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The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)

22. August 2009

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one star* I haven’t read the book, but I hear it’s very good. I’ve seen the movie; it isn’t. Audrey Niffenegger’s work of fiction is a book I’ve been meaning to read. It’s on the shelf with many others. It’s turn hasn’t come yet. Having seen the movie, I doubt that the book will make [...]

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Do movie trailers work?

20. August 2009

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The quality of a movie trailer is often difficult to evaluate. Sometimes you get to see all the best explosions or the best jokes before you see the movie. Then, when you do pay for your ticket, you find you’ve seen everything worthwhile; you feel cheated and wonder why you bothered. Some trailers are completely [...]

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

13. August 2009

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2 stars** Leave your common sense and orderly life at home; you won’t need it with you when you go see this movie which is completely ridiculous on many levels as it provides high levels of enjoyable entertainment, something so often missing at the cinema these days. From the opening scene until the fade out [...]

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Blake Synder – screenplay genius – 1957-2009

6. August 2009

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Here’s two choices: first; look up any of the top thirty films out at the moment and analyze them. You’ll find that they almost all meet the Blake Synder method of screenplay writing. Second choice: if you’re new to the industry and are thinking about writing your first, second or third screenplay, you’ll almost certainly [...]

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Orphan

4. August 2009

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4 stars**** If you’ve ever been to a waterpark and expected to sit in a car tire and go slowly around a two miles an hour lazy river, but instead found yourself on a kamikaze 50 miles an hour downhill waterslide then the latter is how you will feel when you experience this movie. From [...]

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