Movie Reviews

Amélie (Blu-ray)

August 8, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

For those of you who have yet to see the brilliant French film, AMÉLIE, you are missing out on one great flick. Each time I have the pleasure of watching this movie, I f...

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Chocolat (Blu-ray)

August 3, 2011
Nathan Swank

A woman and her six-year old daughter wander into a small and absolutely adorable French village to open a chocolatria – an amazing little shop that specializes in ...

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Cowboys & Aliens

August 1, 2011
Nathan Swank

When I first read the news that a film title COWBOYS & ALIENS was being made, I felt campy glee bubbling up inside me.  Then I read IRON MAN director Jon Favreau was...

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Crazy, Stupid, Love

July 29, 2011
Nathan Swank

Laughing so loud in a theater that you miss the next line in the film may sound obnoxious.  But when the audience is doing it in unison, something is being done right. ...

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Limitless (Blu-ray)

July 27, 2011
Nathan Swank

Lacking focus or motivation to put any effort into his unfulfilled book contract, slovenly and disheveled writer, Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper), plummets to a new low when...

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Captain America: The First Avenger

July 25, 2011
Nathan Swank

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER delivers a campy style with great characters in a vintage time period of innocence and patriotism.  But much like the very good SUPER ...

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Friends with Benefits

July 23, 2011
Nathan Swank

Although I liked LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS and never saw NO STRINGS ATTATCHED, I wasn’t that excited about what appeared to be another retread about casual sex with no attac...

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The Hustler (Blu-ray)

July 18, 2011
Nathan Swank

Paul Newman is one of those actors who can practically do no wrong.  I was saddened by his death last year because while he did like the occasional drink he was one of t...

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

July 18, 2011
Nathan Swank

Well it is finally over.  After years of following Potter-mania, the films from the classic books have come to an end with HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (...

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Rocky (Blu-ray)

July 14, 2011
Nathan Swank

As a kid, I saw all the sequels to ROCKY before the original.  I loved them.  Older and wiser now, I still have affection for their grand ridiculousness but recognize t...

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