Mini Movie Reviews Archives
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The Reader
The love story between Hanna and 15 year old Michael (David Kross) is neither heart wrenching true love, nor seedy, illicit sex. There coming together seems organic and idyllic. Eagerly, he comes to her after school, excited to please her with a new novel and energetic love-making...
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Notorious
Unless you were living under a rock, you knew about the whole East Coast/ West Coast feud, but to tell you the truth, I wasn't sure if Tupac died before Biggie or after. (It's before). Again, I can't comment on whether the story told leading up to both of their deaths, seemed legitimate...
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The Wrestler
Part of this year's buzz highlights Mickey Rourke's come back performance and Marisa Tomei's hot, 40 year old, nude body.The former is worth the hubbub - Rourke is truly living this role! The latter is a bit overrated - the poor woman is emaciated in this film. No. Don't go assuming I'm a Mo' Nique that hates "Skinny Bitches"...
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Revolutionary Road
April (Kate Winslet), once an aspiring actress and Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) once an aspiring dreamer, marry and unwittingly fall into the American Dream. We come to understand they thought they'd be able to do it better; you know the whole 2.5 kids, nice home, nice neighbors, homemaking, safe job etc... That somehow the settling down thing would look different on them...
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
As expected, the make-up and CGI are on the mark. Brad Pitt found a believable tone playing a wizened, childlike, young, old man. Then we are treated to the sexy, devoted-to-one-woman, Pitt that defines his off screen life, but so rarely is seen on screen, as he likes to remove all traces of sex appeal playing weird characters like Chad Feldheimer in Burn After Reading.
