The Beaver (Blu-ray)

September 27, 2011
Nathan Swank

Mel Gibson talking through a beaver puppet with a Cockney accent does not sound like the recipe for success.  And in the sense of moneymaking, no, THE BEAVER was not a s...

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Moneyball (starring Brad Pitt)

September 25, 2011
Nathan Swank

There have been many great baseball films.  MAJOR LEAGUE, THE SANDLOT, FIELD OF DREAMS, BULL DURHAM, THE NATURAL – the list goes on and on.  I confess I’m not the b...

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I Don't Know How She Does It

September 18, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

I have not read the book I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT, and after watching the movie of the same title, the chances of that happening in the near future are slim. In fac...

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Potiche (Blu-ray)

September 14, 2011
Nathan Swank

Those of you who parlez-vous français, you know that POTICHE means ‘trophy wife’.  This Parisian flick takes us back to 1977 where we meet 60-something Suzanne Pujo...

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The Cutting Edge (Blu-ray)

September 7, 2011
Nathan Swank

TOE PICK! For those of you who have seen this fabulous early 90s flick, the minute you think of THE CUTTING EDGE I guarantee those two words pop into your head. When a ho...

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Warrior (starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton)

September 4, 2011
Nathan Swank

Gripping my chair, grinding my teeth and occasionally doing my best (but failing) to hold back tears, WARRIOR exquisitely balances tension and emotion in a magnitude unma...

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Be Cool (Blu-ray)

August 30, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

In 1995, audiences were first introduced to the suave Chili Palmer (John Travolta) in GET SHORTY, a film about the Miami shylock sent to Vegas to collect on a bad debt. T...

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The Fox and the Hound / The Fox and the Hound II (Blu-ray)

August 29, 2011
Nathan Swank

“I’m a Hound Dog” (said in a childlike rasp with a stuffy nose) is a fantastic line that is forever repeatable from its cuteness.  Unfortunately, that is about the...

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Das Boot (Blu-ray)

August 22, 2011
Nathan Swank

“40,000 Germans sailors served on U-boats during World War II. 30,000 never returned.” This statistic is absolutely staggering.  To think that one’s survival rate ...

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Rio (Blu-ray)

August 19, 2011
Nathan Swank

Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), a flightless macaw, is living the good life in Minnesota with his owner and best friend, Linda (Leslie Mann).  An awkward Brazilian named Tulio (R...

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