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Judging: THE JUDGE
The Judge is about a hot shot Chicago Lawyer (Downey) with a reputation of being cut throat in the courtroom, returning to his small hometown in Indiana for his mother's funeral and stays to defend his estranged father (Robert Duval) on a murder charge; a decision neither father nor son finds appealing...
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Magic in the Wrong Hands: WINTER’S TALE
If there are two things I love more than film and food, it’s magic and romance. There is a part of me that truly believes when I finally take the time to commit to it, I have a book inside me to rival the stories of King Arthur and Camelot, Star Wars, Romeo and Juliet, Gone with the Wind, and Harry Potter. A story with the perfect blend of symbolic spirituality and philosophical universalism, a story that brings alive the most alluring star crossed lovers who find each other throughout time and space. A messages that touches the most cynical of hearts and is just damn good fun to…
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Everything is Awesome: THE LEGO MOVIE
I never played Legos as a kid. I was a total Fisher-Price People fanatic. Still, I can appreciate how closely the animators and writer/directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, worked to make you feel like you're inside a Lego Land. Love the vehicles Legoed by the Master Builders, which come together faster than a Transformer...
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The Great Gatsby 1974 vs The Great Gatsby 2013
Carey Mulligan & Leonardo DiCaprio vs Mia Farrow and Robert Redford Did I in fall in love with director Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge (2001) (starring Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor) not really, but I did love his vision – the spectacle, strangeness, musicality and vaudevillian intention. I anticipated similar pomp and splash for Lurhmann’s latest inspiration to remake The Great Gatsby. And when it comes to the big party scene this is what we get, verve, elaborate costumes, gaiety, circus like atmosphere, whirlwind of camera angles, music and dancing, something resembling a scene from a Ziegfield show! So, obviously Luhrmann was inspired to recreate the Jay Gatsby parties, but was…
