have seen. As we all know, zombies are not much on […]

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GOOD MORNING VIETNAM now on Blu-ray

    I’ve watched Good Morning Vietnam a number of times, but after seeing it on my home theater in Blu-ray it’s like new again.  I do admit it’s one of my favorite films so that has something to do with it, but the quality of sight and sound here over my DVD certainly puts […]

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DEAD POETS SOCIETY sharp on Blu-ray

    Here’s a Robin Williams release that brought him fame during the 1980’s called Dead Poets Society.  Although Williams does provide some cunning comedy, it’s the drama that makes him good in this film.  The first time on Blu-ray, this Academy Award Winning film for Best Screenplay looks great on my home theater, a […]

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